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New Atlanticist

Aug 14, 2014

Ukraine News Roundup | August 15

By Irena Chalupa

‘Siberian Federalization´ Idea Spreads to Kaliningrad and Kuban via The Interpreter Ukraine Is Winning the War via Politico NATO Nears Agreement on Beefing Up Presence in Eastern Europe: Poland via Reuters Russia’s Soul: What Crimea Says About Putin’s Future  via der Spiegel Circles of Power: Putin’s Secret Friendship with Ex-Stasi Officer via Guardian A Game of Russian Roulette? The West’s Dangerous Sanctions Play Against Russia via National […]

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Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg, August 14, 2014

NATOSource

Aug 14, 2014

Special Summit Series: Norway and NATO

By Magnus Nordenman

Norway is in many ways a unique NATO member that currently finds itself in an advantageous position in comparison to its fellow European allies.

Europe & Eurasia NATO

MENASource

Aug 14, 2014

Top News: At Least Thirty-Nine Killed In Rebel-Jihadist Clashes in Aleppo Province

By MENASource

 At least thirty-nine fighters were killed on Wednesday in fierce clashes between Syrian rebels and jihadists from the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) in the northern Syrian province of Aleppo. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights announced that the “clashes ended with the jihadist group taking control of six villages in Aleppo province.”

MENASource

Aug 14, 2014

Top News: Two Killed as Morsi Supporters Mark Raba’a Anniversary Dispersal

By EgyptSource

Egyptian security forces firing tear gas quashed small, scattered demonstratons on Thursday by Islamist supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi who tried to commemorate the anniversary of the killing of hundreds of protesters.

AfricaSource

Aug 14, 2014

US-Africa Leaders Summit: Highlights

By The Atlantic Council

The Africa Center hosted a busy week of events around the US-Africa Leaders Summit, welcoming four heads of state, the head of a regional governmental organization, numerous ministers, corporate executives, and other stakeholders for lively and thoughtful conversations about the important African issues of the day. Below is a sampling of some of our favorite […]

AfricaSource

Aug 14, 2014

Africa’s Projected Population Boom

By JAMES ATTWELL AND JOSHUA MESERVEY

Africa’s demographic trends have been gaining attention for years, and our last maps for this week show why. Africa today has just over 1 billion people, but by the end of this century it is projected to hold more than 4 billion. Nigeria is a major part of the story; already Africa’s most populous country […]

UkraineAlert

Aug 14, 2014

New Ukraine Orthodox Leader Signals Continued Church Divide

By Irena Chalupa

Ukrainians’ Traditional Loyalty to Moscow Patriarch is Strained by His Close Tie to Kremlin  The longstanding divide between Ukraine’s two main Orthodox churches will continue with little change following the election yesterday of a new leader, or metropolitan, by the Moscow-aligned faction. Metropolitan Onufriy is a religious conservative loyal to his church’s formal subordination to […]

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MENASource

Aug 14, 2014

Raba’a Remembered: The Human Rights Watch Report

By Elissa Miller

With one year passing since the violent dispersal of the pro-Mohamed Morsi sit-in at Raba’a al-Adaweya Square, Human Rights Watch (HRW) put out an in-depth report detailing what happened on August 14, 2013. While Egyptian authorities placed the death toll at over 600, HRW documented at least 817 deaths, and reviewed evidence of a possible […]

North Africa

MENASource

Aug 14, 2014

EconSource: Morocco to Focus on Stabilizing Currency Reserves in 2015 Budget

By EconSource

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

MENASource

Aug 14, 2014

Obama Won’t Commit to Syria, But Congress Can

By Jason T. Hunt

The United States began directly fighting the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS, aka ISIL, Islamic State) this weekend through airstrikes on its terrorist forces in Iraq. The strikes helped the Peshmerga forces of the Kurdish Regional Government solidify their defenses, stabilizing one front against ISIS. However, ISIS continues to maintain and consolidate a […]

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