"Ford Motor Company is to be commended for its sensitivity to the vital national security interests at stake in this joint venture, " the Center's Director, Frank J.

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The Finnish-German telecoms joint venture was at the center of an ethics controversy last year when it emerged that it had supplied surveillance technology to two Iranian mobile phone operators.

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Roberton and Howard are fellows at the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center, a joint venture of the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution.

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The Saban Center for Middle East Policy is a joint venture of The Brookings Institution and Qatar, and it has offices in Washington, DC and Doha, Qatar.

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In early February, the Center wrote to every Board member of the Ford Motor Company cautioning against this joint venture.

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