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Romania seeks to be a regional leader in cyber security

NATOSource

May 15, 2015

Romania Helping Ukraine Fight Russian Cyber Espionage

By Alison Mutler, AP

Ukraine says Russia’s Federal Security Service is coordinating attacks on government offices as part of a proxy war against Ukraine’s government, amid real fighting between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian rebels in the east. Ukrainian security operatives say that, with Romania’s help, they have foiled attempts to spread malicious software

Central Europe Cybersecurity

MENASource

May 15, 2015

Top News: Obama Pledges More Military Aid to Reassure Gulf Allies on Iran Deal

By MENASource

A renewed joint commitment to build the regional defense system was one of the few firm outcomes of Thursday’s Camp David summit between President Barack Obama and Gulf allies seeking fresh US defense pledges ahead of a possible nuclear deal they fear will empower Iran.

MENASource

May 15, 2015

Turkish Leaders Make Bold Statements at NATO Meeting

By Jorge Benitez

NATO foreign ministers concluded their meeting in Antalya, Turkey on May 14. This gathering was the first time since Berlin in 2011 that NATO foreign ministers met in a city other than Brussels.

Turkey

New Atlanticist

May 15, 2015

What did Obama’s Summit with Gulf Partners Achieve?

Officials of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), wrapping up a May 14 summit at Camp David, endorsed US President Barack Obama’s proposed nuclear deal with Iran saying a “comprehensive, verifiable” accord is in their security interests. But in reality, the much-publicized gathering turned out to be “much ado about very little”—and Gulf states are […]

MENASource

May 15, 2015

EconSource: Abu Dhabi Pivots to Asian Partners in $22 Billion Oil Push

By EconSource

Abu Dhabi, with 6 percent of global crude reserves, selected GS Energy Corporation of South Korea to join Japan’s Inpex Corporation as the second Asian partner in the Persian Gulf emirate’s biggest onshore oil concession.

MENASource

May 15, 2015

Top News: ‘Hard’ to Guarantee Completely Transparent Election says Election Committee Member

By EgyptSource

Spokesperson for the High Elections Committee (HEC) Omar Marwan said on Wednesday that it’s “hard” for any elections supervision committee to guarantee completely transparent parliamentary elections.

MENASource

May 15, 2015

Turkey May Acknowledge the Past, But Not Yet

By Piotr Zalewski

Only a decade earlier, it would have been an unimaginable sight. On April 24, more than a thousand people crowded Istanbul’s biggest pedestrian street to hold a vigil commemorating the centenary of the 1915 massacres of 600,000 to 1.5 million Ottoman Armenians.

Turkey
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Trade in Action

May 14, 2015

TTIP Action | May 14

By Global Business & Economics Program

Turkish Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci and European Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmström hold a press conference following their meeting at the European Commission in Brussels, on May 12, 2015 Speeches & Official Announcements EU Trade Policy: Driven by People’s Needs, Responding to their Concerns “TTIP will help us strengthen our ties in order to make […]

Economy & Business Trade and tariffs
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu and Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, May 13, 2015

NATOSource

May 14, 2015

Turkey Will Lead NATO Spearhead Force in 2021

By Sevil Erkuş, Hurriyet Daily News

NATO has welcomed Turkey’s offer to assume the responsibility of forming a spearhead unit as part of the alliance’s high readiness force in 2021.

NATO Security & Defense
German Leopard tanks, Aug. 17, 2010

NATOSource

May 14, 2015

Poland Considering Formal Request for Permanent NATO Bases

By Wiktor Szary, Reuters

Poland and the Baltic states said on Thursday they were seeking permanent NATO deployments on their soil to counter increased Russian military activity, and a Polish internal document suggested the matter may be raised at a Warsaw summit next year.

NATO Poland