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UkraineAlert

Jul 24, 2015

Kremlin Stages Fake Separatist Stunt in Lviv

By Halya Coynash

Western leaders pressing Ukraine to give into Russian demands and offer the so-called Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics autonomy would be well-advised to take note of the other parts of Ukraine which, according to Russian media, are also demanding self-rule. On July 17, approximately twenty people in Lviv staged a blitzkrieg demonstration with banners demanding […]

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UkraineAlert

Jul 24, 2015

The Enemy Within: Paramilitaries and the Ukrainian State

By Peter Sattler

Ukrainian paramilitaries pose an increasingly existential threat to Kyiv. Earlier this year, Kyiv launched an initiative to bring them under their direct control. But despite their nominal subordination to Kyiv’s security services, these groups operate with minimal supervision and maintain financial independence. Their fighting capacity breeds instability and violence. More recently, Right Sector is undermining […]

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MENASource

Jul 23, 2015

Turkey’s Returning Fighter Problem

By Aaron Stein

On Tuesday July 20, Şeyh Abdurrahman Alagöz allegedly detonated a suicide vest in the Kurdish majority town of Suruç, killing thirty-two members of a leftist organization linked to the Socialist Party of the Oppressed (ESP).

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New Atlanticist

Jul 23, 2015

Obama’s ‘Most Strategic Itinerary’ in Africa

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Atlantic Council’s J. Peter Pham says President has important reasons to visit Kenya and Ethiopia US President Barack Obama’s decision to visit Kenya and Ethiopia this week underscores the strategic significance of these two sub-Saharan nations to the United States, says the Atlantic Council’s top Africa analyst. Obama arrives in Kenya, his late father’s homeland, […]

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UK Foreign Minister Philip Hammond, June 30, 2015

NATOSource

Jul 23, 2015

Foreign Minister Raises Problem of ‘Cumbersome’ Decision Making Process in UK and NATO

By Kiran Stacey, Financial Times

Philip Hammond has warned that western powers are at a disadvantage in dealing with Russia because of their “cumbersome” democratic processes.

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MENASource

Jul 23, 2015

Top News: Turkey Deploys Special Forces Along Syria Border; Turkish Soldier Killed by Fire From Syria

By MENASource

The Turkish military deployed dozens of troops from the Special Forces Command “Maroon Berets” along the Syrian border on Wednesday evening. The troops were deployed along the Turkish-Syrian border in Kilis as well as the provinces of Hatay, Gaziantep, Sanlirfa, and Mardin, all of which are close to areas of Syria under Islamic State (ISIS […]

MENASource

Jul 23, 2015

Egypt’s Ministry of Endowments and the Fight Against Extremism

By Tarek Radwan

Since the rapid expansion of the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) into Syria and Iraq, global leaders have struggled to understand the nature of support for extremist groups from local and international youth. ISIS affiliates have sprung up across the Middle East, including in Egypt where the government has waged a low intensity war with […]

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MENASource

Jul 23, 2015

EconSource: Algeria Cuts Spending, Sees Energy Revenues Falling 50 Percent This Year

By EconSource

Algeria will cut spending in its 2015 budget by 1.35 percent, the government announced, as it expects a slump in oil prices to reduce its energy earnings by 50 percent.

MENASource

Jul 23, 2015

Top News: Egypt Court Sentences Mubarak-era Prime Minister to Five Years Over Graft

By EgyptSource

An Egyptian criminal court has sentenced former prime minister under ousted president Hosni Mubarak, Ahmed Nazif, to five years jail over graft charges, toughening an earlier three-year sentence in a retrial. Nazif was also given a EGP 53.3 million fine in the corruption case dating to his tenure under Mubarak.

New Atlanticist

Jul 23, 2015

Mexico’s Inaugural Bid Round: What Happened and What’s Next?

By David Goldwyn and Cory Gill

On July 15, 2015, Mexico announced the results of the first phase of “Round One,” or a series of auctions providing foreign companies access to oil and gas acreage after over seventy-five years of state control of upstream exploration and production. Only two of the fourteen shallow water blocks on offer were awarded—far below the […]

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