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New Atlanticist

Mar 23, 2016

ISIS Strikes Brussels: Is This The ‘New Normal’?

By Ashish Kumar Sen

The terrorist attacks in Brussels represent a collective failure of Western intelligence, underscore the challenges radicalized young Muslims pose to Europe and the United States, but most of all are emblematic of what the Atlantic Council’s Barry Pavel describes as a “new normal.” The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) claimed responsibility for the […]

Cybersecurity European Union

New Atlanticist

Mar 22, 2016

Belgium’s 9/11

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Brussels attacks a failure of Western intelligence, says Howard Gutman, former US Ambassador to Belgium The terrorist attacks in Brussels that left at least thirty-six people dead on March 22 represent a failure of US and European intelligence, according to Howard Gutman, a former US Ambassador to Belgium. “Most people have been focusing on Molenbeek […]

European Union International Organizations

SyriaSource

Mar 22, 2016

Isolation of the Kurds in Syria

By Jiwan Soz

As a result of the political and military changes in Syria after March 2011, Kurds now control three major territories in Syria: Kobani, Afrin, and Hasaka. However, they face political difficulties due to the many schisms among the Kurdish parties, Turkey’s fear that Syrian Kurds will unite their cantons in northern Syria, and deteriorating relations […]

Syria

New Atlanticist

Mar 22, 2016

Paris Suspect’s Arrest Likely Hastened Attack in Brussels, says former CIA Director Michael Hayden

By David Ensor and Ashish Kumar Sen

Salah Abdeslam’s arrest last week in connection with the Paris attacks likely sped up terrorists’ plans to strike Brussels, according to Michael Hayden, former Director of the  Central Intelligence Agency and an Atlantic Council board member. With Abdeslam’s arrest following a four-month manhunt, the terrorists likely felt that they were “in a position of either […]

European Union International Organizations

New Atlanticist

Mar 22, 2016

Brussels Bombings Reflect ISIS’ Growing ‘Attack Capability’

By Ashish Kumar Sen

‘When you are dealing with terrorists, absolutely the best defense is a strong offense,’ says Michael Morell, a former Deputy Director of the CIA The bombings in Brussels on March 22 are a reflection of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham’s growing “attack capability” in Europe, according to Michael Morell, a former Deputy Director […]

European Union International Organizations

SyriaSource

Mar 22, 2016

Top News: March 22, 2016

By SyriaSource

– ISIS massacres Kurds in Aleppo town– Syrian Kurds defend federal plan, deny autonomy aim – Regime says Assad’s fate still ‘excluded’ from Syria peace talks– UNHCR will not work in Greek ‘detention centers,’ at EU-Turkey deal

Syria

MENASource

Mar 22, 2016

Top News: ISIS massacres Kurds in Aleppo town

By MENASource

The Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) has committed a massacre in a Kurdish-populated town northeast of Aleppo amid accusations that pro-regime forces had abandoned the village in the face of the extremist group’s offensive.

MENASource

Mar 22, 2016

EconSource: Moody’s Warns Gulf States will be Forced to Tap Debt Markets

By EconSource

Gulf governments will be forced to rely on debt markets as their fiscal deficits rise to over $250 billion amid an extended period of low oil prices over the next two years, Moody’s Investors Service said.

MENASource

Mar 22, 2016

Top News: Media Gag Imposed on NGO Foreign Funding Case

By EgyptSource

Investigating Judge Hisham Abdel Meguid issued Monday evening a gag order on the recently reopened case against local nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) accused of unlawfully accepting foreign funds. The gag order prohibits any type of media outlet from publishing anything on the case other than statements issued by the presiding judges until investigations are complete.

UkraineAlert

Mar 22, 2016

Russian Court Finds Ukraine’s Defiant Pilot Savchenko Guilty

By Irena Chalupa

Nothing in the Nadiya Savchenko case has been easy or fast. The famed Ukrainian pilot whom Russia has charged with complicity in the deaths of two Russian journalists can’t even get a quick verdict at the end of a trial that has lasted nine months. On March 22, the court found Savchenko guilty of all […]

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