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Trade in Action

Apr 3, 2014

What We’re Reading: April 3

By Garrett Workman

TTIP Action aggregates the latest news and best analysis from across the United States and European Union on the ongoing negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).

Economy & Business Trade and tariffs

New Atlanticist

Apr 3, 2014

The Arab Spring and Human Rights: Slow Progress on a Long Road

By New Atlanticist

A thousand days, roughly, after the Arab Spring revolutions swept away three Middle Eastern presidents-for-life and one Brother-Leader, how much has the democratic wave improved basic human rights? The US State Department’s report on human rights for 2013, released in recent weeks, offers us an overview, notably if we compare it to the same report […]

Three anniversaries of NATO enlargement

NATOSource

Apr 3, 2014

NATO Enlargement Good for Europe and Good for Russia

By Alexander Vershbow, NATO

NATO’s open door is the theme of many meetings these days, and understandably so.

Europe & Eurasia NATO

FutureSource

Apr 3, 2014

Moving to Zero

By Banning Garrett

How much of human productive activity can be moved to “near zero marginal cost”? Jeremy Rifkin’s provocative new book poses the question to our future. The case for “near zero marginal cost” in the digital world is pretty clear, as Rifkin so ably explains. Think of a piece of software (from Microsoft Office to a Beyonce track). […]

UK Ambassador to Estonia Chris Holtby

NATOSource

Apr 3, 2014

UK-Estonian Defense Cooperation in NATO

By Chris Holtby, Estonian World

NATO became stronger through its enlargement 10 years ago and since then the UK has developed an especially close partnership with Estonia.

International Security Assistance Force NATO

MENASource

Apr 3, 2014

Top News: Lebanon Marks Devastating Milestone With Millionth Refugee

By MENASource

The number of Syrian refugees who have fled to Lebanon officially topped one million on Thursday, highlighting the growing humanitarian catastrophe caused by Syria’s civil war and the huge burden placed on its poorly prepared neighbors.

MENASource

Apr 3, 2014

Top News: Egypt Vows to Pass Anti-Terrorism Law after Cairo University Blasts

By EgyptSource

Senior Egyptian ministers said they would pass legislation on Thursday “connected to confronting terrorism,” in a statement released hours after three explosions killed two people in Cairo.

Marines in the Black Sea rotational force, April 24, 2013

NATOSource

Apr 3, 2014

US Sends More Marines to Romania, Navy Vessel to Black Sea

By Nick Simeone, American Forces Press Service

The Defense Department is deploying additional Marines to enlarge a rotational crisis response force based in Spain, and is also dispatching a naval vessel to the Black Sea to conduct exercises with U.S. allies in the region, a Pentagon spokesman said today.

Central Europe Southern & Southeastern Europe

MENASource

Apr 3, 2014

EconSource: Analysis | Syria’s Economic Glory Days are Gone

By EconSource

Follow the latest in economic news and developments about the Arab transition countries. 

MENASource

Apr 3, 2014

Syria’s Economic Glory Days are Gone

By Mohsin Khan and Svetlana Milbert

As the Syrian conflict enters its fourth year, the humanitarian costs continue to rise almost exponentially. The reported death toll from the civil war stands at more than 146,000, with more than 6.5 million displaced persons. Children have not been spared in the process.

Syria