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NATO and the Ukrainian government were targetted by Russian hackers

NATOSource

Oct 14, 2014

Russian Hackers Use ‘Zero-Day’ to Hack NATO, Ukraine in Cyber-Spy Campaign

By Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post

A Russian hacking group probably working for the government has been exploiting a previously unknown flaw in Microsoft’s Windows operating system to spy on NATO, the Ukrainian government, a U.S. university researcher and other national security targets

Cybersecurity NATO
Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Oct. 1, 2014

NATOSource

Oct 14, 2014

NATO’s New Secretary-General Takes Over Alliance in Need of Money—and Unity

By Maria Savel, World Politics Review

Jens Stoltenberg, former prime minister of Norway, assumed the position of secretary-general of NATO on Oct. 1. He takes over the job at an important juncture for NATO:

NATO Security & Defense

MENASource

Oct 14, 2014

Egypt’s Options in Dealing with the Libyan Crisis (Part III)

By Nader Bakkar

The previous article reviewed the likely reactions of two of the Arab states which neighbor Libya—Algeria and Tunisia—should a joint Arab intervention be proposed in order to put an end to the worsening crisis in Tripoli. Of the Arab states neighboring Libya, Sudan is the only one whose predicted reaction to a joint Arab intervention in […]

MENASource

Oct 14, 2014

Top News: Rights Group Says 127 Students Arrested in Past Three Days

By EgyptSource

  Egyptian universities started the new academic year on Saturday amid a tense atmosphere marked by condemnation and calls for protests.

MENASource

Oct 14, 2014

Top News: Benomar Warns of Yemen’s Fragility; Southerners Mark October 14 Revolution

By MENASource

UN Special Advisor to Yemen Jamal Benomar warned of implications of such violence for the country’s situation on Tuesday, telling reporters on the sidelines of a UN Security Council meeting that the transition process is in danger of collapse.

MENASource

Oct 14, 2014

The Week in Egypt [October 14, 2014]

By Shiyun Lu

Catch up on the latest out of Egypt every week, with analysis, news updates, photos, videos, and more.

North Africa

New Atlanticist

Oct 11, 2014

Malala Yousafzai, Kailash Satyarthi Win the Nobel Peace Prize for South Asia

By Shuja Nawaz

It is South Asia, in a sense, that has won the Nobel Peace Prize this year. The Norwegian Nobel Committee has rightly honored Pakistan’s Malala Yousafzai for her advocacy of education for young girls, and India’s Kailash Satyarthi for his crusade against child labor and enslavement.

India Pakistan

MENASource

Oct 11, 2014

Maspero: An Eyewitness Account of the Memorial Protest

By Mina Fayek

On the third anniversary of the Maspero massacre, the Maspero Youth Union called for a silent candlelight vigil to commemorate the death of more than twenty-five peaceful protesters and to demand the prosecution of the perpetrators of the crime. In 2011, the predominantly Coptic crowd, protesting an attack on a church in Aswan, was attacked […]

North Africa

SouthAsiaSource

Oct 10, 2014

This Week in South Asia: October 4-10

By Elijah Logsdon

Commentary from the South Asia Center on the most relevant news from the region, and suggested “must-read” analyses from the week. India The disputed region of Kashmir witnessed its worst fighting since the India-Pakistan truce was settled in 2003. This week, at least nineteen people have been killed — eleven on the Pakistani side and […]

Afghanistan India
NATO Deputy Secretary General Alexander Vershbow, Sept. 2, 2014

NATOSource

Oct 10, 2014

NATO Deputy Secretary General Warns that Crisis in Eastern Ukraine Could Deteriorate Soon

By Deutsche Welle

Excerpts from NATO Deputy Secretary General Alexander Vershbow’s interview with Deutsche Welle.

NATO Russia