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New Atlanticist

Aug 12, 2014

To confront ISIS, get arms and emergency help to Iraq’s Kurds

By Bina Hussein and David Koranyi

US Has Declined to Arm Kurdish Forces, But That Now Must Change Iraq’s national army effectively has collapsed before the advance of the brutal guerrillas of the Islamic State, leaving only one effective fighting force – the Kurdish peshmerga – to confront them. As the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) has seized much […]

Iraq

Trade in Action

Aug 12, 2014

News on TTIP, the state of the US Economy and the importance of TPA

TTIP and Small Business:a new Atlantic Council Project As negotiations towards the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership progress, the Atlantic Council is researching the prospective effects of TTIP on small and medium-sized enterprises in both the EU and the US. While SMEs account for the great majority of businesses–and job creation–in both the US and […]

Economy & Business Trade and tariffs
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NATOSource

Aug 12, 2014

US-UK Relationship: ‘Not Only Special, But Essential’

By Matthew Barzun, US Department of State

We are drawing down our presence in Afghanistan, but stepping up our support for Ukraine in the face of Russian aggression and intimidation.

NATO Security & Defense

Global Trade And The Americas

Aug 12, 2014

Natural Gas: A New Hope for TPP

By Katelyn Lamson

Though squabbles over automobiles and agricultural products appear to have stalled negotiations for the time being, all hope for a deal is far from lost. Indeed, there is one issue that might prove the lynchpin of concluding negotiations: energy. A free trade agreement that includes an element of national treatment of liquefied natural gas has […]

Economy & Business Trade and tariffs
USS Harry S. Truman in the Mediterranean Sea, Aug. 5, 2013

NATOSource

Aug 12, 2014

Why is the Mediterranean Relatively Peaceful?

By Victor Davis Hanson, National Review

For the last 70 years, the Mediterranean has been quieter than at any other time in its long history . . . Why?

Middle East NATO

MENASource

Aug 12, 2014

Top News: Iran and United States Welcome Iraq’s New PM

By MENASource

Iraq’s new prime minister-designate won immediate endorsements from both the United States and Iran on Tuesday. Haider al-Abadi called on Iraqi political leaders to end the crippling feuds that have let the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) seize a third of the country.

MENASource

Aug 12, 2014

Top News: Human Rights Watch Says Raba’a Killings “Likely Crime Against Humanity”

By EgyptSource

The killing of hundreds of Egyptian demonstrators at two protest camps last year was systematic, ordered by top officials and probably amounts to crimes against humanity, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday, calling for a UN inquiry.

MENASource

Aug 12, 2014

EconSource: Tunisian Minister Paints Gloomy Financial Picture for 2015

By EconSource

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

New Atlanticist

Aug 11, 2014

Erdoğan Victory Will Extend Turkey’s Polarization, Tension with US

By Ross Wilson

Turkish Opposition Fails to Coalesce Around a Message and a Leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s widely-expected election to the presidency of Turkey won’t herald major changes in Turkey’s domestic or foreign policies, or in US-Turkish relations – at least in the short term. Polarization, an increasingly predominant characteristic of Turkey’s politics for at least seven years, […]

Elections Politics & Diplomacy

MENASource

Aug 11, 2014

YemenSource | International Monetary Fund Allocates $560 Loan to Yemen

By YemenSource

Yemen reached an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on a $560 million loan on August 8. The funds will be paid over a period of three years. The government expects the first payment within two months.

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