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“If we lose Ukraine, we will lose peace for decades,” says Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki of Poland at the Atlantic Council. 🇵🇱🇺🇦 Watch more from today’s #ACFrontPage: ➡️

“If we lose Ukraine, we will lose peace for decades,” says Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki of Poland at the Atlantic Council. 🇵🇱🇺🇦 Watch more from today’s #ACFrontPage: ➡️

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📣The 2025 Freedom and Prosperity Indexes Report 91% of the world population are living in countries where political freedom has been in decline for 12 years. This decline is also evident in the US and among OECD countries. Read the report: #FPIndexes

📣The 2025 Freedom and Prosperity Indexes Report 91% of the world population are living in countries where political freedom has been in decline for 12 years. This decline is also evident in the US and among OECD countries. Read the report: #FPIndexes

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🇨🇴 José Manuel Restrepo Abondano: “If we don’t increase productivity, we are not going to increase the potential growth of our country.” That’s relevant since “the fertility rate is decreasing,” he tells Arsht Latin America Center & Caribbean Initiative’s Carolina Barco. “Just one city like Bogota has a fertility rate of 0.8. Medellin 0.9—less than Japan.”

🇨🇴 José Manuel Restrepo Abondano: “If we don’t increase productivity, we are not going to increase the potential growth of our country.” That’s relevant since “the fertility rate is decreasing,” he tells Arsht Latin America Center & Caribbean Initiative’s Carolina Barco. “Just one city like Bogota has a fertility rate of 0.8. Medellin 0.9—less than Japan.”

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“In many aspects, the public administration of Colombia has been affected direly” in recent years, “so we have to start again,” says Foreign Minister-designate of 🇨🇴 Colombia Omar Bula Escobar. “We’ll be establishing new policies and new directions,” he tells Arsht Latin America Center & Caribbean Initiative’s Carolina Barco.

“In many aspects, the public administration of Colombia has been affected direly” in recent years, “so we have to start again,” says Foreign Minister-designate of 🇨🇴 Colombia Omar Bula Escobar. “We’ll be establishing new policies and new directions,” he tells Arsht Latin America Center & Caribbean Initiative’s Carolina Barco.

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Ukraine in the last half of February and in March and April “managed to seize more terrain than the Russians did across the entire theater net-net for the first time since 2023,” says Institute for the Study of War’s George Barros. “That’s a really big deal,” he tells Eurasia Center’s John Herbst.

Ukraine in the last half of February and in March and April “managed to seize more terrain than the Russians did across the entire theater net-net for the first time since 2023,” says Institute for the Study of War’s George Barros. “That’s a really big deal,” he tells Eurasia Center’s John Herbst.

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On the decision to deny Somali referee Omar Artan entry to the US for the 2026 FIFA World Cup: Andrew H. Giuliani says “it was for very good reason.” “I support that decision,” he adds.

On the decision to deny Somali referee Omar Artan entry to the US for the 2026 FIFA World Cup: Andrew H. Giuliani says “it was for very good reason.” “I support that decision,” he adds.

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.Ambassador Tom Barrack and Special Envoy for Syria Thomas Barrack speaks at the 🇺🇸-🇸🇾 US-Syria Energy Symposium at the Atlantic Council: “Geopolitically, what’s happened is the energy industry has turned from the priority being distribution to the priority being security.”

.Ambassador Tom Barrack and Special Envoy for Syria Thomas Barrack speaks at the 🇺🇸-🇸🇾 US-Syria Energy Symposium at the Atlantic Council: “Geopolitically, what’s happened is the energy industry has turned from the priority being distribution to the priority being security.”

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Israeli opposition Leader יאיר לפיד - Yair Lapid outlines his “to-do list” for the next government of Israel: “Stay out of American politics… Remind our friends that to be pro-Israeli is to be bipartisan and build a broad coalition of support.”

Israeli opposition Leader יאיר לפיד - Yair Lapid outlines his “to-do list” for the next government of Israel: “Stay out of American politics… Remind our friends that to be pro-Israeli is to be bipartisan and build a broad coalition of support.”

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🇹🇼 Taiwan in the US Ambassador Alexander Tah-Ray Yui: “When we watch Star Trek, we root for Captain Kirk and his crew,” because there’s some “common values that we cherish.” “When Xi Jinping’s watching Star Trek, he’s probably identifying himself with the Borgs,” he laughs.

🇹🇼 Taiwan in the US Ambassador Alexander Tah-Ray Yui: “When we watch Star Trek, we root for Captain Kirk and his crew,” because there’s some “common values that we cherish.” “When Xi Jinping’s watching Star Trek, he’s probably identifying himself with the Borgs,” he laughs.

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As the Strait of Hormuz remains closed, @adnocgroup MD and Group CEO Dr. Sultan Al Jaber tells Helima: “Once you accept that a single country can hold the world’s most important waterway hostage, freedom of navigation as we know it is just finished.”

As the Strait of Hormuz remains closed, @adnocgroup MD and Group CEO Dr. Sultan Al Jaber tells Helima: “Once you accept that a single country can hold the world’s most important waterway hostage, freedom of navigation as we know it is just finished.”

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Popular Iraqi TV show host Ahmed Albasheer -أحمد البشير brought his comedic commentary to our Iraq Dialogue, commenting on freedom of speech in Iraq: “If you want to say your opinion about the government in Baghdad, you have to go to Erbil. If you want to say your opinion about the government in Erbil, you have to go to Baghdad.”

