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MENASource

Jul 14, 2014

The Week in Egypt [July 14, 2014]

By Elissa Miller

Catch up on the latest out of Egypt every week, with analysis, news updates, photos, videos, and more.

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MENASource

Jul 14, 2014

Top News: Heavy Fighting Breaks Out Near Libya’s Tripoli Airport, Killing at Least Three

By MENASource

Heavy fighting erupted between rival militias vying for control of Libya’s main airport on Sunday, and ensuing clashes killed at least five people, wounded twenty-five, and grounded all flights in the worst fighting the capital has seen in months.

Mistral class warship off Lebanon, March 17, 2012

NATOSource

Jul 14, 2014

Will France’s Mistral Warships Make Russia a Naval Threat?

By Matthew Bodner, Moscow Times

With the first of two French-built Mistral class amphibious assault carriers set to be delivered to the Russian Navy in October, France is handing Russia the keys to one of the world’s most advanced warships

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New Atlanticist

Jul 14, 2014

Ukraine News Roundup | July 14

By Irena Chalupa

Russia’s Global Image Negative Amid Crisis in Ukraine via Pew Global Ukraine: Mounting Evidence of Abduction and Torture via Amnesty International Blurred Lines Between War and Peace via American Interest Ukraine Determined to Avoid the “Frozen-Conflict” Paradigm via Jamestown Welcome to Free Kiev via Washington Post Germany’s Choice: Will It Be America or Russia? via der Spiegel Bitter Residents of Slavyansk Pick Up Pieces of Shattered […]

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MENASource

Jul 14, 2014

Top News: Mubarak Party Figures Allowed to Run for Parliament; Mortar Attack in Sinai Kills Eight

By EgyptSource

The Cairo Appeal Court for Urgent Matters ruled on Monday that leading members of deposed president Hosni Mubarak’s political party can run in the upcoming parliamentary elections. Meanwhile, militants in northern Sinai fired mortar rounds late Sunday at a military post in the provincial capital of al-Arish, killing a soldier as well as seven civilians, […]

MENASource

Jul 14, 2014

EconSource: New Development Program by EU to Support Egypt’s Economy

By EconSource

Follow the latest in economic news and developments about the Arab transitions. 

Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen presents the new NATO Strategic Concept to the media, Nov. 19, 2010

NATOSource

Jul 14, 2014

NATO Leaders Prepare Response to Russia’s Information Warfare

By Sam Jones, Financial Times

Nato has been shaken by the effectiveness of Russia’s online information war during the Ukraine conflict and is now looking for ways to counter the country’s aggressive propaganda campaigns

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UkraineAlert

Jul 11, 2014

As EU Decides Russia Sanctions July 16, Will the US Have to Lead on Its Own?

By James Rupert

Damon Wilson: White House May Have to Decide to Act Without European Union The United States has only a dwindling few days left to persuade the European Union to join it in imposing broad economic sanctions against Russia for its attacks on Ukraine. After the EU Council meets on Wednesday, July 16, the Obama administration […]

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SouthAsiaSource

Jul 11, 2014

This Week in South Asia: July 5 – 11

By Fahad Ahsan and Nameerah Hameed

Commentary from the South Asia Center on the most relevant news from the region, and suggested “must-read” analyses from the week. AfghanistanThe dispute over Afghanistan’s presidential elections reached new heights this week, as candidate Dr. Abdullah Abdullah rejected the preliminary results that placed Ashraf Ghani Ahmedzai in the lead by 12 percentage points and threatened […]

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Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, San Francisco, July 9, 2014

NATOSource

Jul 11, 2014

Rasmussen: NATO’s Pacific Partners Contribute to World Security

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

NATO was founded to unite America and Europe in the world’s most powerful alliance.

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