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New Atlanticist

Jul 2, 2015

Dilma’s Visit Injects New Vigor into US-Brazil Relations

By Larry Luxner

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has wrapped up her historic visit to the United States and is heading back home, where a shrinking economy and a growing corruption scandal at state-owned oil giant Petrobras have made her deeply unpopular among Brazilians. In fact, it’s that scandal—not the one involving spying by the National Security Agency two […]

Brazil
Gen. Philip Breedlove, July 1, 2014

NATOSource

Jul 2, 2015

Politics of Deployment Pose Challenge for NATO’s New Spearhead Force

By John Vandiver, Stars and Stripes

When NATO granted new powers to its top military commander last week, enabling Gen. Philip Breedlove to mobilize quick-reaction troops for deployment against a gathering threat, it marked a step forward in the alliance’s attempt to transform itself into a more fleet-footed fighting force.

NATO Security & Defense

MENASource

Jul 2, 2015

Top News: Child Labor Rises Sharply in Syria, Upended by War and Mayhem

By MENASource

Save the Children and the UN Children’s Fund released a report on child labor Wednesday indicating that many Syrian children, some as young as six years old, are working to supplement family incomes.

New Atlanticist

Jul 2, 2015

The Greek Debt Crisis – Your Questions Answered

By Demetrios Papageorgiou

On June 30, Greece defaulted on a €1.5 billion payment to the International Monetary Fund, raising concerns about a Greek exit from the nineteen-member Eurozone. Despite a flurry of new proposals from the Tsipras government, its creditors—the IMF, the European Central Bank (ECB), and the other Eurozone countries—have agreed to delay further talks until after […]

Greece

MENASource

Jul 2, 2015

Washington-Ankara: Same Page for Syria and ISIL?

By Frederic C. Hof

The inability of two NATO allies to get on the same page strategically with respect to Syria has grave consequences for the battle against the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL). It also aggravates bilateral relations between two countries whose cooperation in a troubled region is essential.

Syria Turkey
Secretary of Defense Ash Carter and Gen. Martin Dempsey, July 1, 2015

NATOSource

Jul 2, 2015

The New US National Military Strategy and NATO

By Department of Defense

Today’s global security environment is the most unpredictable I have seen in 40 years of service.

China NATO

MENASource

Jul 2, 2015

Top News: Egypt’s Security Forces Kill Nine Brotherhood Members During Raid in October 6 City

By EgyptSource

Nine Muslim Brotherhood leaders were killed by police on Wednesday, with conflicting reports on the conditions of their death.The Interior Ministry said in a statement that Brotherhood leader Abdel Fattah Ibrahim was leading a meeting, held in Cairo’s October 6 suburb, to discuss “plots” to carry out “terrorist” attacks.

North Africa Political Reform

MENASource

Jul 2, 2015

EconSource: World Bank to Lend Iraq $1.7 Billion

By EconSource

The World Bank will provide loans totaling $1.7 billion to Iraq, the country’s finance ministry said. The ministry added that $1 billion will take the form of a development policy loan, but did not specify what projects the loan would fund.

MENASource

Jul 2, 2015

Ankara Moves to Counter the PYD

By Aaron Stein

On June 25, a number of Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) fighters penetrated deep into the Kurdish-controlled city of Kobani to detonate two vehicle-born improvised explosive devices.

Syria Turkey

UkraineAlert

Jul 2, 2015

Here’s How the Kremlin Manufactured a Civil War in Ukraine

By Alina Polyakova

The war in eastern Ukraine is a Kremlin-manufactured conflict. The arrival of “little green men” in Crimea in February 2014 transformed the conflict from a domestic altercation between citizens and their government to an international crisis. Russian President Vladimir Putin publicly acknowledged in a government-sponsored documentary that he carefully planned and orchestrated the military takeover of […]

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