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UkraineAlert

Jul 20, 2015

Russian Disinformation Alienates the West from Russian Periphery

By James J. Coyle

The Russian Army has released a photo of a Ukrainian tank decorated with a swastika, yet the original Reuters photograph shows no such emblem. Russia also released a photo of a Ukrainian soldier covered in Nazi tattoos, but that picture was actually taken in 2005, inside a Russian prison. Europe is revolted by any reminders […]

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UkraineAlert

Jul 20, 2015

No One Feels Safe in the New Crimea

By Taras Berezovets

Sixteen months after Russia’s March 2014 annexation of Crimea, the peninsula’s human rights situation is getting progressively worse. The first wave of repression targeted mainly pro-Ukrainian activists and Crimean Tatars, while in 2015 the Kremlin’s victims have been Slavs: Ukrainians and Russians. Since early this year, Russian authorities have forcibly resettled thousands of self-sufficient businessmen […]

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NATOSource

Jul 19, 2015

Finland To Deploy Quick Response Units Along Russian Border

By Gerard O'Dwyer, Defense News

Finland’s Armed Forces Command has added a quick response dynamic with plans to locate rapid reaction units (RRUs) to military districts that fall under the command of the country’s four military provinces.

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Trade in Action

Jul 17, 2015

TTIP Action – July 16

By Global Business & Economics Program

US Trade Representative Michael Froman will meet with his fellow trade ministers at a TPP summit from July 28-31 in Hawaii. This Week’s Trade Highlights A recent research paper from the Peterson Institute for International Economics argues that the real benefit of any transatlantic agreement would come from eliminating non-tariff barriers such as regulatory disparities, […]

Economy & Business Trade and tariffs

MENASource

Jul 17, 2015

Washington and Tehran Remain at Odds in Iraq

By Aaron Stein

On Tuesday July 15, the P5+1 and Iran finalized an agreement that places significant limits on Iran’s nuclear program for the next twenty-five years.

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New Atlanticist

Jul 17, 2015

United States, Cuba Reopen Embassies After Fifty-Four Years. Here’s Why it Matters

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Atlantic Council analysts discuss historic opportunity presented by reopening of embassies in Washington and Havana The United States and Cuba reopened embassies in each other’s capitals July 20 taking the biggest step toward ending half a century of animosity between the two countries. US Secretary of State John F. Kerry hosted Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno […]

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New Atlanticist

Jul 17, 2015

President Buhari Comes to Washington

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Boko Haram, trade will be at the top of the agenda, says Atlantic Council’s J. Peter Pham Nigeria’s war on Boko Haram will be at the top of the agenda when US President Barack Obama meets his Nigerian counterpart Muhammadu Buhari at the White House July 20, says the Atlantic Council’s J. Peter Pham. The […]

Africa Economy & Business

MENASource

Jul 17, 2015

British Pilots Conducted Airstrikes in Syria

By MENASource

Britain’s Ministry of Defense said Friday that British pilots have conducted air strikes on targets in Syria while acting under the command of other military forces fighting the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) even though Britain’s Parliament has only approved strikes on Iraq. The Ministry of Defense made the admission in response to a Freedom […]

MENASource

Jul 17, 2015

Top News: Seven Killed in Pro-Brotherhood Protests; Morsi Calls Supporters to Continue ‘Revolution’

By EgyptSource

Protests broke out in some areas in Giza, including Talbiya and Nahya leaving at least seven killed and fifteen arrested Friday morning, a representative from the Interior Ministry press office said.

MENASource

Jul 17, 2015

EconSource: Russia Plans Fuel Shipments to Syria from Crimea

By EconSource

Russia plans to supply Syria with 200,000 tonnes of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) per year via the Crimean port of Kerch, two trading sources told Reuters. “There are talks about LPG to first be shipped to Kerch and then to Syria, about 200,000 tonnes per year,” one trader said.

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