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New Atlanticist

May 6, 2016

How Ukraine Can Solve Its Local Election Conundrum

By John E. Herbst

Even when it is effective, diplomacy can be an unsightly business. Perhaps nothing illustrates this better than that ugly, illegitimate child of Mother Russia’s war in Ukraine: the Minsk agreements. In recent months, Germany and France have been pressing Ukraine to pass a local elections law as the basis for holding elections in the Donetsk People’s Republic […]

Ukraine
Lithuanian Defense Minister Juozas Olekas, August 31, 2015

NATOSource

May 5, 2016

Baltic Allies Seek US Help to Build Air Defense System

By Kevin Baron, Defense One

Russia’s razor-close fighter jet flybys of a U.S. destroyer in the Baltic Sea this week shows that Moscow is weak, NATO is vital, and Europe’s eastern flank needs the new air defense systems Baltic leaders have been requesting for a year.

Missile Defense NATO

MENASource

May 5, 2016

Operations in the Manbij Pocket: Finding A Way Forward in the War against ISIS

By Aaron Stein

The Islamic State (ISIS) threat to Turkey has increased considerably in recent months, following an increase in rocket attacks on the Turkish city of Kilis and the deliberate targeting of Turkish tanks and artillery near Karkamış. The rise of the Islamic State threat prompted Turkish Foreign Minister, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, to underscore the need to clear […]

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Trade in Action

May 5, 2016

TTIP & Trade in Action – May 4, 2016

By Global Business & Economics Program

The 13th round of TTIP negotiations took place last week in New York. The next round is expected to take part at the end of July in Europe, in an effort to complete negotiations during the Obama administration.

Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia

New Atlanticist

May 5, 2016

A ‘Steady March to Authoritarianism’ in Turkey

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Atlantic Council’s Aaron Stein says prime minister’s resignation will heighten political polarization Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu’s decision to resign following disagreements with President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will heighten political polarization inside Turkey, said the Atlantic Council’s Aaron Stein. “Half the country views this as, to use their language, a palace coup. There are real […]

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SyriaSource

May 5, 2016

Keeping Syria in Focus

By Frederic C. Hof

On May 11, I will become Director of the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East. Leading an extraordinarily talented cadre of Hariri Center colleagues in their quest to understand the dynamics of change in the Middle East-North Africa region and to identify how the United States and its transatlantic partners can influence […]

Syria
Gen. Curtis M. Scaparrotti, May 3, 2016

NATOSource

May 4, 2016

NATO’s New Commander: ‘Ready To Fight If Deterrence Fails’

By Charles Recknagel, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

NATO has a new supreme commander, whose job is to strengthen it as a defense force after years of reductions of U.S. troops in Europe.

NATO Security & Defense

IranSource

May 4, 2016

Iran’s New Parliament: Fewer Clerics, More Women

By Mehrnaz Samimi

The results of this year’s runoff elections for seats in Iran’s tenth parliament have broken two records. The new parliament — which will officially begin work on May 28 — will host the largest number of women and the least number of clerics since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

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Bremain vs Brexit

May 4, 2016

Brexit Would Have a ‘Dramatic Effect’ on the West’s Stability

By Ashish Kumar Sen

George Robertson, former NATO Secretary General, says Europe’s role in the world is at stake The United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union would have a “dramatic effect” on the stability of the West, warned Lord George Robertson, who has served as Secretary General of NATO as well as the United Kingdom’s Defence Minister. British […]

European Union International Organizations

New Atlanticist

May 4, 2016

Greenpeace Leak Creates Confusion, Not Clarity, on TTIP

By Danielle Leopold

Atlantic Council’s Andrea Montanino warns against reading too much into leaked negotiation papers Greenpeace’s decision to leak 248 classified documents related to the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations only creates more confusion rather than contributing to an understanding of the complex process, according to the Atlantic Council’s Andrea Montanino. By leaking the documents, […]

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