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German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk

NATOSource

Jun 17, 2014

Putin Has Exposed Divisions in Europe

By Matthew Kaminski, Wall Street Journal

To the east Russia is on the march. After a spike in violence over the weekend in eastern Ukraine, the Kremlin on Monday cut gas exports to the country, using an economic cudgel to go with the military one.

Central Europe France
German Troops in Multinational Corps Northeast, Sept. 19, 2009

NATOSource

Jun 17, 2014

Is Germany’s Framework Nations Concept a ‘Substantial NATO Compromise?’

By Jan Techau, Carnegie Europe

Something is sprouting in Germany.

Germany NATO

MENASource

Jun 17, 2014

ISIS Terrorists: Should Tehran and Washington Cooperate?

By Frederic C. Hof

Military success in Iraq by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has concentrated the minds of political leaders in Washington and Tehran.  Neither the United States nor Iran wishes to see ISIS or any Al-Qaeda franchise prosper or even exist in Iraq.  Neither Washington nor Tehran wishes to see Iraq splinter into multiple […]

Iran Iraq

MENASource

Jun 17, 2014

Top News: Egypt’s New Cabinet Sworn In; Ministry of Information Scrapped

By EgyptSource

The first cabinet under Egypt’s new President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi was sworn in on Tuesday morning, headed by Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab. 

MENASource

Jun 17, 2014

Top News: Forty-Four Sunnis Die In Prison Clash As Baghdad Sees First Signs Of The Conflict

By MENASource

The first sectarian killings of Sunnis appeared in Iraq on Tuesday, as forty-four Sunni prisoners were killed in a government-controlled police station in Baquba, north of Baghdad. Bodies of four young Sunni men were also found shot to death and dumped on a street in a Baghdad neighborhood controlled by Shiite militiamen.

MENASource

Jun 17, 2014

EconSource: Al-Sisi examining 2014/2015 budget

By EconSource

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

MENASource

Jun 17, 2014

Divisions within the Jordanian Islamist Movement

By Lamis El Muhtaseb

The Jordanian Islamist Movement (the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood and its political arm the Islamic Action Front Party) is witnessing, for the first time in its history, an internal ‘mass’ protest movement with demands for reforms that reflect conflicting visions and agendas. The failure of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, the weak performance of the Islamist movement […]

Trade in Action

Jun 17, 2014

TTIP Action: June 17

By Global Business & Economics Program

Read more about TTIP and the global economy below.

Economy & Business Trade and tariffs

New Atlanticist

Jun 16, 2014

The Battle For Mariupol

By Askold Krushelnycky

MARIUPOL – Despite other setbacks, a good piece of news for Ukraine’s government last week was its re-assertion of control over the southern city of Mariupol, an industrial port in Donetsk province that had been taken over by Russian-backed militias fighting to separate the southeastern region of Donbas from Ukraine. The recapture of Mariupol dramatized […]

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Does NATO's Article 5 apply to cyber?

NATOSource

Jun 16, 2014

Reexamining Article 5: NATO’s Collective Defense in Times of Cyber Threats

By Klara Tothova Jordan, Huffington Post

Facing an adversary that does not shy away from including cyber tools in its playbook, the time has come for NATO to substitute strategic ambiguity for clarity in formulating how the collective defense pledge plays out in times of cyber threats.

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