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New Atlanticist

Aug 19, 2014

In Nagorno-Karabakh, an Old Caucasus War Flares Anew

By Sabine Freizer

Deadliest Fighting in 20 Years is Encouraged by Crisis in Ukraine The often-forgotten conflict between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh has flared this summer into the worst violence since a 1994 truce, killing at least eighteen soldiers in recent weeks. The surge in fighting not only shows that renewed, all-out warfare is a danger; […]

Russia The Caucasus

Trade in Action

Aug 19, 2014

Latest News on TTIP and Europe’s “Greater Depression”

Some Little Things You Should Know About TTIPDr. Reinhold Festge, president of the German Engineering Association, writes for EurActiv to underline that TTIP is about setting global standards together across the Atlantic rather than lowering safety provisions on either side of the Ocean. Using the example of small and medium-sized engineering enterprises in Germany, and […]

Economy & Business Trade and tariffs
Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, June 25, 2014

NATOSource

Aug 19, 2014

Secretary General: Independent Scotland Would Have to Apply to Join NATO

By BBC

An independent Scotland would have to apply to Nato as a new state, secretary general Anders Fogh Rasmussen has said.

NATO Security & Defense

MENASource

Aug 19, 2014

YemenSource | Friends of Yemen To Meet On September 24 In New York

By YemenSource

A government source announced that the eighth Friends of Yemen meeting will take place on September 24 in New York on the sideline of the United Nations General Assembly meetings. 

MENASource

Aug 19, 2014

In Egypt, Religion Remains a Vital Political Tool

By Johannes A. Makar

It was a familiar sight: the Grand Sheikh of al-Azhar, Ahmed al-Tayyeb, and the Coptic Pope, Tawadros II, side-by-side as General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced the ousting of Mohamed Morsi on July 3, 2013. Front seats were granted to the two grey-bearded clerics who had donned their customary robes for the occasion. Since the founding […]

North Africa
Baltic presidents with Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Nov. 6, 2013

NATOSource

Aug 19, 2014

Special Summit Series: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and NATO

By Pauli Järvenpää

For the Baltic countries Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, the 2014 NATO Wales Summit marks a pivotal moment in the history of the Alliance.

International Security Assistance Force NATO

MENASource

Aug 19, 2014

Top News: UN to Send Aid to Half a Million Iraqis

By MENASource

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Tuesday that its launching a major aid operation to deliver supplies to more than half a million Iraqi people displaced by the fighting. A four-day airlift of tents and other goods will begin on Wednesday to Irbil from Aqaba in Jordan, followed by road convoys […]

MENASource

Aug 19, 2014

Top News: Egypt Calls on US to Exercise Restraint Towards Missouri Protests

By EgyptSource

 The Egyptian foreign ministry has said it is closely watching developments in the US city of Ferguson following clashes between security forces and protesters over the murder of African American teenager Mike Brown last week.

MENASource

Aug 19, 2014

EconSource: Egypt Rebuts News on Resuming Loan Talks with the IMF

By EconSource

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

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, March 11, 2014

NATOSource

Aug 18, 2014

Merkel Pledges NATO Will Defend Baltic Allies

By Reuters

Germany’s Angela Merkel promised the Baltic states on Monday that NATO would defend them, although it would not send permanent combat troops but would increase maneuvers.

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