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MENASource

Feb 25, 2015

EconSource: EBRD to Lend Tunisia 200 Million Euros

By EconSource

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) will lend Tunisia 200 million euros this year to finance energy and industry projects. The EBRD has financed twenty projects in Tunisia, under a budget of 210 million euros since it began its activities in the country in September 2012. Tunisia faces pressure from its international lenders […]

UkraineAlert

Feb 25, 2015

The Flawed Minsk Peace Accord—And How to Use It

By Adrian Karatnycky

Truce Buys Ukraine Time to Get a Little Real Help From Its Friends Ukraine and its allies hope this month’s cease-fire deal agreed with Russia and Russian-backed rebels brings relative calm to southeastern Ukraine. But the Minsk agreement is deeply flawed, and there is every chance it may yet unravel, even if it holds for […]

Ukraine
Soldiers from Lithuanian Grand Duke Algirdas Motorised Infantry Battalion, Dec. 31, 2001

NATOSource

Feb 24, 2015

Worried About Russia, Lithuania Reinstates Military Conscription

By Liudas Dapkus, AP

Lithuania will restore compulsory military service for young men as tensions in Ukraine continue to worry the small Baltic nation, the government said Tuesday.

Northern Europe Russia

MENASource

Feb 24, 2015

Egypt’s War on ISIS: A Brief History

By Joel Gulhane

“How could I go to the Coptic Cathedral to extend my condolences when the Egyptian army hasn’t avenged the attacks?” asked Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in a pre-recorded speech broadcast Sunday night.

North Africa

New Atlanticist

Feb 24, 2015

Can al-Shabaab Strike the United States?

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Somali terror group has sympathizers, but no active sleeper cell in United States, says Atlantic Council’s Pham Al-Shabaab, the al Qaeda-linked militant group in Somalia, has sympathizers in the United States, but likely does not have the ability to strike targets in the West, despite its recent threat to do so, according to Atlantic Council […]

Africa East Africa

MENASource

Feb 24, 2015

Top News: Libya’s elected parliament suspends participation in UN-backed talks

By MENASource

The Tobruk-based House of Representatives (House) voted to suspend its participation in the UN-sponsored dialogue with its rival, the Tripoli-based General National Congress (GNC).

MENASource

Feb 24, 2015

Top News: Egypt’s Sisi Issues Decree Widening Scope of Security Crackdown

By EgyptSource

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has signed off on an anti-terrorism law that gives authorities more sweeping powers to ban groups on charges ranging from harming national unity to disrupting public order. The law’s ten articles focus on defining terrorist entities, listing such groups and bodies, and stipulating the legal processes for appealing these lists. 

MENASource

Feb 24, 2015

Egyptian Christians and Power Politics

By MENASource

The murder of twenty Coptic Christians by Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) militants in Libya and the release of a video of their execution on February 14 sent shockwaves through Egyptian communities. The Egyptian government’s response was swift.

North Africa

EconoGraphics

Feb 24, 2015

Is the US Still Leading in Global Trade?

By Global Business & Economics Program

In the last two decades, the Asia Pacific region has signed sixty-five free trade agreements. South America, Eurasia, and Europe combined have signed over one-hundred and fifty agreements. Over the same period, the US has signed twelve agreements.

Americas East Asia

New Atlanticist

Feb 24, 2015

US-Cuba Round 2: Tough Talks Ahead

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Atlantic Council analysts say both Washington and Havana have incentives to see progress The second round of talks between the United States and Cuba on February 27 will be marked by tough negotiations, but both sides have incentives to work toward a breakthrough, according to Atlantic Council analysts. “The United States wants to do a […]

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