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Seal of the Central Intelligence Agency

NATOSource

Sep 19, 2014

CIA Halts Spying in Europe

By Ken Dilanian, AP

“The CIA has curbed spying on friendly governments in Western Europe in response to the furor over a German caught selling secrets to the United States and the Edward Snowden revelations of classified information held by the National Security Agency, according to current and former U.S. officials.”

Europe & Eurasia Intelligence

MENASource

Sep 19, 2014

Christians Question Obama’s ISIS Strategy

By Jayson Casper

In his efforts to build a coalition to strike militarily Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) targets in Iraq and Syria, President Barack Obama has been careful to avoid an overly religious discourse.

MENASource

Sep 19, 2014

Top News: Ninth Decapitated Body Found in Sinai

By EgyptSource

Residents in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula said they found a beheaded corpse of a young man on Friday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, Sept. 1, 2014

NATOSource

Sep 19, 2014

Report: Kremlin Considering Steps to Disconnect Russia from the Internet During Emergencies

By Anna Smolchenko and Olga Rotenberg, AFP

Russia is considering measures to protect its cyberspace from the “unpredictable” West, President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman said on Friday after a newspaper said Moscow was contemplating unplugging the Internet during protests or war.

Cybersecurity Russia

MENASource

Sep 19, 2014

Top News: France Launches Air Strikes in Iraq as Militants Overrun Kurdish Towns in Syria

By MENASource

The office of French President Francois Hollande announced Friday that French jets have carried out their first strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) militants in Iraq. A statement from the president’s office confirmed strikes on ISIS depots in north-east Iraq, signaling more raids in the coming days. The announcement comes on the heels of […]

MENASource

Sep 19, 2014

EconSource: EBRD Cuts 2014 Economic Forecasts for Tunisia to 2.9 Percent

By EconSource

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

UkraineAlert

Sep 19, 2014

Atlantic Council’s UkraineAlert: Version 2.0

By James Rupert

With today’s edition, the Atlantic Council’s UkraineAlert newsletter is six months old. Readers will notice that it arrives in a new package: concise and colorful. Its content will remain much the same, although we’re always working to improve it.

Ukraine

UkraineAlert

Sep 18, 2014

Poroshenko’s Stark Message to Washington

By John E. Herbst

Russia’s Assault Threatens Not Just Ukraine, but Europe and Eurasia Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko delivered a stark but necessary message in Washington September 18.  Addressing a Joint Session of Congress, he noted that:

Russia Ukraine

Trade in Action

Sep 18, 2014

Scotland votes while the world watches — What economic impact?

Faith and Skepticism about Trade, Foreign InvestmentThe Pew Research Center recently released its new Faith and Skepticism about Trade, Foreign Investment report which analyzes responses of people in 44 nations about the effects and consequences of international trade. According to the survey, overwhelming majorities in both Europe and the US hold the view that trade […]

Economy & Business Trade and tariffs

Trade in Action

Sep 18, 2014

TTIP, the new European Commission, and the vote on Scottish Independence

  Who’s Who & Who’s New?With so many recent and upcoming changes to the core of the European government, TTIP Action will introduce several key figures, their portfolios, and their role in the EU over the course of the next several weeks. Today’s edition introduces Bernd Lange, the new chairman of the European Parliament’s Committee […]

Economy & Business Trade and tariffs
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