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New Atlanticist

Sep 4, 2015

Europe’s Migrant Crisis: Going After Traffickers, Not Taking in More Refugees, is the Answer, Says British Official

By Alejandro Alvarez

The best way to deal with the migrant crisis facing Europe is to shut down illegal human trafficking networks, not take in more refugees, Penny Mordaunt, the United Kingdom’s Minister of State for the Armed Forces, said at the Atlantic Council September 3. “The notion that if we just increase the number of people we’re […]

United Kingdom

MENASource

Sep 4, 2015

Top News: US-Saudi Talks to Focus on Iran, Yemen, and Syria

By MENASource

When King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud’s meets US President Barack Obama at the White House, the two leaders will be seeking a renewal of an historic US-Saudi strategic partnership recently threatened due to a rising set of challenges in the Middle East.

MENASource

Sep 4, 2015

Top News: Sinai Blasts Injure Six Peacekeepers, Including Four Americans, Pentagon Says

By EgyptSource

Six soldiers including four Americans were injured on Thursday in two blasts in northeast Sinai caused by improvised explosive devices, the Pentagon said.

MENASource

Sep 4, 2015

EconSource: Standard & Poor’s Rates Iraq for First Time

By EconSource

Financial services company Standard & Poor’s (S&P) issued a credit rating for Iraq for the first time on Thursday, giving the country a junk score.

SyriaSource

Sep 4, 2015

Syria: Don’t Let Perfect Be the Enemy of Good

By Faysal Itani

Foreign Policy published an intriguing article by Aaron David Miller, arguing that the current US Syria policy is the inevitable outcome of President Barack Obama’s foreign policy worldview.

Syria
NATO activates staff units in 6 members states, Sept. 3, 2015

NATOSource

Sep 3, 2015

NATO Activates Staff Units in Six Eastern Members

By Jens Stoltenberg, NATO

Today, we raise the NATO flag over six new headquarters. The NATO Force Integration Units. Here in Vilnius. But also in Bucharest, Bydgoszcz, Sofia, Riga, and Tallinn.

Central Europe NATO

MENASource

Sep 3, 2015

Egypt’s Anti-Terror Law: A Translation

By EgyptSource

Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi approved, in mid-August, a new anti-terror law aimed at strengthening the country’s efforts in combatting a rising terror insurgency.

North Africa

MENASource

Sep 3, 2015

Top News: UN Investigators Denounce International Failure to Protect Refugees

By MENASource

UN investigators on Thursday denounced the international community’s failure to protect refugees fleeing Syria, saying the neglect of those forced to flee the conflict had fueled Europe’s migrant crisis.

"Sweden cannot expect military support if we are not full members"

NATOSource

Sep 3, 2015

Swedes Lean Toward NATO, Await Moscow’s Response

By Paul McLeary

The leadership of Sweden’s Centre Party said Tuesday the time had come for a more serious consideration of joining the military alliance in the face of Russian aggression in Ukraine and increasing fears in the Baltic States about Moscow’s intentions.

NATO NATO Partnerships

New Atlanticist

Sep 3, 2015

Instability in Guatemala Has National Security Implications for the United States

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Atlantic Council analysts predict period of uncertainty after President’s surprise resignation Guatemalan President Otto Pérez Molina’s surprise resignation on September 3 in the face of corruption allegations will likely plunge the Central American nation into a period of further political as well as economic uncertainty with direct implications for US national security, said the Atlantic […]

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