Section: Foreign Policy (USA)
Will Wall Street’s Most Famous Vulture Batter Ukraine?
Franklin Templeton bond manager Michael Hasenstab wants Kiev to pay back money it doesn’t have. If he stands firm, Ukraine’s fragile economy could implode. …read more Source: Foreign...
Ukraine Says Goodbye to Red October
Kiev is making a sweeping bid to purge the national map of its Soviet-era place names. …read more Source: Foreign...
Democracy Lab Weekly Brief, July 20, 2015
To keep up with Democracy Lab in real time, follow us on Twitter and Facebook. Anna Nemtsova looks at the challenges facing former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili as he embarks on his new career as a Ukrainian politician. Eric Reidy warns that Tunisia’s persistent illiteracy problem threatens to undermine the country’s new...
Misha’s Mission Impossible
The former Georgian president takes on Ukraine’s most corrupt region. He’s got his work cut out for him. …read more Source: Foreign...
Situation Report: The Deal is done; Israel unhappy; the coming Gulf spending spree; U.S. soldiers learning from Ukrainian troops; Pentagon studying transgender troops; lots of robot news; and more
By Paul McLeary and Adam Rawnsley It starts here. An agreement has been reached. After an intense 18 days of negotiation, six world powers and Iran finally managed to strike a historic deal Tuesday to curb Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for billions of dollars in relief from international sanctions. The agreement will prevent Iran...
The Invisible (Digital) War
Wherever there’s a political crisis, from Gaza to Ukraine, cyberattacks targeting the flow of information soon follow. A few brave computer programmers are fighting back. …read more Source: Foreign...
Situation Report: The politics of an Iran deal; numbers game in Syria; Taliban talks; a shrinking U.S. Army; Chechens in Ukraine; and lots more
By Paul McLeary with Adam Rawnsley Out of step. Even if the White House gets the deal with Tehran that it’s looking for, actually implementing the agreement to curtail Iran’s nuclear program will likely take a bruising fight on Capitol Hill. But while Republicans control the Hill, they aren’t the only hurdle that President...
Ukraine Is a Mess, But It’s Still No Greece
Ukraine may be about to default — but it’s still determined to get its financial house in order. …read more Source: Foreign...
Situation Report: Another day, another Iran deadline; State drops Clinton emails; defense CEOs unhappy with Pentagon; drones spot Russian base in Ukraine; and much more
By Paul McLeary with Adam Rawnsley RED SIREN. Just coming in Wednesday morning: An Islamic State-linked group in Egypt has claimed responsibility for a series of coordinated attacks against as many as 15 Egyptian Army checkpoints the troublesome Sinai Peninsula, killing at least 38 soldiers. It’s the latest assault in what has become an...
Democracy Lab Weekly Brief, June 29, 2015
To keep up with Democracy Lab in real time, follow us on Twitter and Facebook. Aung Min, the Burmese government’s chief peace negotiator, urges the country’s ethnic armed groups to sign a comprehensive ceasefire agreement. Ievgen Vorobiov looks into the remarkable resurgence of the Ukrainian language. Mohamed Eljarh reports on a rare...
