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New Atlanticist

Oct 8, 2013

Cut-Rate Counterterrorism

By Bronwyn Bruton and Paul D. Williams

As the attack on Nairobi’s Westgate mall and the failed Oct. 4 raid by Navy SEALs in Somalia have reminded the world, the fight against terrorism in East Africa is far from over. It’s a fight that has been ongoing for two decades, but since 2001, the United States has outsourced much of the effort […]

Foreign Minister of Turkey Ahmet Davutoglu and NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen

NATOSource

Oct 7, 2013

NATO Head Expresses Concern About Turkey’s Chinese Missile Deal

By Reuters

The head of NATO expressed concern on Monday over Turkey’s decision to co-produce a missile defence system with a Chinese firm, saying he expected Ankara to choose a system that was compatible with those of other allies.

China Missile Defense
NATO Summit in Chicago

NATOSource

Oct 7, 2013

2014 NATO Summit: Laying the Groundwork Now

By Luke Coffey, Heritage Foundation

The U.S. should use the next NATO summit to advance an agenda that keeps NATO focused on the future of Afghanistan, ensures that NATO enlargement is firmly on the agenda, and readies the alliance for the challenges of the 21st century.

Afghanistan NATO

MENASource

Oct 7, 2013

Former President Morsi’s Legal Liability for Incitement to Violence

By Ryan J. Suto

In early September, former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi and others in the Muslim Brotherhood were charged under Egyptian domestic law with incitement to the murder of protesters in December 2012. Egyptian authorities have provided no details of the evidence against him. However, Morsi and the Brotherhood were responsible for several other instances of incitement during […]

North Africa

MENASource

Oct 7, 2013

Top News: Violence Erupts across Egypt on October 6 Anniversary

By EgyptSource

Clashes erupted throughout the capital on Sunday afternoon between police and protesters amid heightened security and calls for rival demonstrations on October 6, leaving over fifty dead. 

Trade in Action

Oct 7, 2013

US Government Shutdown Leads to Postponement of TTIP Talks in Brussels

By Office of the U.S. Trade Representative

US Trade Representative Michael Froman called European Union Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht today to share that, regrettably, the ongoing government shutdown in the United States will prevent the Office of the US Trade Representative from proceeding with the second round of negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership in Brussels, Belgium starting today. […]

Economy & Business Trade and tariffs

MENASource

Oct 7, 2013

Syria: Russia’s Choice

By Frederic C. Hof

President Barack Obama’s preferred end-state for the Syrian crisis begins with the creation of a transitional governing body peopled on the basis of mutual consent, in negotiations between delegations representing the Syrian Arab Republic Government (SARG) and Syrians rejecting the governing legitimacy of the SARG and the regime that sits atop it.

Syria

New Atlanticist

Oct 7, 2013

Back to Somalia?

By J. Peter Pham

This past weekend, twenty years to the day after the conclusion of the Battle of Mogadishu, the deadly firefight dramatized in Black Hawk Down that left eighteen US military personnel dead and some six dozen others wounded (Pakistani and Malaysian units with the United Nations peacekeeping force also suffered casualties as they tried to relieve […]

East Africa

MENASource

Oct 7, 2013

Fireworks and Blood Mark Egypt’s Victory Day

By Marwa Farid

The commemoration of the fortieth Anniversary of the Sixth of October Victory, this year, is bittersweet. It has been sweet for the general population, celebrating the day with festivities, and activities organized by the army in the squares and skies of Egypt. Yet, a good day turned sour as events unfolded and clashes broke out […]

North Africa

New Atlanticist

Oct 7, 2013

Turkey’s Convergence with the West Benefits the World

By Barçın Yinanç

If Turkey converges with Europe and the United States, rather than diverging, then the world looks totally different, according to the head of a US-based think tank. Turkey plays a stabilizing factor in a very unstable part of the world, Frederick Kempe, the president of the Atlantic Council, told the Hürriyet Daily News. “Turkey has become a […]

Turkey
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