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IranSource

Jun 27, 2018

As Iran’s Currency Collapses, What Can Stop the Panic?

By Farhad Rezaei

Iran’s currency, the rial, has experienced a historic low record crashing through 90,000 rials against one US dollar on the unofficial market and continuing its slide amid economic uncertainty caused by corruption, mismanagement and fear of returning US sanctions. The drop in the value of the currency is having serious polictical repercussions. The development has […]

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UkraineAlert

Jun 27, 2018

What Ukraine Needs Now

By Diane Francis

A prominent Ukrainian journalist Dmytro Gnap just threw his hat in the ring as a presidential candidate, and threw a spanner in the best laid plans of the country’s corrupt politicians and oligarchs. He has been an activist and a victim of the country’s corruption and is running because he’s fed up. He has exposed […]

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New Atlanticist

Jun 27, 2018

Buckle Up, This Tariff Tantrum is Not Ending Anytime Soon

By Bart Oosterveld

The trade war being waged by US President Donald J. Trump’s administration is one of the major risks to global growth outcomes for this year and next. Markets have been busy digesting a steady flow of trade-related news, such as possible investment restrictions on Chinese firms wanting to do business in the United States and […]

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IranSource

Jun 27, 2018

Doctor, Minister, Soldier, Spy: Tehran’s Man in Tel-Aviv

By Ehud Eiran

On June 15, the Israeli state prosecution indicted a former minister, Dr. Gonen Segev, for spying for Iran. Israeli authorities arrested him about a month earlier. His arrest and indictment were kept secret until a gag order was partially lifted on June 18.  If found guilty, Dr. Segev would be the most senior Israeli political […]

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IranSource

Jun 27, 2018

Doctor, Minister, Soldier, Spy: Tehran’s Man in Tel-Aviv

By Ehud Eiran

On June 15, the Israeli state prosecution indicted a former minister, Dr. Gonen Segev, for spying for Iran. Israeli authorities arrested him about a month earlier. His arrest and indictment were kept secret until a gag order was partially lifted on June 18.  If found guilty, Dr. Segev would be the most senior Israeli political […]

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump, July 7, 2017 (photo: Office of the President of Russia)

NATOSource

Jun 27, 2018

NATO Expert: Allies Worried About Likely Trump-Putin Meeting

By Andrew Restuccia and David Herszenhorn, Politico

For Putin, the best outcome of the summit is a tacit — or even explicit — endorsement from the American president

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Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, May 29, 2018 (photo: Department of State)

NATOSource

Jun 26, 2018

Secretary of State Pompeo: Despite Current Rift, Alliance Between US and Europe Is Strong

By Michael Pompeo and Elise Labott, Department of State

Excerpts from CNN’s Elise Labott interview with Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, June 24, 2018.

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New Atlanticist

Jun 26, 2018

Is America Losing Its Edge? This New Report on Innovation Warns It Might Be

By David Wemer

The new international race towards innovation is critical, because “a cluster of new technologies, namely AI, robotics, green energy, biotechnology, and others will do more than just transform science – they will also determine how we all live and function in the not so far off future,” according to Atlantic Council President and CEO Frederick […]

New Atlanticist

Jun 26, 2018

Senator Cory Gardner: The United States Must Maintain Its Innovation Advantage

By David Wemer

United States Senator Cory Gardner (R-CO) implored policymakers to take the steps necessary to protect and grow the United States’ global leadership in innovation during a keynote speech at the Atlantic Council on June 26.

New Atlanticist

Jun 26, 2018

Europe Beyond Trump

By Frederick Kempe

Seventy years ago this week, the Soviet Union blockaded access to West Berlin in an effort to score an early win in the first major crisis of the Cold War. What the Kremlin hadn’t expected was an unbending United States, which, with its UK allies, launched the Berlin Airlift, or “Operation Vittles.”

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