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New Atlanticist

Mar 31, 2014

Benitez on NATO’s Response to Developments in Ukraine

By New Atlanticist

Atlantic Council Senior Fellow Jorge Benitez spoke with DefenseNews on NATO’s response to the situation in Ukraine.

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New Atlanticist

Mar 31, 2014

Looking at Obama’s Presidency

By New Atlanticist

Council President and CEO Fred Kempe appeared on CSPAN’s Washington Journal this weekend. Kempe talked about President Obama’s trip abroad, during which the president attended the U.S.-European Union Summit in Brussels, met with Pope Francis in Vatican City, and then traveled to Saudi Arabia to meet with King Abdullah. The show started with a conversation […]

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MENASource

Mar 31, 2014

Marib Youth and Political Transition in Yemen

By Nadwa Al-Dawsari

Over the past few years, Marib, a tribal area 120km northeast of Sana’a, has made the headlines for all the wrong reasons. It has allegedly been a staging ground for al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) operations targeting security and military personnel as well as oil pipelines.

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New Atlanticist

Mar 31, 2014

Turkey’s Erdoğan Claims an Election Victory: Is He Right?

By New Atlanticist

Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan claimed a victory in Sunday’s municipal elections, in which his Justice and Development Party (AKP) appeared to have won the largest share of the nationwide vote for mayors and local government councils. 

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New Atlanticist

Mar 31, 2014

The US and EU Must Take New Steps Quickly to Help Ukraine

By Taras Kuzio

Transatlantic Allies Should Include Military Aid for Kyiv News organizations last week reported a new conclusion by US intelligence agencies that Russian forces massed on Ukraine’s eastern borders are increasingly likely to invade mainland Ukraine, only weeks after seizing Crimea. Russian President Vladimir Putin is determined to undermine the political legitimacy of a Ukrainian government […]

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New Atlanticist

Mar 28, 2014

A Dangerous Lapse: US, EU Lose Focus on Arab Democracy

By New Atlanticist

The crisis over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine dominated this week’s EU-US Summit in Brussels, followed by the topics that had been intended as top priorities for the meeting: negotiations for a broad transatlantic trade partnership and Europe’s anger at how pervasively it has been spied upon by the US National Security Agency. Missing from the […]

European Union International Organizations

MENASource

Mar 28, 2014

Politicized Verdicts Mean No Real Accountability in Egypt

By EgyptSource

Much of the world’s press has been focused on an Egyptian trial in which 529 people were sentenced to death on March 24. What the press has failed to focus on is the root cause behind this, and three other mass trials in which 1,618 defendants will stand before the same judge: the violence that […]

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NATO's new Deputy SACEUR General Sir Adrian Bradshaw

NATOSource

Mar 28, 2014

New Deputy Commander of NATO Military

By Allied Command Operations

General Sir Adrian Bradshaw today became NATO’s Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe (DSACEUR), assuming responsibilities from outgoing DSACEUR, General Sir Richard Shirreff.

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MENASource

Mar 28, 2014

European Union Critical of Egypt’s Lack of Reform in 2013

By EgyptSource

The European Union (EU), on March 27, issued a report critical of Egypt’s progress in enacting suggested reforms in 2013. The report, which makes recommendations for the future, also describes 2013 as a “challenging year, during which no particular progress can be reported,” in regards to earlier recommendations.

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Unidentified gunmen at Simferopol Airport, Feb. 28, 2014

NATOSource

Mar 28, 2014

President of Estonia: Russia has to Pay a Price for its Aggression

By Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Washington Post

Russia’s aggression in Ukraine marks a paradigm shift, the end of trust in the post-Cold War order.

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