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New Atlanticist

Dec 19, 2014

South Sudan Peace Talks ‘Going Nowhere,’ Says Atlantic Council Expert

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Peace talks aimed at ending South Sudan’s civil war are ‘going nowhere’ because the process is mostly led by countries that are party to the conflict, according to Dr. J. Peter Pham, director of the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center. 

East Africa

UkraineAlert

Dec 19, 2014

Putin Leaves All Options Open on Economic Crisis and Ukraine War

By James Rupert

Pascual: As Russia Faces Economic Downturn, West Should Probe Kremlin on Chances of a Merkel-Brokered Deal In his annual press conference this week, Russian President Vladimir Putin offered no clear suggestion for how he proposes to dig Russia out of its deepening economic hole. And he signaled no new direction in government’s sponsorship of the […]

Russia Ukraine

MENASource

Dec 19, 2014

ISIS’s Governance Crisis (Part I): Economic Governance

By Mona Alami

Last summer, the self-proclaimed Islamic State (ISIl or ISIS) consolidated its control over large swaths of Syrian and Iraqi territory. The terrorist nebula has seen a rapid transformation, consolidating its grip through recruitment, fear, and the imposition of social policy in an attempt at governance.

Iraq Syria

MENASource

Dec 19, 2014

The Students: The Untold Details of the Al-Jazeera Trial

By Mohannad Sabry

On the first day of the Al-Jazeera trial, the prosecutor read the names of twenty defendants. It included three journalists, Mohamed Fahmy, Peter Greste and Baher Mohamed, as well as three college students, Khaled Abdelraouf, Suhaib Saad, and Shadi Abdelhamid. According to all six defendants, the first time they met was behind the bars of […]

North Africa

MENASource

Dec 19, 2014

Top News: Obama Raises Concerns with Sisi; New US Ambassador Arrives in Egypt

By EgyptSource

The White House says President Barack Obama has voiced concern to Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi over mass trials and the imprisonment of journalists and peaceful activists in Egypt.

MENASource

Dec 19, 2014

Top News: Top ISIS Militants Killed in Airstrikes; More US Troops Headed to Iraq

By MENASource

US-led air strikes against the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) in Iraq have killed three of the militant group’s top leaders but not senior commander Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, US officials said on Thursday. Among those killed was Abd al-Basit, whom officials described as the group’s military chief and Haji Mutazz, a deputy to Baghdadi.

MENASource

Dec 19, 2014

EconSource: United Nations Seeks $8.4 Billion for Syrians

By EconSource

The United Nations is seeking $8.4 billion to help the millions of victims of the Syrian conflict in 2015. For the first time, the request at Berlin’s donor meeting included development aid for communities seeking refuge in neighboring countries.

UkraineAlert

Dec 19, 2014

Measuring Ukraine’s War on Corruption: Key Signs to Watch in Early 2015

By New Atlanticist

As Ukraine’s new government has taken office and vows to clean up endemic corruption—publicly perceived as Europe’s worst, according to Transparency International—here are some leading indicators of its progress, as suggested by the Atlantic Council’s Kyiv-based senior fellow, Brian Mefford. You can find his full essay on this at his own blog.

Ukraine

MENASource

Dec 19, 2014

Last Call for Tunisia’s Presidential Elections [Video/Audio Presentation]

By MENASource

Tunisians will cast their ballots in the runoff presidential election between interim-President Moncef Marzouki and Nidaa Tounes leader Beji Caid Essebsi this weekend on December 21. The landmark vote will close the first chapter of a delicate political transition, but perhaps more importantly, will mark the beginning of real governance challenges.

North Africa
Russian sailors in front of the Mistral-class helicopter carrier Vladivostok, Nov. 25, 2014

NATOSource

Dec 19, 2014

Russian Sailors Leaving France Without Mistral Warship

By Sylvie Corbet and Angela Charlton, AP

Hundreds of Russian sailors pulled out of a French port Thursday, bearing perfumes for their loved ones but lacking the controversial bounty they came for: a 1-billion-euro, French-built warship

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