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FutureSource

Sep 5, 2014

Moore’s Law 2.0?

By Thomas A. Campbell

In 1965, Dr. Gordon E. Moore wrote an article (PDF) based on a trend he noticed that the number of transistors in a dense integrated circuit (IC) doubles approximately every two years. Fueled by unrelenting demands from more complex software, faster games, and greater broadband video, this observation was later dubbed Moore’s Law and has held […]

Trade in Action

Sep 5, 2014

TTIP – A Transatlantic Agreement in a New Phase of Globalization

By Marie Kasperek

On September 8, Italian vice–minister for Trade Carlo Calenda presented the priorities of the Italian Presidency of the European Council of Ministers to the European Parliament’s International Trade Committee. He was joined by US Ambassador to the EU Gardner who was invited to speak on the state of the transatlantic relationship and TTIP in particular.

Economy & Business Trade and tariffs

MENASource

Sep 5, 2014

Top News: US Confirms Joint Alliance to Counter ISIS Militants

By MENASource

The United States said on Friday it was forming a “core coalition” to battle Islamic State of Iraq and al-sham (ISIS) militants in Iraq, calling for broad support from allies and partners but ruling out committing ground forces. President Barack Obama sought to use a NATO summit in Wales to enlist allied support in fighting the Islamist […]

MENASource

Sep 5, 2014

Top News: NCHR Demands Medical Supervision of Hunger-Striking Activists

By EgyptSource

Egypt’s National Council for Human Rights (NCHR) called for allowing hunger-strike activists Ahmed Douma and Mohamed Abdel Rahman Nouby medical supervision at an external hospital following the deterioration of their medical condition.

MENASource

Sep 5, 2014

EconSource: Egypt Hit by Largest Blackout in Years

By EconSource

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

Trade in Action

Sep 4, 2014

TTIP’s Geostrategic Implications and the New European Commission

Why Trade Matters This great report is an excellent overview of the economic and strategic foundation of “an ambitious domestic and global trade agenda” for the United States, written by former Deputy US Trade Representative Miriam Sapiro. The underlying rationale of the paper is that it is imperative for the United States to strengthen its […]

Economy & Business Trade and tariffs

New Atlanticist

Sep 4, 2014

In Russia, Speaking Power to Truth

By Irena Chalupa

Thugs Beat the Official Who Revealed Kremlin’s Secret Burial of Soldiers Killed in Ukraine War The story Lev Shlosberg told Russians last week is potential political dynamite for President Vladimir Putin: Shlosberg, a provincial legislator from Pskov, visited the funeral for two local men, paratroopers of the 76th Airborne Division, who had been killed in […]

Russia Ukraine

New Atlanticist

Sep 4, 2014

NATO Sec Gen: Russian Aggression Is a “Wake Up Call”

By New Atlanticist

Leaders at NATO Summit Criticize Russia, Caution against Isolationism The crises in the Middle East and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are expected to top the agenda as Western leaders gathered in Wales for the NATO Summit this week. NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, speaking at the Atlantic Council’s Future Leaders Summit, called Russia’s aggression […]

NATO Security & Defense

UkraineAlert

Sep 4, 2014

DIRECT TRANSLATION: ‘This Is Vladimir Putin’s War’

By Irena Chalupa

Russia’s Former Deputy Prime Minister Explains to Ukrainians Why His Government Has Invaded Their Country Again With Russia again having escalated its war on Ukraine last month (sending in paratroopers from its 76th and 98th Airborne Divisions, plus armor and artillery), few are asking what is really driving the Kremlin’s military campaign in Ukraine’s southeast. […]

Russia Ukraine

AfricaSource

Sep 4, 2014

Succession in Somalia: al-Shabaab after Godane

By Joshua Meservey

  Ahmed Abdi Godane, leader of al-Shabaab, the Somali terrorist group and al-Qaeda affiliate, may have been killed in a US airstrike on Monday. The Pentagon said on Tuesday that the military was gunning for Godane in the strike and that it was confident it hit the target, though there is no confirmation Godane is […]

Somalia
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