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MENASource

Sep 26, 2014

President Sisi Goes to the United Nations

By Amy Hawthorne and Tarek Radwan

To cheers of “long live Egypt” from the audience and with angry protestors safely kept at bay on the street outside, Egypt’s new President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi delivered his inaugural speech on the world stage on Wednesday at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).  Sisi’s remarks aimed to persuade the international community of his legitimacy, […]

North Africa

MENASource

Sep 26, 2014

Top News: Sisi and Obama Discuss ISIS, Libya Crisis, Detained Journalists

By EgyptSource

Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi met with US President Barack Obama for the first time on Thursday, discussing a range of issues including ISIS, Libya, and the detention of journalists in Egypt.

MENASource

Sep 26, 2014

Iconoclasm and the Islamic State: Razing Shrines to Draw New Borders

By Matthew Hall

A Q&A with Dr. James Noyes, Part I of III In his address at the UN General Assembly, President Barack Obama condemned the extremist ideology of the Islamic State (also known as ISIS), saying that “the future belongs to those who build—not those who destroy.” Ironically, this is precisely the long-term threat: more than simply a […]

Trade in Action

Sep 25, 2014

Get the latest on TTIP before next week’s 7th negotiating Round

Who’s Who & Who’s New? Now that incoming European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has announced his appointees for the next Commission, TTIP Action will introduce several of the new commissioners, their portfolios, and their role in the European Union over the course of the next several weeks. Today’s edition introduces Pierre Moscovici, the designated Commissioner […]

Economy & Business Trade and tariffs
A Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker and an RAF Typhoon fighter jet, June 17, 2014

NATOSource

Sep 25, 2014

Russian Air Incursions Rattle Baltic States

By Richard Milne, Sam Jones, and Kathrin Hille, Financial Times

The Baltic countries are registering a dramatic increase in Russian military provocations, rattling nerves in a region which fears it could be the next frontier after Ukraine in Moscow’s quest at asserting its regional power.

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New Atlanticist

Sep 25, 2014

Ukraine News Roundup | September 25

By Irena Chalupa

Poroshenko Sees Ukraine’s EU Application by 2020; Lays Out Reform Program via RFE/RL Borderland: Ukraine’s Dilemma via The New Yorker Ukraine in Turmoil: A Somalia Scenario? via The Economist Lithuania’s President: ‘Russia is Terrorizing Its Neighbors and Using Terrorist Methods’ via Washington Post Cementing Front Lines in Donbas Risks Entrenching Putin’s Influence in Ukraine via […]

Ukraine

UkraineAlert

Sep 25, 2014

Ukraine’s Parliamentary Election: Poroshenko Leads Big at Campaign’s Start

By James Rupert

Early Voter Surveys Reflect Anti-Russian, Pro-Independence Mood Ukrainians will elect a new parliament in exactly thirty days, completing the electoral portion of the political revolution triggered by last winter’s Maidan movement. As the campaign began in recent weeks, two Ukrainian polling organizations conducted surveys that yielded similar numbers on the early mindset of Ukraine’s electorate. […]

Elections Politics & Diplomacy
Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė

NATOSource

Sep 25, 2014

Lithuania’s President: ‘Russia is Terrorizing Its Neighbors’

By Lally Weymouth, Washington Post

Excerpts from interview of Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite by Lally Weymouth of the Washington Post.

Moldova NATO

MENASource

Sep 25, 2014

Top News: Sisi Highlights Egypt’s Progress at UNGA; Signals Interest in the Security Council

By MENASource

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said in a United Nations speech on Wednesday that he aims to build a state that respects “rights and freedoms” and “ensures the coexistence of its citizens without exclusion or discrimination.”

MENASource

Sep 25, 2014

Top News: Sisi Seeks Security Council Seat in UNGA Speech

By EgyptSource

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said in a United Nations speech on Wednesday that he aims to build a state that respects “rights and freedoms” and “ensures the coexistence of its citizens without exclusion or discrimination.”

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