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New Atlanticist

Mar 17, 2015

Why Has the West Forgotten About Crimea?

By Alina Polyakova

One year after Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in a brazen act that violated international treaties and rewrote Europe’s borders for the first time since World War II, Western governments and the media have largely forgotten the peninsula’s plight. In Russia, however, that land grab is far from forgotten. Crimea annexation day will be celebrated […]

Europe & Eurasia Russia

MENASource

Mar 17, 2015

Is Assad’s Departure a “Legitimate Concern?”

By Frederic C. Hof

CIA Director John Brennan told the Council on Foreign Relations in New York on Friday, March 13 that the near-term collapse of Syria’s Assad regime raises “a legitimate concern” about the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) and other jihadist extremists capitalizing on it.

Syria
NATO leaders at Cardiff Castle, Sept. 4, 2015

NATOSource

Mar 17, 2015

NATO’s Article 5 and Russian Hybrid Warfare

By Edgar Buckley and Ioan Pascu

We warned last year (The Way to Avoid Wars: Article 5 and Strategic Reassurance Revisited) that any move by Russian forces into Eastern Ukraine would be highly destabilizing and have unpredictable results

NATO Russia

EconoGraphics

Mar 17, 2015

Who Will Finance Public Debt?

By Global Business & Economics Program

Today, the cap on US government spending (or the "debt ceiling") is officially reinstated, and with it, the threat of another clash over the national debt. Policymakers will have a runway of just months before they must decide to lift the cap on borrowing or temporarily allow it to be raised

Brazil China

New Atlanticist

Mar 17, 2015

Israel Votes: Netanyahu’s Fate Hangs in the Balance

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Prime Minister’s Re-Election Would Further Strain US Ties, Says Israeli Analyst Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political future hangs in the balance as millions of Israelis vote March 17 in an election that most polls suggest is too close to call. In a clear attempt to rally his right-wing base, Netanyahu announced on the eve […]

Israel
Vladimir Putin, Angela Merkel, and Francois Hollande, Feb. 11, 2015

NATOSource

Mar 17, 2015

Over One Hundred Czech and Slovak Intellectuals Call for US and Europe to Stop Appeasing Russia

By Support-Ukraine.Org

There is War in Europe: Let’s not Repeat the Munich Betrayal of 1938.

Central Europe Europe & Eurasia

MENASource

Mar 17, 2015

Top News: Six Dead in Apparent Gas Attack in Syria

By MENASource

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Tuesday that government forces carried out a poison gas attack that killed at least six people in the northwest, and medics posted videos of children suffering what they said was suffocation.

MENASource

Mar 17, 2015

Top News: Egypt Charges Muslim Brotherhood, Ultras Over Soccer Violence Deaths

By EgyptSource

Egypt’s public prosecutor said on Tuesday members of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood and Zamalek supporters, the Ultras White Knights, were charged with killing and inciting violence in connection with the deaths of twenty-two soccer fans who clashed with security forces last month. 

MENASource

Mar 17, 2015

EconSource: Kuwait considering imposing corporate tax

By EconSource

Kuwait has sought help from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to introduce corporate taxes in a bid to diversify revenue in the face of falling oil prices. Kuwait currently imposes no taxes on local companies, Kuwaiti citizens, and expatriates but it requires foreign firms to pay 15 percent tax on their profits. The IMF has […]

MENASource

Mar 17, 2015

What Was Pledged at Egypt’s Investment Conference?

By EgyptSource

Prior to Egypt’s Economic Development Conference, Investment Minister Ashraf Salman had said Egypt expects to sign agreements worth up to $20 billion at the summit. With the conference coming to a close on Sunday, Salman revealed the final figures coming out of the summit. According to Salman, Egypt signed deals worth a total $38.2 billion, […]

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