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MENASource

Aug 20, 2014

ISIS at Egypt’s Door

By Khaled Dawoud

In the many Egyptian talk shows, known for their anti-Muslim Brotherhood rhetoric, shocking videos of Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) fighters are displayed on a near daily basis. The videos show a woman stoned to death after she was convicted of adultery, mass executions, beheadings, or even show people being thrown off a […]

North Africa

New Atlanticist

Aug 20, 2014

ISIS Execution: A Brutal “Message to America”

By New Atlanticist

The Islamist militant group ISIS executed US journalist James Foley as a political message aimed at changing US policy, with its recent air attacks on the group’s forces, says Atlantic Council resident fellow Faysal Itani. It also is meant to portray ISIS as a newly powerful player in the Middle East and thus to win […]

Iraq Syria
Russian destroyer Vice-Admiral Kulakov

NATOSource

Aug 20, 2014

Russia Vows to Strengthen Navy to Ward Off NATO

By Dmitry Zaks, AFP

Russia announced plans Tuesday to bolster its navy with more advanced weapons in response to NATO’s vow to halt the Kremlin’s push into Ukraine and feared expansion into eastern Europe.

NATO Russia

MENASource

Aug 20, 2014

Top News: ISIS Video Apparently Shows Execution of American Journalist

By MENASource

Militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS or IS) released a video Tuesday that appeared to show the beheading of American journalist James Foley in an act of retribution for US airstrikes on the group in Iraq. The gruesome video, which US intelligence agencies were trying to verify, shows a masked militant, […]

MENASource

Aug 20, 2014

Top News: Washington Hits Back at Egypt Criticism over Missouri Unrest

By EgyptSource

A US official on Tuesday hit back at Egypt after Cairo took a swipe at US authorities’ handling of racially-motivated demonstrations in Ferguson, Missouri, saying Washington would call on countries to deal with their problems as openly and honestly as it does.

MENASource

Aug 20, 2014

Syria: Time for Washington to Decide

By Frederic C. Hof

Of the many difficult questions Washington faces about the crisis in Syria, three are basic: what is the strategy of the United States for achieving President Obama’s objective of a negotiated political transition from rule by crime family to decent, pluralistic governance?

Syria

MENASource

Aug 20, 2014

EconSource: Libya Returning to Oil Market Despite Violence

By EconSource

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

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
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