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EconoGraphics

Mar 4, 2016

TTIP: Window of Opportunity is Closing

By Alvaro Morales Salto Weis & TK Spandhla

The 12th round of negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) concluded last week in Brussels on an optimistic tone. The Chief Negotiator for the EU announced significant advances in most negotiating areas, including on the Investor-State-Dispute Settlement (ISD), which had been frozen for months. His US counterpart expressed confidence in reaching an ambitious deal in the second half of the year, rejecting calls for a “TTIP lite”.

Economy & Business European Union

New Atlanticist

Mar 4, 2016

The End of the Lula Era in Brazil

By Andrea Murta

March 4, 2016, will go down in Brazilian history books as the end of the Lula era. On this date, iconic former President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, was taken into police custody after being accused of allegedly receiving more than $8 million in bribes and undue advantages in connection with the corruption scandal involving […]

Brazil Latin America

UkraineAlert

Mar 4, 2016

“You Have Not Defeated Me and You Never Will!” Ukrainian Fighter Pilot Nadiya Savchenko Tells Russian Court

By Alexei Sobchenko

Even for Russia, where everyday life can best be described as Kafkaesque, the case of Nadiya Savchenko is outrageous. In 2014, during the war in Ukraine’s Donbas, Savchenko, a Ukrainian military officer captured by the pro-Russian separatists in combat, was transferred to Russia, where she was accused of involvement in the death of two Russian […]

Russia Ukraine

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Mar 4, 2016

Top News: US drone kills four suspected Al-Qaeda militants in Yemen

By MENASource

A US drone strike killed four suspected Al-Qaeda militants in a car in the southern Yemeni province of Shabwa on Friday, local officials and residents said.

SyriaSource

Mar 4, 2016

Syria: Next Steps

By Frederic C. Hof

One week into the designated start of a cessation of hostilities in Syria the results on the ground are mixed. Of supreme importance, however, is that the tempo of Assad regime mass homicide (supported and supplemented by Russia) has slowed, particularly in densely populated urban areas. The number of desperately needy Syrians getting humanitarian aid […]

Syria

SyriaSource

Mar 4, 2016

Top News: March 4, 2016

By SyriaSource

– Syrian rebel group says government mobilizing to take more areas– International leaders discuss Syria with Russia– United Nations says deal is near with Syria on aid– EU outlines plan to save open borders, cajoles Turkey– Istanbul hit by three more armed attacks Thursday

Syria

MENASource

Mar 4, 2016

Top News: Leading Rights Lawyer Accused of Managing ‘Illegal Organization’

By EgyptSource

Rights Lawyer and Director of the United Group law firm Negad al-Boraie said Thursday he was interrogated for three hours on six charges including managing an illegal organization. According to a statement issued by United Group Friday, Boraie has been charged with establishing an unlicensed entity with the intent of “inciting resistance to authorities, implementing […]

MENASource

Mar 4, 2016

EconSource: IMF Says in Advanced Talks with Tunisia Over $2.8 Billion

By EconSource

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Tunisia are in the advanced stages of talks over a $2.8 billion credit over four years to help support the country’s economic reform program.

FutureSource

Mar 3, 2016

Bridging the Security-Democracy Gap: Tools for Responding to Resurgent Authoritarianism

By Torrey Taussig

A quarter-century after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet Union, leading authoritarian regimes are thriving in the twenty-first century global security environment. As Freedom House reports, “fundamentally antidemocratic governments have strengthened their hold on power by making at least some of the common set of concessions – largely illusory […]

National Security Politics & Diplomacy

Bremain vs Brexit

Mar 3, 2016

European Official Goes to Bat for TTIP

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Trade deal would ‘help to write the rules of the global economy in the twenty-first century,’ says European Commission Vice President Jyrki Katainen A transatlantic trade deal, currently being negotiated by the United States and Europe, would strengthen bonds and stimulate growth on both sides of the Atlantic, a senior European official said at the […]

Europe & Eurasia European Union
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