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New Atlanticist

Feb 12, 2016

Obama’s Sunnylands Summit: Does ASEAN Really Matter?

By Robert A. Manning

OK, OK, I get the symbolism, but it is a measure of how devalued the language of diplomacy can be that US President Barack Obama would hold an unprecedented summit at Sunnylands in California with ten heads of state whose countries comprise the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to talk of a “strategic partnership.”  […]

Trade in Action

Feb 12, 2016

TTIP&TRADEinAction – February 12, 2016

By Global Business & Economics Program

US Trade Representative Michael Froman signed the TPP in Auckland, New Zealand on Feb. 4 along with the Ministers from all nations part of the agreement. Photo credit: @usembassynz

Economy & Business Trade and tariffs

Economies In Transition

Feb 12, 2016

Unleashing the Middle East’s Economic Potential

By MENASource

As the Middle East and North Africa wrestle with a number of security and geopolitical challenges, subtle societal shifts–such as increased access to technology and a youth boom–can create an opportunity for economic revitalization in the region. As much as these energies can contribute to popular unrest, they can also lead to a technologically driven […]

Middle East

MENASource

Feb 12, 2016

Top News: Thousands of Doctors Rally in Front of Syndicate Amid Standoff with Interior Ministry

By EgyptSource

At least 4,000 doctors gathered in front of the Doctors Syndicate headquarters in downtown Cairo on Friday morning, to attend an emergency general assembly meeting in the wake of a reported police assault on doctors. In a statement distributed at the general assembly, the syndicate said that medical staff at various hospitals had been repeatedly subjected to […]

SyriaSource

Feb 12, 2016

Military Conscription: A Tool to Strengthen the Baathist State

By Hasan Arfeh

On November 3, 2012, I took a cab headed to the Lebanese capital of Beirut. I carried a light bag in preparation of repetitive searches through numerous regime checkpoints. I fled Syria because the Syrian army had drafted me for service. I choose to flee my homeland instead of fighting my countrymen.

Syria

MENASource

Feb 12, 2016

EconSource: EU Says it is Ready to Lend Tunisia EUR 500 Million

By EconSource

The European Union (EU) said Friday it is ready to lend Tunisia EUR 500 million in 2016-2017 to help the country address economic difficulties, weeks after violent protests erupted demanding jobs.

New Atlanticist

Feb 11, 2016

Libya Remains a Weak Link in Effort to Curb Migrant Flow into Europe

By Ashish Kumar Sen

NATO deploys ships to Aegean Sea to counter human trafficking between Turkey and Greece NATO’s decision to deploy ships to the Aegean Sea in an attempt to deter the smuggling of migrants from Turkey into Greece focuses on just one aspect of the problem; to Europe’s south, in Libya, a well-established human-trafficking network continues to […]

European Union International Organizations

New Atlanticist

Feb 11, 2016

President Hassan Rouhani’s Defense Policy

By Abbas Qaidaari

A study of the tensions between the United States and its allies in the region with Iran shows that both sides have misunderstood and miscalculated their defense policies and strategies in the Middle East. Many Western critics do not understand the basis and distinguishing features of the Rouhani government’s strategy. Based on general policies of […]

Iran

New Atlanticist

Feb 11, 2016

Questions to Consider as NATO Responds to Migrant Crisis

By Steven Horrell

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg’s February 11 announcement that NATO has agreed to a proposal from Germany, Greece, and Turkey to assist with the refugee and migrant crisis in the eastern Mediterranean and Aegean Seas is an important response to a refugee crisis that has enormous implications for Europe. NATO’s naval response, however, opens up […]

European Union Greece

MENASource

Feb 11, 2016

The State of Opposition in Egypt’s Parliament

By Omar Halawa

With Egypt’s newly elected parliament convening once again after a two-week break—questions loom over the role of the opposition in parliament. The legislative body recently completed its very first task of reviewing all laws issued by the executive branch after the 2014 constitution went into force, and is once again reconvening. 

North Africa
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