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New Atlanticist

May 5, 2014

Ukraine News Roundup | May 5

By Irena Chalupa

How Pro-Russia Trolling Is Affecting Ukraine Stories from The Guardian Intercepted Phone Calls Show Putin Called The Shots On European Hostages In Ukraine from Forbes Opinion: Putin’s Not Post-Communist, He’s Post-Fascist from Spiegel Odessa Mob Rule: Who Gave Police Order to Release Detainees, and Why? from The Kyiv Post Russia to Prosecute Crimean Tatar Protesters Over Unrest […]

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MENASource

May 5, 2014

Top News: Presidential Campaign Period Begins; Salafi Nour Party backs Sisi

By EgyptSource

Saturday marked the first official day of campaigning for Egypt’s only two candidates vying for the presidency, Hamdeen Sabbahi and Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

MENASource

May 5, 2014

EconSource: Economic platforms of Egypt’s presidential candidates

By EconSource

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

SouthAsiaSource

May 2, 2014

This Week in South Asia: April 26 – May 2

Commentary from the South Asia Center on the most relevant news from the region, and suggested “must-read” analyses from the week. IndiaAs India approaches its final phase of voting, two isolated incidents of violence erupted in the north east and southern regions of the country.  Separatist rebels opened fire on a Muslim village this week […]

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MENASource

May 2, 2014

The Death Sentence: The Consequences of Taking the Wrong Path [Part I]

By Yussef Auf

A new chapter in the discourse of Egypt’s revolution, post-July 3rd, has seen hundreds of supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood sentenced to death. With Mohamed Morsi’s removal from power, the political situation has spun out of control. What began as mere political differences has transformed into violent confrontations.  Egypt has been pulled into a cycle […]

North Africa
NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia James Appathurai

NATOSource

May 2, 2014

NATO Official: Alliance Will Discuss Deployment of ‘Defensive Assets’ in Georgia

By Agenda.ge

NATO Deputy Secretary General’s Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia region James Appathurai said in Tbilisi today that he believed the Alliance would discuss whether NATO allies should deploy “defensive assets” in Georgia.

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Latvia's state secretary of defence Janis Sarts

NATOSource

May 2, 2014

NATO Countries Planning Comms Mission in Ukraine

By Paul D. Shinkman, U.S. News & World Report

NATO countries may be ramping up their war of words in the coming weeks in Ukraine, where Russian propaganda flows freely into the east while ill-prepared security forces can’t even talk to one another.

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New Atlanticist

May 2, 2014

Despite Death Threats, Here is the News From Donetsk . . . .

By Irena Chalupa

Oleksiy Matsuka, 31 has been for a decade one of Donetsk’s most prominent journalists. In 2003, he founded Novosti Donbassa (Donbas News), a website to cover his home region. Matsuka soon built a reputation as a courageous investigative journalist, writing stories that most journalists in the Donbas (Donetsk Basin) region avoided. Last week, the Paris-based […]

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New Atlanticist

May 2, 2014

Ukraine News Roundup | May 2

By Irena Chalupa

Here’s some of what we’re reading on Ukraine today: Beyond Crimea: What Vladimir Putin Really Wants from World Affairs Can the West find the Energy To Deter Russia? from Washington Post Putin’s American Toady at ‘The Nation’ Gets Even Toadier from The New Republic Portraits from Ukraine: Lesya Orobets’s Campaign from The New Yorker Ukraine: […]

Ukraine

MENASource

May 2, 2014

Top News: Cairo and Sinai Hit by Three Blasts on Friday Killing Four

By EgyptSource

Egypt’s Interior Ministry said that four people were killed and twelve were injured in three bombings that occurred in Cairo and South Sinai on Friday.