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New Atlanticist

Dec 17, 2015

Dip in Oil, Gas Prices Had Markets on Edge in 2015

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Implementation of Paris climate deal will be the big question in 2016, says Atlantic Council’s Richard L. Morningstar As 2015 draws to a close, our experts take a look back at the year that was and look ahead to 2016. This interview is part of a series. Richard L. Morningstar is the Founding Director of […]

Climate Change & Climate Action Energy & Environment

UkraineAlert

Dec 17, 2015

The Revolutionary Path to Reform for Ukraine’s National Police

By Melinda Haring

Ukrainians are growing increasingly impatient with Ukraine’s lack of reforms. But the country’s police reforms are working, says Khatia Dekanoidze, the newly-appointed chief of the Ukrainian National Police. How does she know? “The number one tool to…measure effectiveness of police is trust,” Dekanoidze said on December 15 at an Atlantic Council event. Dekanoidze joined John […]

The Caucasus Ukraine

SyriaSource

Dec 16, 2015

John Kerry on “Regime Change”

By Frederic C. Hof

Speaking in Moscow on December 15, 2015 after meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Secretary of State John Kerry said—as part of his prepared statement—that, “the United States and our partners are not seeking so-called ‘regime change,’ as it is known in Syria. What we have said is that we […]

Syria

EconoGraphics

Dec 16, 2015

Not All Bailouts are Created Equally

By Global Business and Economics

Europe has virtually emerged from the 2008 crisis, and it is worth comparing the various paths countries took to recovery.

Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia

SyriaSource

Dec 16, 2015

Syria: Stories Behind Photos of Killed Detainees

By Human Rights Watch

(Moscow, December 16, 2015) – Nine months of research reveals some of the human stories behind the more than 28,000 photos of deaths in government custody that were smuggled out of Syria and first came to public attention in January 2014, Human Rights said in a report and accompanying video released today.

Syria

New Atlanticist

Dec 16, 2015

Ukraine: Society No Longer Willing to Compromise with a Compromise

By Pavlo Sheremeta

Whoever directed the show in Ukraine’s parliament on December 11—when a ruling-party coalition parliamentarian dragged Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk from the podium—may have achieved their objective: there was no serious discussion of the government’s record that day. As a result of internal and external compromises, the current government with Yatsenyuk will remain in place for the […]

New Atlanticist

Dec 16, 2015

Global Warming: US-Cuba Thaw Biggest News Out of Latin America in 2015

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Rapprochement has gone a long way to open up the debate about Cuba, says Atlantic Council’s Peter Schechter As 2015 draws to a close, our experts take a look back at the year that was and look ahead to 2016. This interview is the first in a series. Peter Schechter is the Director of the […]

Cuba Latin America

SyriaSource

Dec 16, 2015

Top News: December 16, 2015

By SyriaSource

– US Defense Secretary Carter in Iraq to seek new ways to battle ISIS– Syrian troops capture strategic mountain in coastal province; humanitarian aid reaches Homs– German air force runs first refueling mission over Syria– Over 30 civilians dead in suspected Russian raids on Syrian markets; Russia confirms talks on Friday– Amnesty reports mistreatment of […]

Syria

MENASource

Dec 16, 2015

Top News: Chiefs of Rival Libya Parliaments Meet for First Time

By MENASource

The heads of Libya’s rival parliaments met on Tuesday for the first time since the latest fighting started more than a year ago, and ahead of the expected signing of a UN plan for a national unity government, Libyan television reported.

MENASource

Dec 16, 2015

Top News: Sisi Discusses Newly Formed Islamic Military Coalition With Saudi Crown Prince

By EgyptSource

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi received Saudi Crown Prince and Defense Minister Mohamed bin Salman in Cairo on Tuesday for the second meeting of the Egyptian-Saudi Coordination Council.

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