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Sep 6, 2016

Post-Brexit, EU Moves Toward Deeper Military Integration

By Bruno Waterfield, The Times (London)

EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini told ambassadors yesterday she would table the “road map” to take advantage of “political space” opened by the Brexit vote.

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EU High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini, June 28, 2016

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Sep 6, 2016

Mogherini: We Need to Change the ‘Institutional Structure’ of EU Defense and Security

By Federica Mogherini, European External Action Service

I see the focus on implementation on four specific areas.

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EU High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini, Sept. 3, 2016

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Sep 6, 2016

Mogherini Dismisses Likelihood of European Army, But Seeks Deployment of EU Battlegroups

By Federica Mogherini, European External Action Service

Today there was a general agreement, actually a unanimous agreement, on the fact that not only that the Global Strategy is excellent, but also the plans for implementation are what we need now.

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New Atlanticist

Sep 6, 2016

It’s Too Soon to Write Off Angela Merkel

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Angela Merkel has acknowledged that the setback her party suffered in elections in an eastern state this past weekend was a repudiation of her welcome to Syrian migrants, but the Atlantic Council’s Fran Burwell said backing away from this controversial policy will only hurt the German chancellor further. “The voters would be more skeptical of […]

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UkraineAlert

Sep 6, 2016

The German-Russian Relationship: It’s Complicated

By Andreas Umland

There’s a growing perception in Germany that the Minsk ceasefire agreements may never be implemented and the conflict in Ukraine will continue to grind on. To examine the origins and nature of the conflict as well as its possible solution and the role Bavaria may play in these affairs, the German-Ukrainian NGO Kyiv Dialogue held […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, August 31, 2016

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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

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The chemicals were picked up in Misrata on August 27

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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.

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