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Oct 7, 2014

Negotiators Insist Good Progress Made During the 7th Round

By Global Business & Economics Program

TTIP Round 7 Chief Negotiators’ Press Conference Opening Remarks“We are committed to an agreement that not only advances our economic interest, but also reflects our values and has the support of our public, and this requires that we be open and attentive to the views of that public.”Last Friday, the US and EU’s chief negotiators […]

Economy & Business Trade and tariffs

MENASource

Oct 7, 2014

Talk of an Egyptian Boycott of Turkish Goods Won’t Do Anyone Any Good

By Dominic Dudley

Over the past few weeks Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has taken almost every possible opportunity to publically criticize the July 2013 coup that brought President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to power in Egypt in place of Ankara’s hapless ally, Mohamed Morsi.

North Africa

MENASource

Oct 7, 2014

Top News: Two Policemen Detained after Bomb Explodes at Cairo Court

By EgyptSource

  Prosecutors have ordered the detention of two policemen for negligence after a bomb exploded inside a Cairo court.

MENASource

Oct 7, 2014

Top News: US Strikes Outskirts of Ayn al-Arab as Turkey Warns of City’s Imminent Defeat

By MENASource

Fresh airstrikes by the US-led coalition on Tuesday hit positions held by ISIS jihadists in the southwest of the key Syrian border town of Ayn al-Arab (Kobani in Kurdish) a day after the extremists seized three districts in the city’s east.

MENASource

Oct 7, 2014

EconSource: IMF Cuts Arab Growth Forecast, But Sees Gulf Still Strong

By EconSource

Follow the latest in economic news and developments about the Arab transition countries. 

MENASource

Oct 7, 2014

Tunisia’s Politicians Must Manage Expectations

By Scott Mastic

Turbulence seen across the Middle East and North Africa has caused most observers rightly to see Tunisia as the last best chance for a democratic outcome to the 2011 Arab Spring.

North Africa

MENASource

Oct 6, 2014

Biden on the Rise of ISIS

By Frederic C. Hof

The Vice President of the United States spent part of his weekend on the phone to American allies and friends apologizing for remarks he made on Friday, October 3, at Harvard University’s Kennedy School.

Syria
JP Morgan is the largest bank in the US.

NATOSource

Oct 6, 2014

Report: Huge Cyber Attack on JPMorgan Linked to Russia

By Matthew Goldstein, Nicole Perlroth, & David E. Sanger, New York Times

The huge cyberattack on JPMorgan Chase that touched more than 83 million households and businesses was one of the most serious computer intrusions into an American corporation. But it could have been much worse.

Cybersecurity Russia

MENASource

Oct 6, 2014

Egypt in Focus: President Sisi in Power

By EgyptSource

Gaining a new president roughly five months ago, Egypt’s domestic and foreign policies are slowly beginning to take shape. An energy crisis, subsidy cuts, and a grand megaproject remain at the forefront of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s economic policy, while his foreign policy focuses on alliances with the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and mending US-Egypt relations. […]

North Africa
Russian President Vladimir Putin visiting Novorossiysk, Sept. 23, 2014

NATOSource

Oct 6, 2014

Russian and Polish Analysts Concerned War in Ukraine Could Escalate and Approach Nuclear Level

By Gideon Rachman, Financial Times

In European capitals I have visited recently – in particular, Warsaw and Berlin – certain ideas about the Ukraine crisis are regarded as established facts.

NATO Nuclear Nonproliferation
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