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FutureSource

Sep 6, 2016

Risk Nexus Revisited: What is the Internet’s Future?

By Kathryn Taylor

This is a critical moment for the Internet. Mass government and commercial data collection have weakened public trust. Uncertainty is rising as nations disagree over Internet governance and new technologies disrupt existing markets and mechanisms. The Internet of Things (IoT) is developing rapidly and creating new economic opportunities, but manufacturers are consistently failing to incorporate […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

UkraineAlert

Sep 6, 2016

How Xi and Putin Humiliated Obama at the G-20

By Anders Åslund

On September 4-5, the G-20 held its annual summit in Hangzhou, China, President Xi Jinping’s home. G-20 summits tend to be meaningless, but this one appears to have been outright harmful. The signature event was when President Barack Obama’s Air Force One was not met with a staircase, and it went downhill from there. During […]

China Russia

UkraineAlert

Sep 6, 2016

The Top Ten Things Ukraine’s Parliament Needs to Do This Fall

By Olena Halushka

Over the last two and a half years, Ukraine has channeled the energy of the Euromaidan protests into building a new state, and has achieved a number of major accomplishments. However, much more remains be done. The delay in implementing crucial reforms is equivalent to stopping halfway, while the slow rate of change is already […]

Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin, August 31, 2016

NATOSource

Sep 5, 2016

Intelligence Community Investigating Covert Russian Influence Operations in the US

By Dana Priest, Ellen Nakashima, and Tom Hamburger, Washington Post

U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies are probing what they see as a broad covert Russian operation in the United States to sow public distrust in the upcoming presidential election

Intelligence Russia
The chemicals were picked up in Misrata on August 27

NATOSource

Sep 2, 2016

Danish Team Removes 500 Tons of Chemical Weapons From Libya

By AP, White House, Foreign Ministry of Denmark

From the AP:  A Danish-led international operation to rid Libya of its chemical weapons has removed 500 tons of chemicals from the North African country, Denmark said Wednesday.

Italy Libya

MENASource

Sep 2, 2016

Challenges Facing the New Tunisian Government

By Fatim-Zohra El Malki

In a context of economic woes, Youssef Chahed’s proposed cabinet received overwhelming support in a vote of confidence on August 26, with 167 of Tunisia’s members of parliament voting in its favor. The early vote, which took place prior to the September 1 legal deadline to form a new government, allowed the newly appointed 26 […]

North Africa

New Atlanticist

Sep 2, 2016

Obama Makes Final Asia Trip Amid Questions About US Reliability

By Ashish Kumar Sen

US President Barack Obama’s final official trip to Asia comes amid uncertainty over the future of a signature trade pact aimed at preventing China from setting the rules of global trade and at a time when Beijing has shown an increasing willingness to challenge US power. Obama, who has described himself as the first Pacific […]

China
Russian President Vladimir Putin, June 11, 2013

NATOSource

Sep 2, 2016

Russian Intelligence Waging Information War, Says Czech Security Service

By BIS, Bloomberg News, and Reuters

From the Security Information Service (BIS) of the Czech Republic:  In 2015, Chinese and Russian intelligence services were the most active in the Czech Republic.

Central Europe China

MENASource

Sep 2, 2016

A Blow to Tunisia’s Democratic Process?

By Karim Mezran and Elissa Miller

Much has been made of the recent resignation by Tunisia’s former prime minister Habib Essid and the appointment and parliamentary approval of his replacement Youssef Chahed as damaging to Tunisia’s political stability. In the aftermath of these changes, one former member of Tunisia’s National Constituent Assembly wrote, “Within the last 18 months, the parliament has […]

North Africa
Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy Alejandro Alvargonzález

NATOSource

Sep 2, 2016

Spanish Diplomat Now Serving as NATO’s New Assistant Secretary General

By Office of the Prime Minister of Spain and NATO

From the Office of the Prime Minister of Spain:  The Secretary General of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, has appointed Alejandro Alvargonzalez San Martín as the next Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy,

NATO Security & Defense
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