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MENASource

Apr 2, 2014

Top News: Three Explosions at Cairo University; at Least Two Dead

By EgyptSource

Three bombs have exploded at Cairo University, killing two and injuring at least five others.

New Atlanticist

Apr 2, 2014

Can We Ever Move on from the Hostage Crisis?

By Barbara Slavin

After several weeks of consideration, the Barack Obama administration has expressed reservations to Iran about the tentative choice of a middle-aged career diplomat and close associate of President Hassan Rouhani as the country’s next ambassador to the UN. Hamid Aboutalebi, 56, a former Iranian ambassador to Australia, Belgium and Italy who currently serves as Rouhani’s deputy chief of […]

Iran
NATO's military commander Gen. Philip Breedlove

NATOSource

Apr 2, 2014

Russian Invasion of Ukraine Could Succeed in 3 to 5 Days: NATO General

By Adrian Croft, Reuters

Russia has massed all the forces it needs on Ukraine’s border if it were to decide to carry out an “incursion” into the country and it could achieve its objective in three to five days, NATO’s top military commander said on Wednesday.

Moldova NATO

MENASource

Apr 2, 2014

Is Local Government in Libya the Solution?

By Mahmoud Bader

As Libya faces numerous challenges with the existence of federalists and militia groups, the question of decentralization grows in urgency. Libyans need to bolster local government in an effort to leave their past behind and meet their everyday needs, but lacks the adequate legal and constitutional framework to ensure better governance.

Libya

MENASource

Apr 2, 2014

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Human Rights in the Transitioning Countries

By Adam Simpson

More than three years have passed since tide of the Arab Spring swept through the region, carrying away in its undertow three Presidents-for-life as well as one Brother-Leader. At the heart of the movements that coalesced in Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, and Yemen was a desire for democratic reform and a final sunset on the decades-old […]

Middle East
SACEUR visits HQ ARRC, Nov. 15, 2013

NATOSource

Apr 2, 2014

SACEUR Weighs Options To Strengthen NATO’s Eastern Defenses

By Bloomberg News and Wall Street Journal

From James G. Neuger and Gopal Ratnam, Bloomberg News:  NATO’s top military commander is exploring ways to strengthen collective security in Europe

NATO Russia
Meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers, April 1, 2014

NATOSource

Apr 1, 2014

Details of NATO Plans for Increased Military Cooperation with Countries Near Russia

By Ian Traynor, Guardian

Nato has drawn up plans to strengthen military co-operation with the former Soviet states on Russia’s southern flank after the Kremlin’s seizure of Ukraine’s Black Sea peninsula of Crimea.

Moldova NATO

MENASource

Apr 1, 2014

The Road to Presidential Elections [Update 2]

By EgyptSource

With voting in Egypt’s second presidential elections in two years expected to take place on May 26 and 27, EgyptSource will be providing periodic updates on the latest news coming out of the Egyptian elections process.

Elections North Africa
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, April 1, 2014

NATOSource

Apr 1, 2014

NATO Suspends Low and Mid-Level Cooperation with Russia

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

We have just discussed the crisis in Ukraine with NATO foreign ministers, and the foreign minister of Ukraine.

NATO NATO Partnerships

Trade in Action

Apr 1, 2014

What We’re Reading: April 1

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