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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov after meeting of NATO-Russia Council, December 4, 2009

NATOSource

Jun 10, 2014

Grushko Warns that Moscow May Withdraw from NATO-Russia Founding Act

By Voice of Russia

NATO was and is a leading military organization in the European-Atlantic region

NATO Russia

Trade in Action

Jun 10, 2014

TTIP Action: June 5

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
Norwegian artillery unit participating in Unified Vision exercise, May 25, 2014

NATOSource

Jun 10, 2014

Russia ‘Forced’ to Take ‘Military Measures’ If NATO Deploys More Troops in Eastern Allies

By Lidia Kelly and Gabriela Baczynska, Reuters

Russia would consider any further expansion of NATO forces near its borders a “demonstration of hostile intentions” and would take political and military measures to ensure its own security, a senior diplomat was quoted on Monday as saying.

NATO Russia

MENASource

Jun 10, 2014

Top News: Salafi Nour Party Expects 20 Percent of Seats in Parliament

By EgyptSource

In an interview with Aswat Masriya, Younis Makhioun, the head of Egypt’s Salafist Nour Party, said he expects his party to win the same percentage of parliamentary seats – twenty percent – as it did in 2012. 

MENASource

Jun 10, 2014

A Tunisian Public-Private Partnership Needed to Fight Terror

By Bassem Bouguerra

A group of armed assailants, made up of fifteen masked men, attacked the house of Tunisian Interior Minister Lotfi Ben Jeddou on May 27, only a few meters away from the regional National Guard center.

North Africa

MENASource

Jun 10, 2014

Syria: Can the United States and Iran Reach an Understanding?

By Frederic C. Hof

Two days of very frank and worthwhile “track two” discussions between senior Iranian and US non-officials recently took place in Europe. Syria was, as it had been in the previous December round of talks, a major topic of discussion.

Syria

MENASource

Jun 10, 2014

EconSource: Al-Sisi unveils economic plan

By EconSource

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

Polish economist Leszek Balcerowicz led his country's "shock therapy" reforms in the 1990s. He says Ukraine can make the same transformation. (CC License)

New Atlanticist

Jun 9, 2014

Ukraine Needs, and Could Manage, a Polish-Style ‘Shock Therapy’ Reform Plan

By Irena Chalupa

Veterans of Poland’s Economic Transformation Urge Ukraine to Clean Corruption ‘to the Bone’ Today Poland and Ukraine have closer relations than ever in their mutual history. Since the fall of communism, a historically adversarial relationship has evolved into a strategic partnership. Over the past decade, Polish statesmen such as Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski or former […]

Poland Ukraine
Relatives and colleagues of Airport Security Force soldiers killed on Sunday's Taliban attack on Jinnah International Airport, offer funeral prayers on June 9. Militant fighters stormed the airport disguised as security forces. REUTERS/Athar Hussain

New Atlanticist

Jun 9, 2014

Karachi Airport Attack Shows Vulnerabilities in Pakistan’s Anti-Terror Strategy

By New Atlanticist

Government’s New Policy Focuses on Response to Attacks, Should Stress Prevention Militants launched a well-coordinated, commando-style attack on Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport Sunday night, killing at least 18 people and seizing part of Pakistan’s busiest air-travel hub for more than five hours. Shuja Nawaz, director of the Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center, provides an early […]

Pakistan
Armed men outside Sloviansk city council, April 14, 2014

NATOSource

Jun 9, 2014

‘Masterly’ Russian Operations in Ukraine Leave NATO One Step Behind

By Sam Jones, Financial Times

In more than a dozen interviews, planners, security officials and members of the intelligence community have spoken of Moscow with universal, if grudging, praise.

Intelligence NATO
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