Popular Iraqi TV show host Ahmed Albasheer -أحمد البشير brought his comedic commentary to our Iraq Dialogue, commenting on freedom of speech in Iraq: “If you want to say your opinion about the government in Baghdad, you have to go to Erbil. If you want to say your opinion about the government in Erbil, you have to go to Baghdad.”

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“We have 1 million Moroccans living in Spain, and Spaniards go on a permanent basis on holiday and to work in Morocco, as they do with Portugal,” says 🇪🇸 Embassy of Spain USA Ambassador Ángeles Moreno Bau. The 2030 World Cup is “a great opportunity to deepen these relations,” she adds.

“We have 1 million Moroccans living in Spain, and Spaniards go on a permanent basis on holiday and to work in Morocco, as they do with Portugal,” says 🇪🇸 Embassy of Spain USA Ambassador Ángeles Moreno Bau. The 2030 World Cup is “a great opportunity to deepen these relations,” she adds.

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Amid the current oil crisis, Ziad Daoud tells @geoffpyatt there are two main obligations that Iraq must meet now: Maintain the currency peg to the US dollar at its current level and sustain public sector salaries, wages, and pensions.

Amid the current oil crisis, Ziad Daoud tells @geoffpyatt there are two main obligations that Iraq must meet now: Maintain the currency peg to the US dollar at its current level and sustain public sector salaries, wages, and pensions.

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.Middle East Institute’s Alex Vatanka tells Michael Kugelman: “If you look at Iranian sources today, they’re questioning what is Pakistan really up to. Are the Pakistanis doing the American bidding? Why are they pushing us? Why do they insist you have to come to Islamabad?”

.Middle East Institute’s Alex Vatanka tells Michael Kugelman: “If you look at Iranian sources today, they’re questioning what is Pakistan really up to. Are the Pakistanis doing the American bidding? Why are they pushing us? Why do they insist you have to come to Islamabad?”

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Is there a disconnect between how people in the market are perceiving the energy crisis and the reality on the ground? Prices “are not reflecting the severity of the problem,” but soon we will see a convergence, International Energy Agency’s Fatih Birol tells Helima at an #ACFrontPage.

Is there a disconnect between how people in the market are perceiving the energy crisis and the reality on the ground? Prices “are not reflecting the severity of the problem,” but soon we will see a convergence, International Energy Agency’s Fatih Birol tells Helima at an #ACFrontPage.

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Vice President-elect of 🇨🇴 Colombia José Manuel Restrepo Abondano says the new administration will seek closer economic and security ties with Washington and position the country as “a strategic [US] partner and a platform of democratization in Venezuela.”

Vice President-elect of 🇨🇴 Colombia José Manuel Restrepo Abondano says the new administration will seek closer economic and security ties with Washington and position the country as “a strategic [US] partner and a platform of democratization in Venezuela.”

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“No matter how this ends, Iran will emerge on the back end, weaker than it was a few weeks ago,” says Scowcroft Center’s Matthew Kroenig. On balance, “that is a good thing for the US and regional security,” he tells CNN’s Laura Coates.

“No matter how this ends, Iran will emerge on the back end, weaker than it was a few weeks ago,” says Scowcroft Center’s Matthew Kroenig. On balance, “that is a good thing for the US and regional security,” he tells CNN’s Laura Coates.

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“We estimate between 20 to 25 percent of all phone lines in Venezuela have been subject to data extraction or interception by authorities, including geolocation,” says Conexión Segura y Libre’s Andrés Azpurúa.

“We estimate between 20 to 25 percent of all phone lines in Venezuela have been subject to data extraction or interception by authorities, including geolocation,” says Conexión Segura y Libre’s Andrés Azpurúa.

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“Give the Ukrainians the tools to finish the job,” says Boris Johnson at the Atlantic Council. 🇺🇦🇬🇧 “The faster they win, the greater the savings in treasure and in lives.” Watch more: ➡️

“Give the Ukrainians the tools to finish the job,” says Boris Johnson at the Atlantic Council. 🇺🇦🇬🇧 “The faster they win, the greater the savings in treasure and in lives.” Watch more: ➡️

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“Putin started this war, not because he is afraid of NATO,” Oleksandra Matviichuk tells @JulieNBCNews at an #ACFrontPage event. “Putin started this war because he’s afraid of freedom,” she adds. Watch now: ➡️

“Putin started this war, not because he is afraid of NATO,” Oleksandra Matviichuk tells @JulieNBCNews at an #ACFrontPage event. “Putin started this war because he’s afraid of freedom,” she adds. Watch now: ➡️

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“Electricity is a human right,” says World Bank Group President Ajay Banga. “You cannot deliver healthcare, you cannot deliver education, you cannot deliver hope without electricity,” he tells Fred Kempe. “600 million people in Africa are without electricity.”

“Electricity is a human right,” says World Bank Group President Ajay Banga. “You cannot deliver healthcare, you cannot deliver education, you cannot deliver hope without electricity,” he tells Fred Kempe. “600 million people in Africa are without electricity.”

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🇺🇸 DFC Invests Ben Black Ben Black: “When it comes to Africa, we are engaging with a straightforward approach, guided by one of America’s most successful examples of economic statecraft: The Marshall Plan.”

🇺🇸 DFC Invests Ben Black Ben Black: “When it comes to Africa, we are engaging with a straightforward approach, guided by one of America’s most successful examples of economic statecraft: The Marshall Plan.”

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