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MENASource

Jun 22, 2015

The Implications of a Kurdish Victory Over ISIS in Tal Abyad

By Aaron Stein

Last week, Kurdish forces fighting for the Syria-based Democratic Union Party (PYD) wrested control of the border town of Tel Abyad from the Islamic State. The seizure of the town cut off a key supply line to the Islamic State’s de-facto capital in Raqqa and allowed for the unification of two Kurdish controlled cantons, Kobane […]

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UkraineAlert

Jun 22, 2015

Here’s How We Give Putin Something to Think About

By Jeffrey Gedmin

Imagine Winston Churchill saying: “We’ve got to send Nazi Germany a clear signal. At the same time we have to recognize that the Germans do need their lebensraum.” It’s unthinkable. But that’s what the West keeps saying to Vladimir Putin’s Russia. The most recent example is United Kingdom Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond telling the BBC: […]

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MENASource

Jun 22, 2015

EconSource: World Bank’s IFC Plans Sukuk Sale After Gulf Summer

By EconSource

The International Finance Corp. (IFC), the World Bank’s lender to the private sector, has started work on a return to the market for Islamic bonds, or sukuk, with plans to issue sharia-compliant debt after summer in the Gulf region.

UkraineAlert

Jun 22, 2015

It’s Hard to Take Russian Propaganda Seriously. But We Must.

By James J. Coyle

Three Russian television stations interviewed Andrei Petkov from a hospital bed in Nikolayev, Ukraine, in April 2014. Rossia 1 described him, with a bandage on his nose, as an ordinary citizen attacked by neo-Nazis and nationalists; NTV named him a German spy for a secret European organization; and the National Independent News of Crimea identified him […]

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General Hans-Lothar Domröse, May 19, 2014

NATOSource

Jun 19, 2015

NATO Commander Advocates Arming Baltic and Eastern Europe to Deter Russia

By Deutsche Welle

The standoff between Russia and NATO countries prompted the NATO to build a case for arming its member states in Eastern Europe and the Baltic countries, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia.

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From left to right: Jason Marczak, Deputy Director of the Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center, moderates a June 19 discussion about US-Brazil relations with Roberta Jacobson, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs; Benoni Belli, Minister Counselor at the Embassy of Brazil; Steve Long, Vice President and Latin America General Manager at Intel Corp., and Ricardo Sennes, Nonresident Senior Brazil Fellow at the center. Photo: Larry Luxner

New Atlanticist

Jun 19, 2015

Jacobson: Rousseff Visit ‘Critical’ for US-Brazil Relations

By Larry Luxner

With less than two weeks to go before Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s June 30 trip to Washington, the State Department’s top Latin America official says she’s optimistic the long-delayed visit will mark “the beginning of a new chapter in our relationship.” Roberta Jacobson, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, spoke June 19 at […]

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MENASource

Jun 19, 2015

Top News: Yemen Peace Talks End in Geneva Without Resolution

By MENASource

The United Nations announced via press conference today that the Yemeni peace talks had ended and there is no date for follow-up negotiations. Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed, the UN Special Envoy for Yemen, had hoped to announce progress by the end of Friday, according to UN spokesman Ahmad Fawzi.

MENASource

Jun 19, 2015

Top News: Britain Defends Invite to Sisi After Morsi Death Sentence

By EgyptSource

The British government on Thursday defended its plan to invite Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to visit, saying it was important to engage with countries and to raise “matters of concern.”

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Trade in Action

Jun 19, 2015

TTIP Action – June 18

By Global Business & Economics Program

German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivered her State of the Nation Address this week ahead of the EU Summit, emphasizing the importance of TTIP and her intent on working closely with President Obama to resolve any outstanding issues. This Week in a Nutshell Just a few moments ago, the House narrowly passed Trade Promotion Authority (218-208), […]

Economy & Business Trade and tariffs

MENASource

Jun 19, 2015

Saudis Cannot See the Forest for the Houthis

By Adam Simpson

As Yemeni factions involved in the ongoing conflict entered talks in Geneva on June 15, prospects for a ceasefire look bleak as the Houthis and Saudis—by no means the only participants, but certainly the two most destructive actors—have intensified their attacks.

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