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MENASource

Mar 3, 2016

Libya’s Draft Constitution: Compromise or Compromised?

By Ronald Bruce St John

The Constitutional Drafting Assembly (CDA) was elected in February 2014 with a mandate to draft a constitution to replace the Draft Constitutional Charter for the Transitional Stage, released in August 2011. It took the CDA eight months to produce a first draft and another four months to produce a second, with the latter containing important […]

Libya

Congressional Relations

Mar 3, 2016

Remembering Boris Nemtsov

By Mikaila Altenbern

Boris Nemtsov’s legacy and his final project—exposing the Kremlin’s role in the war in Ukraine—were remembered at an event in Washington to mark the first anniversary of his assassination. “He was a man of great values,” said Paula J. Dobriansky, a Senior Fellow at Harvard University and an Atlantic Council board director. Nemtsov was shot […]

Russia Ukraine

SyriaSource

Mar 3, 2016

Top News: March 3, 2016

By SyriaSource

– European leaders to discuss Syria with Putin Friday – ‘Huge drop’ in civilian deaths after Syria truce– Electricity supply gradually returns after nationwide outage in Syria– United States struggles with Arabic reports on Syria truce violations– Turkey cracks down on insults to President Erdogan– United States warns PYD not to support PKK in Turkey

Syria

MENASource

Mar 3, 2016

Top News: Egypt Parliament Expels Lawmaker over Meeting with Israeli Ambassador

By EgyptSource

An Egyptian lawmaker and popular TV talk show host was expelled from parliament Wednesday over a meeting he had with the Israeli ambassador to Egypt. The controversy over the meeting began when Ambassador Haim Koren posted a picture on the embassy’s Facebook page last week of himself and Egyptian lawmaker Tawfiq Okasha during their meeting.

New Atlanticist

Mar 3, 2016

Harnessing Pakistan’s Potential

By Syed Azhar Shah

Pakistan’s government and policymakers must do more to harness the potential of young entrepreneurs, writes Syed Azhar Shah, a fellow in the Emerging Leaders of Pakistan program of the Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center. “Already, we see a growing ecosystem of Pakistani entrepreneurs developing startups with the potential to become larger, successful entities. If this […]

Pakistan

MENASource

Mar 3, 2016

Top News: United States warns PYD not to support PKK in Turkey

By MENASource

The United States on March 2 called on the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) in Syria to not support the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in Turkey.

MENASource

Mar 3, 2016

EconSource: ISIS Making Millions Through Foreign Exchange

By EconSource

The Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) is exploiting national banking operations in Iraq and could be making up to $25 million a month in Middle Eastern money markets, experts told a UK parliamentary subcommittee in February.

SyriaSource

Mar 2, 2016

The Impact of Air Strikes and Military Operations on ISIS’s Economy

By Justice for Life Observatory in Deir Ezzor

After conquering eastern Syria, the Islamic State (ISIS) focused on building a central economic system to control its resources. Its economy includes revenue earned from oil and gas, levying taxes on trade movement, price fixing, and fines collected from people violating laws.

Syria

Bremain vs Brexit

Mar 2, 2016

‘Not the Time for Divisions in Europe’

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Former European Commission President, José Manuel Barroso, warns against Brexit as Europe faces challenges on its eastern and southern flanks The last thing that Europe needs as it grapples with challenges on its eastern and southern flanks is for the United Kingdom to walk out of the European Union, said José Manuel Barroso, a former […]

Europe & Eurasia European Union

UkraineAlert

Mar 2, 2016

Early Elections in Ukraine Are Scarier Than You Think

By Adrian Karatnycky

Should Ukraine hold new elections? Despite the failure of Ukraine’s parliament to remove the government of Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk from office on February 16, the defection of two parties from the governing coalition gives President Petro Poroshenko the ability to declare the absence of a majority coalition and force new elections. Western donors, including […]

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