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Mar 12, 2014

Syria: Escaping the Policy Cul-De-Sac

By Frederic C. Hof

The collapse of the Geneva II negotiations seems to have inspired a reassessment of Syria policy within the Obama administration. The Assad regime challenges vital US interests in at least two respects: as a magnet for al-Qaeda and other transnational terrorists; and as a perpetrator of war crimes and crimes against humanity producing tsunami-like effects […]

Syria
Members of the Kings Troop Royal Horse Artillery training for the ceremonial season

NATOSource

Mar 12, 2014

Europe Needs a Reset on Defense

By Editors of the Financial Times

The nations of the EU must stop their collective decline as a military power.

Europe & Eurasia NATO
Russian Presiden Vladimir Putin, March 8, 2014

NATOSource

Mar 11, 2014

Russia: It is Extremely Dangerous to Bring the ‘NATO Factor’ to the Crisis in Ukraine

By Russian Foreign Ministry

Question: How has Moscow perceived NATO’s decision to suspend cooperation with Russia because of the situation in Ukraine, which was announced on the 5 March?

NATO Russia

MENASource

Mar 11, 2014

Tip-toeing Toward Criticism: 27 Countries Rebuke Egypt at UN Human Rights Council

By Amy Hawthorne

In a setback to Egypt’s efforts to convince the international community that it is moving toward democracy, twenty-seven countries delivered an unprecedented joint statement on Egypt at the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva on March 7.  This is the first time that so many countries—the United States, the European Union “big three” […]

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(REUTERS/Konstantin Grishin)

New Atlanticist

Mar 11, 2014

Ukraine’s Crisis Government Seeks a Strategy Against Russia

By James Rupert

Despite Crimea Invasion, Kyiv’s Mood Is Moderate, Pragmatic, Non-Violent Ukraine’s interim government took office twelve days ago to face a Russian invasion, a national bankruptcy, and deep regional and political divides. As its top officials prepared to visit Washington this week to seek support, an Atlantic Council delegation first went to Kyiv to meet them, […]

Russia Ukraine

MENASource

Mar 11, 2014

Egypt UN Delegation Critical of UN Human Rights Council Statement

By EgyptSource

During the twenty-fifth Regular Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on March 7, the Egyptian delegation strongly refuted criticisms of its human rights record expressed in a joint statement of twenty-seven nations. The joint statement, which included endorsement from the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Turkey, expressed “concern about the […]

North Africa
Unidentified gunmen at Simferopol Airport, Feb. 28, 2014

NATOSource

Mar 11, 2014

Failure to Support Ukrainian Sovereignty will Tempt Putin to Continue Aggression

By Jon Kyl & Joseph Lieberman, Real Clear World

Russia’s actions in Ukraine also trouble Americans because of their implications for NATO allies and the United States’ common defense responsibilities.

NATO Russia

New Atlanticist

Mar 11, 2014

Lost in Space

By Bharath Gopalaswamy

The Crimean Crisis highlights America’s Dangerous Dependence on Russian Space Technology. The Crimea crisis, the sharpest conflict in decades between the United States and Russia, is raising concerns about the future of the U.S. space program. The cooperation in space that Washington and Moscow fostered in the quarter-century since the Cold War ended is now […]

Space Technology & Innovation

Trade in Action

Mar 11, 2014

What We’re Reading: March 11

By Global Business

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

MENASource

Mar 11, 2014

Egypt’s New Government and the Workers

By Tom Rollins

Last week Egypt’s new Prime Minister, Ibrahim Mehleb, announced he was banning bottled water in government buildings.  “This step comes from my eagerness to cut spending and share the lifestyle of ordinary people,” Mehleb was cited as telling reporters. On social media, reactions fluctuated between nods of approval and criticism of a “silly PR move” […]

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