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UkraineAlert

Jan 18, 2016

Seven Key Reforms for Ukraine in 2016

By Anders Åslund

After Orthodox Christmas, I spent a few days in Kyiv. It is quite striking how the mood has changed in a positive direction. The 2016 budget and the modified tax code were adopted on December 24. After two weeks of well-deserved rest, there is a sudden realization that Ukraine accomplished many important economic reforms in […]

Russia Ukraine

New Atlanticist

Jan 16, 2016

Taiwan Just Elected its First Female President. Here’s Why it Matters.

By Robert A. Manning

There was little ambiguity in the landslide victory of Tsai Ing-wen and Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party (DPP): Tsai won 56.1 percent of the vote, nearly twice that of Kuomintang (KMT) candidate Eric Chu, and the DPP won sixty-eight of the 113 seats in parliament. The election victory of the DPP, whose charter includes the goal […]

China Indo-Pacific
NATO Deputy Secretary General Alexander Vershbow

NATOSource

Jan 15, 2016

NATO and 21st Century Deterrence

By Alexander Vershbow, NATO

New and increasingly authoritarian laws have further restricted basic freedoms for Russian civil society. Russia persists with its efforts to undermine Ukraine politically, economically and militarily. Russia has yet to live up to its part of the Minsk agreements, even though there have been a few lulls in the fighting. Russia’s aggressive military build-up continues, […]

NATO Nuclear Nonproliferation

New Atlanticist

Jan 15, 2016

Sri Lankan Peace Process Would Have Benefitted from Greater International Effort, says Former Negotiator

By Mitch Hulse

A broader international commitment would have ensured the success of an effort to end an over two-decade-long war between the Sri Lankan military and Tamil separatists, Erik Solheim, a former peace negotiator, said at the Atlantic Council on January 14. In the absence of such a commitment, the Sri Lankan military continued a fierce offensive […]

South Asia

EconoGraphics

Jan 15, 2016

Road to Pension Sustainability

By Global Business and Economics

As Greece entered in 2016, the first review of the bailout agreed in August 2015 is not completed yet. Creditors and the Greek Government are meeting next week to discuss a plan for major reforms of the pension system. The goal is to assure the long-term sustainability of the Greek public finances, with proposed cost-saving measures targeting 1 percent of its GDP.

Economy & Business European Union

SyriaSource

Jan 15, 2016

Top News: January 15, 2016

By SyriaSource

– Russia and Syria signed open-ended agreement on military presence – UNICEF confirms severe malnutrition in besieged Madaya – Russia says aid must be allowed into areas in Syria blockaded by militants– United States, Russia agree January 25 Syria talks must go forward– Iraqi force enters southern oil city to disarm tribal fighters– Turkey detains academics who […]

Syria

MENASource

Jan 15, 2016

Top News: Russia and Syria signed open-ended agreement on military presence

By MENASource

The Russian government on Thursday released the text of an agreement signed in Damascus on August 26, 2015, more than a month before Russia launched a bombing campaign against the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) and other “terrorists” at the request of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad.

MENASource

Jan 15, 2016

Top News: Activists Detained in Egypt Ahead of Uprising Anniversary

By EgyptSource

Egyptian authorities are rounding up activists ahead of the fifth anniversary of the January 25 uprising that toppled longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak and have detained at least five people this week. Doctors’ Syndicate member Taher Mokhtar and his two roommates, Ahmed Mohamed Hassan and Hossam al-Din Hamad, were arrested Thursday following a raid on their downtown […]

MENASource

Jan 15, 2016

EconSource: Qatar Raises Local Gasoline Price by 30 Percent

By EconSource

Qatar raised domestic prices of gasoline by 30 percent at midnight on Thursday, the official Qatar News Agency (QNA) reported, as low oil and gas prices put pressure on the national budget.

SyriaSource

Jan 14, 2016

Women’s Roles in Deir Ezzor during the Syrian Revolution

By Fikram

Women in Deir Ezzor have supported the Syrian revolution in various ways since its beginning. During the early stages of the revolution, women held active roles, including those that were viewed as exclusively male dominated, such as carrying weapons in the armed opposition. Despite the seizure of most of the province by the Islamic State […]

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