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MENASource

Feb 23, 2015

Top News: UN Investigators May Release Syria War Criminal Lists

By MENASource

UN war crimes investigators said Friday that they were prepared to publish secret lists of alleged war criminals in Syria to help stem an “exponential rise” in human rights violations in the country.

MENASource

Feb 23, 2015

Syria: Forget About Arming the Opposition?

By Frederic C. Hof

My friend and former governmental colleague Robert Ford was recently depicted in a newspaper article as having done a U-turn on the question of arming Syrian nationalists currently resisting both the Assad regime and the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL). Ambassador Ford will, I suspect, take pen to paper soon to present a more nuanced […]

Syria

New Atlanticist

Feb 20, 2015

Under Pressure, Venezuela’s Maduro Lashes Out at Critics

By Ashish Kumar Sen

The arrest of the Mayor of Caracas is an attempt by President Nicolás Maduro’s crumbling government, which is under immense political and economic pressure to demonstrate authority, to consolidate the hardline base of the governing United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), according to Atlantic Council analysts. Venezuela, which has suffered political turmoil since protests broke out […]

Cuba Venezuela
Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, Feb. 22, 2013

NATOSource

Feb 20, 2015

Leon Panetta: You Have To Deal with the Russians from Strength

By Spiegel

Excerpts from interview of former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta by Markus Feldenkirchen and Holger Stark of Spiegel, February 14, 2015.

Germany Intelligence
Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, Sept. 25, 2013

NATOSource

Feb 20, 2015

New Secretary of Defense Highlights US Alliance Power

By Ashton Carter, Department of Defense

We are not only the finest fighting force in the world, but I think we’re the brightest beacon of hope as a country in the world.

United States and Canada

MENASource

Feb 20, 2015

Before We Reach an Oil-for-Food Moment in Libya

By Hafed Al-Ghwell

Almost four years to the day of the start of Libya’s civil war, February 17, 2011, the country remains in turmoil. The failure of Libya’s “transition” into some sort of stable democracy along with the ensuing civil war has not only qualified it as the worst in the Arab Spring so far, but also as […]

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Trade in Action

Feb 20, 2015

TTIP and the Narcissism of Small Differences

By Global Business & Economics Program

One of the most frequent refrains by critics of the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership is that the US and Europe already enjoy close economic and political ties — what need is there for a signed and ratified treaty? As Dr. Dan Hamilton, Executive Director of John Hopkins’ Center for Transatlantic Relations, stated during Georgetown […]

Economy & Business Trade and tariffs

MENASource

Feb 20, 2015

Who is Participating in Egypt’s Parliamentary Elections?

By Nancy Messieh and Ali Mohamed

With the High Elections Commission (HEC) closing the door to candidate registration, over 5,000 Egyptians have applied to run in the upcoming parliamentary elections slated for March 22. 3,514 applied to run as independent candidates, while 1,539 applied to run on a party list. Of the 5,000 applicants, only 212 are women.

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MENASource

Feb 20, 2015

Top News: Transitional Council Agreed Upon in Yemen

By MENASource

Yemen’s political parties have agreed on a transitional council to govern the country. The agreement keeps Yemen’s old 301-member House of Representatives, which consists overwhelmingly of members from the former ruling party thought to be sympathetic to the Houthis.

MENASource

Feb 20, 2015

EconSource: Yemen foreign exchange reserves stabilize but borrowing balloons in political crisis

By EconSource

Yemeni Central Bank data showed that Yemen’s foreign exchange reserves have stabilised after a steep fall due to its political turmoil, but ballooning government debt issuance indicates the country may be moving closer to a fiscal crunch. Gross foreign reserves, which had sunk to $4.65 billion in November, recovered slightly in December to $4.67 billion, […]

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