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MENASource

Jun 30, 2014

Top News: ISIS Declares a Caliphate While Russia Sends Experts to Aid Iraqi Army

By MENASource

  The leader of the powerful Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militant group was declared Sunday the caliph, or absolute ruler. The news was announced in a video, mostly in English, featuring a bearded fighter with an AK-47 on his back, explaining the new caliphate.

Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and Montenegro's President Milo Djukanovic, May 22, 2014

NATOSource

Jun 30, 2014

Extend NATO’s Umbrella to Montenegro and Macedonia

By Michael Haltzel, Washington Post

In reacting to Moscow’s aggression in Ukraine, President Obama has reassured exposed NATO members Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia of firm U.S. support

Greece NATO

MENASource

Jun 30, 2014

Top News: Two Policemen Killed, Ten Injured In Blasts at Presidential Palace

By EgyptSource

Three homemade bombs went off near Egypt’s presidential palace in Cairo on Monday, killing two senior police officers and injuring ten other people on the anniversary of the mass protests that led to the ouster of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi.

MENASource

Jun 30, 2014

A Moment of Self Criticism

By Amr Hamzawy

In the medium- to long-term, the fierce attack currently targeting the democratic hopes and aspirations of many groups of Egyptians, including Egypt’s youth, will only serve to cause these groups to step back momentarily and conduct some self-criticism, ultimately leading to changes in the methods by which these groups carry out their work.

North Africa

MENASource

Jun 30, 2014

EconSource: Egypt forecasts economic growth above 3 percent in 2014/15 fiscal year

By EconSource

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

Victory Day parade in Moscow, May 9, 2014

NATOSource

Jun 27, 2014

Will Europe Stay Awake this Time or Go Back to Dreaming of Yesterday?

By Henrik Liljegren

“Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away, now it looks as though they’re here to stay. Oh, I believe in yesterday” The Beatles

Europe & Eurasia NATO
German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen in Afghanistan, December 23, 2013

NATOSource

Jun 27, 2014

German Parliament Cuts Defense Budget

By Albrecht Müller, Defense News

The ruling conservative-left coalition of the German Bundestag Wednesday night passed a 2014 defense budget of €32.44 billion (US $44.13 billion), compared with a budget of €33.26 billion for 2013.

Germany NATO
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Austin, May 10, 2011

NATOSource

Jun 27, 2014

NATO Chief: America and Europe – Defending Freedom Together

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

The soldiers who stormed the beaches of Normandy and who parachuted into the fields of northern France were upholding a fundamental truth: that you can’t have security on one side of the Atlantic without security on the other.

NATO Russia

MENASource

Jun 27, 2014

Syria: Has A Breakthrough Happened?

By Frederic C. Hof

The Obama administration on June 26 announced it would seek from Congress $500 million “to train and equip appropriately vetted elements of the moderate Syrian armed opposition.” Does this announcement herald a long (two year) overdue alignment of US policy to the reality of what is happening to Syria?

Syria

SouthAsiaSource

Jun 27, 2014

This Week in South Asia: June 21 – 27

By Aman Ghose 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. India Narendra Modi’s first month in office coincided with an anniversary of another kind – the 39th anniversary of Indira Gandhi’s imposition of Emergency rule. Modi who witnessed the historic period stated that “The […]

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