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Oct 10, 2014

General Wesley Clark: America’s Global Strategy Begins With Ukraine

By James Rupert

Former NATO Commander Says Every US Strategic Interest Is Tied to Russia-Ukraine Crisis America’s five most broadly dangerous 21st-century challenges are disparate, says former presidential candidate and retired senior general Wesley Clark. They stretch from an aggressive China and frail cyber-security to climatic disruptions, unstable financial systems, and terrorism rooted in the Islamic world. All […]

Eastern Europe NATO

Trade in Action

Oct 9, 2014

TTIP’s Strategic Impact Comes into Focus

By Global Business & Economics Program

More than Just a Trade AgreementI recently wrote a piece for US News and World Report arguing that peace and economic prosperity are inextricably linked. TTIP cannot be viewed as just another trade agreement. In fact, given all of the uncertainty from Russia and Ukraine to Iraq and Syria to Ebola, TTIP has only gained […]

Economy & Business Trade and tariffs

New Atlanticist

Oct 9, 2014

Nigeria’s Finance Minister: African Economy is ‘Nearly a Hot Prospect’

By New Atlanticist

Alongside its urgent focus on West Africa’s outbreak of the Ebola virus, the world should stop to notice a bigger, more basic African fact—the explosive growth of its economy and middle class—says one of the continent’s top economists. Two decades after Africa earned a reputation as the world’s economic basket case, accelerating growth has nearly […]

Africa Economy & Business

MENASource

Oct 9, 2014

Egypt and Libya: A Fatal Embrace?

By Karim Mezran

The stalemate emerging from the armed political conflict in Libya today suggests that neither the Islamist-backed Operation Dawn nor the more secular Operation Dignity movements have the capacity to dominate the other.

Libya North Africa

MENASource

Oct 9, 2014

Top News: ISIS Captures One-Third of Kobani

By MENASource

ISIS fighters seized more than a third of the Syrian border town of Kobani (Ayn al-Arab in Arabic), activists said Thursday, as US-led air strikes—which the United States admits are insufficient without ground support—failed to halt their advance and Turkish forces nearby looked on without intervening.

Prime Minister Stefan Löfven

NATOSource

Oct 9, 2014

New Prime Minister: Sweden Expects Help from the EU and Nordic Neighbors if Attacked

By Swedish Government

The Government is entering office at a time of great uncertainty. Major conflicts are ongoing in Ukraine, Iraq, Syria and elsewhere.

Afghanistan European Union
Russian President Vladimir Putin, Jan. 19, 2004

NATOSource

Oct 9, 2014

Is Russia Increasingly Relying on Cyber Warfare for Foreign Policy?

By Joel Mullish, Defence IQ

Recent developments in the Crimea have served as a timely warning to the West. Russian intervention was preceded by a cyber attack launched against Ukraine, causing havoc with their communication systems.

Cybersecurity NATO

MENASource

Oct 9, 2014

Cairo Court to Consider Facebook, Twitter Ban in Egypt

A Cairo administrative court announced on Thursday that it will hear a lawsuit calling for a ban in Egypt on Facebook and Twitter. The first session in the trial will take place on November 18. The lawsuit, filed by lawyer Mohamed Hamed Salem, calls for the social networking sites to be blocked until they obtain […]

North Africa

MENASource

Oct 9, 2014

Top News: Brotherhood Students Announce Protests at Al-Azhar

By EgyptSource

Al-Azhar University Brotherhood students announced on Thursday that they would begin a new round of protests, coinciding with the start of the new school year on Saturday.

MENASource

Oct 9, 2014

Kobani, Kurds, Turks, and Airstrikes: A Fine Kettle Of Fish

By Frederic C. Hof

Although the expression “a fine kettle of fish” has been around for hundreds of years to characterize a confused, awkward, messy, and even intractable situation, it was revived in the first half of the 20th century by comedians Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy.

Syria
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