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Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, June 24, 2015

NATOSource

Jun 24, 2015

NATO Speeds Up Military Decision-Making and Approves New Advance Planning

By Jens Stoltenberg, NATO

[W]e took measures to speed up our political and military decision-making, while maintaining political control.

NATO Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Jun 24, 2015

Putin Defaulting on the Social Contract

By Peter Sattler

The corrupt bargain on which Russian President Vladimir Putin built his regime, provision of wealth to loyal officials and a decent standard of living to the people, is in dire straits. As the economy shrinks and the Kremlin adjusts its expenditures, Putin must be aware that the threat of a coalition of disgruntled officials and […]

Russia Ukraine

MENASource

Jun 24, 2015

From Smuggling to Trafficking: Is Irregular Migration from Egypt Changing for the Worse?

By Tom Rollins

The crisis unfolding in the Mediterranean has produced a slew of reporting on refugees and irregular migration from Egypt, a country witnessing a complex mix of push and pull factors as well as mixed migration flows, thought to have contributed around 10 percent of total migration flows bound for Europe last year, according to a […]

North Africa

UkraineAlert

Jun 24, 2015

Russia Bans Freedom to Report, Says Top Investigative Journalist

By Melinda Haring

Russia’s Foreign Ministry has banned US investigative journalist Simon Ostrovsky from working in Russia. On June 4, it denied a press visa for Ostrovsky, an Emmy award-winning documentary filmmaker and journalist best known for his coverage of the Ukraine crisis for VICE News.

Russia Ukraine
Defense ministers of the Netherlands, US, Germany, and Norway, June 22, 2015

NATOSource

Jun 24, 2015

After Ukraine, NATO’s Chance for a New Normal

By Derek Chollet, Defense One

NATO’s responses over the last year have been reactive and by definition (when measured by budgets) temporary.

France Germany

SyriaSource

Jun 24, 2015

Syria: Civilians Pay the Price

By Frederic C. Hof

Washington’s strategy to degrade and destroy the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) in Syria entails a significant contribution from Syrian civilians: their lives.

Syria

MENASource

Jun 24, 2015

Top News: Anti-Houthi Forces Seize Saudi Border Town

By MENASource

Army forces loyal to Yemen’s exiled president seized a border crossing with Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, officials in the area and witnesses said, dealing a rare blow to the country’s dominant Houthi group.

Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and UK Prime Minister, David Cameron, March 13, 2015

NATOSource

Jun 24, 2015

NATO Spending Less on Defense, Despite Russian Threat

By Kedar Pavgi, Defense One

The alliance’s easternmost members are ratcheting up their budgets as Russian threats loom.

Germany NATO

MENASource

Jun 24, 2015

Top News: Saudi Cables Suggest Links with Egyptian Media

By EgyptSource

Saudi diplomatic correspondence published by WikiLeaks shows Saudi officials offered or denied free trips to the kingdom to secure allies in the media or to punish those the government deemed critical, among them several Egyptian journalists.

MENASource

Jun 24, 2015

EconSource: Syria Army Reopens Key Oil Supply Route Near Palmyra

By EconSource

The Syrian army has reopened a key oil supply route and secured the perimeter around the Jazal oil field near Palmyra.

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