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UkraineAlert

Mar 23, 2016

Ukraine and Turkey’s Newly Strengthened Relationship

By Hannah Thoburn

Turkey and Ukraine, including Crimea, control 71 percent of the Black Sea coast between the two of them. With Ukraine to the north and Turkey directly to the south, the two nations have long been collegial when working together on regional problems, but their reasonably friendly relationship has generally been subordinated to more pressing issues. […]

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Bremain vs Brexit

Mar 23, 2016

‘We Reap What We Sow’

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Brussels attack the cost of inattention to terrorist sleeper cells, says Atlantic Council President and CEO Frederick Kempe European governments, and in particular Belgium, are paying a heavy price for having neglected terrorist sleeper cells that have been forming for well more than a decade in their growing, poorly integrated immigrant communities, said Frederick Kempe, President and CEO of […]

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SyriaSource

Mar 23, 2016

Top News: March, 23 2016

By SyriaSource

– Syrian army seizes hills overlooking ISIS-held Palmyra– Kerry off to Russia for Syria talks after Brussels attacks– Syrian refugees denied critical health care in Jordan– Syria greenlights aid for most besieged towns, UN says – Turkey launches air strikes against PKK in Iraq, Turkey

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MENASource

Mar 23, 2016

Top News: US air strikes kill at least 50 at al-Qaeda Yemen camp

By MENASource

At least 50 militants were killed in a US air strike on an al-Qaeda training camp in the mountains of southern Yemen, medics and a local official said on Wednesday.

B61 nuclear bomb exhibit at the Pima Air & Space Museum, Feb. 24, 2012

NATOSource

Mar 23, 2016

Adjusting NATO’s Nuclear Policies: A Five Step Program

By Franklin C. Miller

As the Wales Summit recognized, NATO faces a potential threat of attack by conventional force elements, both in traditional formations and in the form of “little green men.”

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MENASource

Mar 23, 2016

EconSource: IMF says War, Oil Rout Erode Middle East Growth Prospects

By EconSource

Wars and low crude oil prices have diminished growth prospects for the Middle East, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said Tuesday in a new paper, Avoiding the New Mediocre: Raising Long-Term Growth in the Middle East and Central Asia.

MENASource

Mar 23, 2016

Top News: Sisi Swears in Ten New Ministers in Cabinet Reshuffle

By EgyptSource

Ten new Egyptian ministers were sworn in on Wednesday by President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi as part of a limited cabinet reshuffle. Judge Hossam Abdel Reheem was appointed Justice Minister, replacing sacked minister Ahmed al-Zend. Dalia Khorshed was appointed as Investment Minister, replacing Ashraf Salman, and Amr al-Garhy replaced Finance Minister Hany Kadry Dimian. Ashraf al-Sharqawy was […]

IranSource

Mar 23, 2016

Saudi Arabia Needs to Change its Zero Sum Approach to Iran

By Amir Handjani

Perhaps no single rivalry will determine the future of the Middle East more than that of Saudi Arabia and Iran.

Iran

UkraineAlert

Mar 23, 2016

Separatists Launch New “Passportization” Strategy in Eastern Ukraine

By Agnia Grigas

On March 16, the separatist leaders of the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic (DNR) began issuing their own passports in eastern Ukraine. The territory’s militant leader Aleksander Zakharchenko called the move “a very important step toward building statehood” that will serve to solidify and formalize the territory’s separatist status. Earlier, Moscow had planned to hand out […]

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UkraineAlert

Mar 23, 2016

Memo to Secretary Kerry: Russia Is Weaker Than You Think

By Ariel Cohen

When US Secretary of State John Kerry goes to Moscow this week, he should keep in mind that Russia’s recent military engagements in Ukraine and Syria represent an attempt to manipulate perceptions. The Kremlin wants to position itself as a peer of America, open to cooperation against ISIS, but capable of military threats against US […]

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