Category: Blogs

Content

MENASource

Nov 6, 2013

Syria: The Ground Truth and Geneva

By Frederic C. Hof

At a recent conference, Dr. Steve Heydemann called attention to an important statement by Secretary of State John Kerry that clearly outlines how he sees the relationship between the combat situation on the ground in Syria and the likelihood that a Geneva 2 conference would implement the political transition provisions of the Geneva 1 Final […]

Syria
No one has an overview of US R/D on cyber

NATOSource

Nov 6, 2013

Commission: Obama’s Efforts to Coordinate US Cyber Activities Have Largely Failed

By David E. Sanger, New York Times

[T]he National Commission for the Review of the Research and Development Programs of the United States Intelligence Community, concludes that President Obama’s efforts to differentiate the roles of competing agencies have largely failed.

Cybersecurity Intelligence
US and allies will train new army outside of Libya

NATOSource

Nov 5, 2013

US and European Allies Building Libyan Army Bilaterally, Instead of Through NATO

By Frederic Wehrey , Foreign Affairs

Last month, discussing the Obama administration’s plans for a more modest Middle East policy, National Security Adviser Susan Rice noted that Washington “can’t just be consumed 24/7 by one region, important as it is.”

Italy Libya

Trade in Action

Nov 5, 2013

What We’re Reading | November 5

By Garrett Workman

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
Secretary of State John Kerry and Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski

NATOSource

Nov 5, 2013

Kerry Praises Poland’s Role in NATO

By John Kerry, Department of State

[A]s a NATO member now for almost 15 years and as an EU member for nearly 10 years, Poland’s influence in both organizations has grown significantly over that time.

Missile Defense Poland

MENASource

Nov 5, 2013

Michele Dunne on Egypt’s Transitional Roadmap

By MENASource

Michele Dunne, director of the Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East, wrote an article that asks the United States government to reassess its priorities with regard to Egypt. US Secretary of State John Kerry’s recent visit hailed the Egyptian military-backed roadmap as a means to achieve a more stable democratic path, but in his […]

North Africa

MENASource

Nov 5, 2013

Top News: US State Department Calls for Transparency in Egypt’s Courts

By EgyptSource

US State Department deputy spokesperson Marie Harf has stressed that Egyptian courts must provide fair, transparent trials. Civilians should also be tried in civilian courts, Harf suggested, following months of controversy in Egypt that civilians could continue to be tried and convicted in military courts. 

MENASource

Nov 5, 2013

Egypt’s Transition Roadmap: Main Event or Sideshow?

By Michele Dunne

Secretary of State John Kerry called on the military-backed interim government to “keep faith with the roadmap and the path ahead to continue the march to democracy” during his November 3 stop in Cairo, one of several references he made to the roadmap as the key indicator of how things are going in Egypt.  Kerry […]

North Africa

MENASource

Nov 5, 2013

Top News: Heavy Shooting Lasting Hours in Libya’s Capital Tripoli

By MENASource

Heavy fighting erupted throughout Tripoli on Tuesday between militias using rifles, grenades, and anti-aircraft weapons. It is the worst violence the capital has experienced in weeks. The shooting started when a militia member was detained at a checkpoint and fellow fighters arrived trying to free him, according to a militia source.

MENASource

Nov 5, 2013

Oil and Power in the New Libya

By Nate Mason

Shortly after the revolution there was great optimism among Libyans that one in the rapid succession of central governments would successfully lead the country. Those hopes were never realized because the highly centralized governance held over from the Qaddafi years ignored the fundamental shift in power to the peripheral municipalities that resulted from the revolution.

Libya
Load More