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MENASource

Jun 24, 2014

Egypt’s New Law for Parliamentary Elections Sets Up a Weak Legislature

By Scott Williamson and Nathan J. Brown

In an uncharacteristically immodest burst of activity, Egypt’s humble and stolid acting president, Adly Mansour, issued a series of last-minute decree-laws before handing authority over to President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Some dealt with harassment, preaching, and littering. He still showed caution and restraint in some significant areas—for instance, a set of legislative changes designed to […]

Elections North Africa

MENASource

Jun 24, 2014

Top News: ISIS Moves to Capture Iraqi Border Crossings With Syria and Jordan

By MENASource

The Sunni militant extremists who have seized a broad area of Iraq extended their control on Monday to the country’s entire western frontier, having secured nearly all official border crossings with Syria and are fighting to gain the only crossing with Jordan, giving them the semblance of the new independent state that they say they intend to […]

Estonian Prime Minister Taavi Roivas and NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen

NATOSource

Jun 24, 2014

Estonia PM Calls for Permanent NATO Presence as Bulwark to Russia

By Reuters

Estonian Prime Minister Taavi Roivas urged NATO on Friday to establish a permanent presence in the Baltic state in response to Russia’s actions in Ukraine, telling his allies to “open your eyes and stay awake. . . .”

NATO Northern Europe

MENASource

Jun 24, 2014

Top News: US Urges Egypt to Pardon Journalists; Sisi Refuses to Interfere in Judicial Rulings

By EgyptSource

In a statement issued on Monday, the White House condemned the sentencing in Egypt of three Al Jazeera journalists, and fifteen others, to seven to ten years in jail for aiding a “terrorist” organization. Sisi, however, said on Tuesday he will not interfere in court rulings, rebuffing calls from the United States and other Western governments.

Trade in Action

Jun 24, 2014

TTIP Action: June 24

By Global Business & Economics Program

Read about the latest developments today in TTIP and the global economy below.

Economy & Business Trade and tariffs

MENASource

Jun 23, 2014

Factbox: Egypt Court Jails Jazeera Journalists

By EgyptSource

On Monday, the Giza Criminal Court sentenced eighteen people in the Al Jazeera trial to prison sentences ranging from seven to ten years. Only two of the defendants were acquitted.

North Africa

UkraineAlert

Jun 23, 2014

US, EU Should Use Sanctions to Push Russia for a Single Base Price for Gas Sales to Europe

By Irena Chalupa

Former US Ambassador Bryza Urges Stepped-Up Effort to End Political Pricing by Kremlin and Gazprom  Russia has unsheathed its gas weapon again, demanding higher prices this spring from Ukraine and announcing last week a cutoff in sales to its neighbor unless paid for in advance. (As Moscow twists Ukraine’s arm over gas, it has retreated […]

Energy & Environment Energy Markets & Governance

New Atlanticist

Jun 23, 2014

A Beginning of Dialogue? Russia’s Ivanov and Germany’s Ischinger Discuss the Ukraine Crisis

By James Rupert

Four months into the Russia-Ukraine crisis, public discourse between Russia and the transatlantic West is not just polarized, it’s even toxic. Last month, when Ukraine and Romania barred Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitriy Rogozin’s jet from their airspace, he tweeted that he would visit those countries next time in a strategic bomber. Last week, Ukrainian […]

Germany Russia

UkraineAlert

Jun 23, 2014

The New Ordeal of Nadiya Savchenko

By Irena Chalupa

Ukraine Military’s Most Famous Female Pilot is Now a Captive of Separatist Rebels She looks tired, her face slightly puffy, but her blue eyes are calm and clear, and she appears utterly unafraid. Dressed in military fatigues, her hair cut short, she sits in the corner of a white-tiled room, handcuffed to a set of […]

Russia Ukraine

MENASource

Jun 23, 2014

Top News: Jazeera Journalists Sentenced to Seven to Ten Years in Jail

By MENASource

Three Al Jazeera journalists were sentenced to seven years in a maximum security prison in Egypt on Monday after a court convicted them of helping a “terrorist organization” and spreading false news.

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