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NATO flag at headquarters in Brussels

NATOSource

Mar 4, 2014

NATO Responds to Ukraine Crisis With ‘Rigorous and On-Going Assessment ‘

By NATO

The North Atlantic Council has met at Poland’s request to hold consultations within the framework of Article 4 of the Washington Treaty

NATO NATO Partnerships

MENASource

Mar 4, 2014

Top News: Sisi Gives Clearest Sign Yet of Presidential Run

By EgyptSource

Egyptian armed forces chief Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has sent the clearest signal yet that he will run for president, saying he cannot ignore the demands of the “majority,” the state news agency MENA reported on Tuesday. 

Gripen Jets

NATOSource

Mar 4, 2014

Sweden Responds to Russian Exercises by Sending Jets to Baltic Base

By The Local (Sweden)

The Swedish Armed Forces sent extra air defence to the island of Gotland on Tuesday in response to a large-scale Russian training exercise being carried out in the Baltic Sea.

NATO NATO Partnerships

MENASource

Mar 4, 2014

Top News: Three Policemen Killed in Bombing at Bahrain Protest

By MENASource

Amid demonstrations against the death of a twenty-three year old protester in police custody, a bomb was remotely detonated as police attempted to disperse the crowd.

MENASource

Mar 4, 2014

Lebanon Stuck Between Leaky Borders and Politics

By Maya Gebeily

A twenty year-old girl and a ten-year old boy were killed by Syrian government airstrikes last week. It would sound like any other day in Syria, except these strikes took place on the Lebanese side of the border, killing two Lebanese civilians and wounding several others.

Middle East Syria

MENASource

Mar 4, 2014

EconSource Headlines- March 4, 2014

By EconSource

Follow the latest in economic news and developments about the Arab transitions. 

Meeting of the North Altantic Council in Foreign Ministers' session, Dec. 3, 2013

NATOSource

Mar 3, 2014

NATO Describes Ukraine Crisis as Threat to Its Members

By NATO

The North Atlantic Council, which includes the ambassadors of all 28 NATO Allies, will meet on Tuesday 4 March, following a request by Poland under article 4 of NATO’s founding Washington Treaty.

NATO Poland

New Atlanticist

Mar 3, 2014

US Must Pull Germany Into Helping Lead NATO Against Russia

By Erik Brattberg

If Russia pursues and consolidates its armed seizure of Ukrainian territory in Crimea, the US and NATO have no politically viable option for reversing that advance by military force. What the West can do, however, is too modify Moscow’s calculations, making it more costly for Putin to sustain his aggressive effort to hold Ukraine within […]

Germany Russia

MENASource

Mar 3, 2014

Libya’s Parallel Tracks Could Avert a Train Wreck

By Karim Mezran and Lara Talverdian

For months now, Libya has found itself in a deteriorating security situation that hampers political progress. Since the revolution in 2011, Libyan authorities and their international partners regarded the country’s security challenges as the source of the problem rather than a symptom of deeply rooted political woes. 

Libya
President Barack Obama discussing Ukraine with national security advisors, Feb. 28, 2014

NATOSource

Mar 3, 2014

President Obama’s Foreign Policy is Based on Fantasy

By Editorial Board of the Washington Post

For five years, President Obama has led a foreign policy based more on how he thinks the world should operate than on reality.

China Russia