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MENASource

Jul 10, 2014

EconSource: Yemen Government Curbs Travel, Recruitment in Austerity Drive

By EconSource

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

MENASource

Jul 10, 2014

Top News: UN Withdraws Staff From Libya Over Security Concerns

By MENASource

The UN Special Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) is in the process of withdrawing several staff members from their posts due to security concerns. According to a spokesman, adequate numbers of personnel would remain in place to run UNSMIL’s operations, which had already been reduced to the capital Tripoli over security issues.

MENASource

Jul 10, 2014

Top News: UN Chief Discusses Gaza Crisis with Sisi; Egypt Opens Rafah Border Crossing

By EgyptSource

President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi discussed the situation in Gaza with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Wednesday. Sisi and Ban Ki-moon agreed to work to prevent the situation from escalating and causing more loss of life, a statement from the Egyptian presidency said. On Thursday, Egyptian authorities announced they would open the crossing to allow Egyptian hospitals to treat casualties […]

New Atlanticist

Jul 10, 2014

Ukraine News Roundup | July 10

By Irena Chalupa

Is There a Future for Ukraine? from Atlantic Russia’s Invisible Hand Drives Ukraine Conflict from Moscow Times Where Are the Russia Sanctions? Senate Hawks Ask Obama Administration from Foreign Policy Ukraine Rebels Call Putin a Coward After Russian Inaction from Time Why Moldova Urgently Matters from Real Clear World Five Russian Weapons of War NATO Should Fear from National Interest

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MENASource

Jul 10, 2014

Egypt Government Unprepared for Repercussions of Subsidy Reform

By EgyptSource

Egypt-based development economist & nonresident fellow Mohamed El Dahshan offers his views of the impact of energy subsidy reform in Egypt. In a brief video interview, Dahshan highlights the repercussions of the removal of subsidies. According to the nonresident fellow, the Egyptian government is unprepared for inflation of prices, already witnessed in the transportation sector. […]

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MENASource

Jul 10, 2014

Syria: Should the West Work With Assad?

By Frederic C. Hof

The combination of the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) running amok in Iraq and the appearance of an Assad regime military victory in western Syria have added octane to arguments that Washington should forego its step-aside guidance to Bashar al-Assad.

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MENASource

Jul 10, 2014

The Kurdish Move Toward Independence

By Wladimir van Wilgenburg

The semi-autonomous Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) is increasingly moving toward independence from Iraq after northern and western territories fell into the hands of Sunni militants affiliated with the Islamic State (IS), or the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS).

Iraq

UkraineAlert

Jul 10, 2014

Ukraine’s Female Pilot-Soldier Surfaces in a Russian Prison

By James Rupert

At age 33, Nadiya Savchenko has served her country as a paratrooper in the combat zone of Iraq, as a helicopter navigator, and as a volunteer National Guard infantrywoman in the three-month-old war against Russian-backed militias. Yesterday she surfaced in a new role – as Ukraine’s most prominent prisoner of that war, detained in a […]

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NATOSource

Jul 9, 2014

EU Issues New Maritime Security Strategy

By European Union

Excerpts from the European Union Maritime Security Strategy.

European Union International Organizations
Armed men, believed to be Russians, near military base in Perevalnoye, March 17, 2014

NATOSource

Jul 9, 2014

NATO Needs Strategy for Russia’s Little Green Men

By Steven Pifer, Spiegel

NATO should think through the implications of the little green men phenomenon, in particular for the Baltic states of Estonia and Latvia.

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