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Jul 1, 2014

DIRECT TRANSLATION: Dispatch from Donetsk – How a Cease-Fire Failed

By Irena Chalupa

As Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko announced an end to the cease-fire by government forces fighting Russian-backed militants in the Donbas region of the southeast, new accounts emerged to show how futile was the ten-day truce. Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry reported that the country’s armed forces lost 27 soldiers killed and 69 wounded. And from Donetsk, the […]

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MENASource

Jul 1, 2014

Top News: In June 30 Speech, Sisi Says Egypt Protected Islam From Extremism

By EgyptSource

In a speech marking the first anniversary of the June 30 mass protests that put an end to the rule of former president Mohamed Morsi, president Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi said that on that day, Egypt protected the Arab region and Islam from a destructive plot.

MENASource

Jul 1, 2014

Gulf States Reactions to the New War in Iraq

By Nouf Al Sadiq

Since the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) took over (and now rebranded) territory in Iraq, Gulf States have been somewhat less alarmed by this new Sunni uprising than they have about other more political factors in the conflict.

International Organizations Politics & Diplomacy

MENASource

Jul 1, 2014

EconSource: Egypt prepares for EGP44 billion fuel subsidy cuts in new fiscal year

By EconSource

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

Trade in Action

Jul 1, 2014

TTIP Action: July 01

By Global Business & Economics Program

TTIP Action aggregates the latest news and best analysis from across the United States and European Union on the ongoing negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).

Economy & Business Trade and tariffs

MENASource

Jun 30, 2014

YemenSource | Islamists Attack Yemeni Airport as Bomber Hits Army Base

By YemenSource

Suspected Islamist militants attacked an airport in the eastern Yemeni city of Seiyun on June 26, killing at least one soldier. At around the same time, a suicide bomber drove his explosives-laden car into the entrance of an army base, killing four soldiers in Hadramawt province.

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NATO updates its cyber policy

NATOSource

Jun 30, 2014

NATO Updates Policy: Offers Members Article 5 Protection Against Cyber Attacks

By Steve Ranger, ZDNet

Reflecting how all international conflicts now have some digital component, NATO has updated its cyber defence policy to make it clear that a cyber attack can be treated as the equivalent of an attack with conventional weapons.

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Minnesota National Guardmembers and Croatian soldiers training, May 25, 2010

NATOSource

Jun 30, 2014

It’s Time for NATO to Get Involved in Syria and Iraq

By James Stavridis, Foreign Policy

As ISIS consolidates its position across the Syrian and Iraqi divide, NATO must realize that it is only a matter of time before a wave of EU-passport-bearing jihadists will be headed back home to wreak havoc.

Cybersecurity Europe & Eurasia

MENASource

Jun 30, 2014

The Week in Egypt [June 30, 2014]

By Elissa Miller

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

North Africa

New Atlanticist

Jun 30, 2014

Ukraine News Roundup | July 1

By Irena Chalupa

Hundreds of People Have Disappeared in Eastern Ukraine  from Mashable The Ukraine Problem: Confronting Russian Chauvinism from the American Interest A familiar Russian playbook from Washington Post Vladimir Putin’s face engraved on £2,500 gold iPhone for ‘patriotic Russians’ from the Daily Telegraph Part of the West? ‘German Leftists Have Still Not Understood Putin’ from Spiegel Ukraine shows uselessness of NATO nukes in […]

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