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- Arab Spring Windfall For Transnational Crime – Analysis
- Kerry Welcomes Qatar Court Overturning Verdict In Trial Of Matthew And Grace Huang
- Economic Development And Effectiveness Of Foreign Aid: A Historical Perspective
- Family Businesses In Europe: A Snapshot View
- South Africa: Government Awaits Report On Afghan Killing
- Hong Kong: Clashes Break Out As Protesters Converge On Government Buildings
- Tanzania: Increased Calls For PM To Resign Over Corruption Scandal
- Iraq Forced To Scrap 2015 Budget Due To Low Oil Prices
- Another Disappointing SAARC Summit – OpEd
- Iran’s Touman Continues Slide Against Dollar
- Iran: Statement Supporting UAE Ownership Of Three Islands Is ‘Baseless’
- South Korea And EU: Promising Partnership For Development Cooperation? – Analysis
- Ron Paul: Who Wants To Be Defense Secretary? – OpEd
- Ukraine: Donetsk, Mariupol Await Conflict Resurgence – OpEd
- Syria: 50 Islamic State Fighters Killed In Kobani
- Modi’s Regionalism – Analysis
- Pope Francis Says Muslims Must Speak Out Against Terrorism, Violence
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Posted: 30 Nov 2014 03:28 PM PST
By Neil Thompson Three years after the onset of the Arab Spring, headlines are still focused on the security threat of revolutionary Islamist militant groups. But we may be overlooking the rise of new social forces which are equally threatening to global security: Middle Eastern transnational criminal networks. In many places, the revolution promised by […] The post Arab Spring Windfall For Transnational Crime – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 30 Nov 2014 03:20 PM PST
US Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday while he welcomed the decision of the Qatari Court of Appeals to overturn the conviction of Matthew and Grace Huang, he was concerned about the ability of the couple to leave the country. The Huang’s are American citizens and were tried for allegedly starving their adopted daughter […] The post Kerry Welcomes Qatar Court Overturning Verdict In Trial Of Matthew And Grace Huang appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 30 Nov 2014 03:01 PM PST
The effectiveness of official development aid is the subject of heated debate. This column argues that aid affects recipient economies in extremely complex ways and through multiple and changing channels. Moreover, this is a two-way relationship – realities in recipient countries affect the actions of aid agencies. This relationship is so intricate and time-dependent that […] The post Economic Development And Effectiveness Of Foreign Aid: A Historical Perspective appeared first on...
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Posted: 30 Nov 2014 02:56 PM PST
How are Europe’s largest family businesses run? What do their boards of directors look like? How do they function? And how do they decide who takes the title of CEO? The 2014 Survey of Corporate Governance Practices in European Family Businesses provides a snapshot view of some of the largest family businesses in France, Germany, […] The post Family Businesses In Europe: A Snapshot View appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 30 Nov 2014 02:50 PM PST
South Africa’s Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) is awaiting a report on the reported killing of three South Africans in Kabul, Afghanistan. “We have not received information about the deaths of the three people. We are waiting for a report from our mission in Pakistan, which is accredited to Afghanistan,” the department’s Nelson […] The post South Africa: Government Awaits Report On Afghan Killing appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 30 Nov 2014 02:45 PM PST
Hundreds of pro-democracy activists clashed with police in Hong Kong on Sunday after student leaders of the Occupy Central movement called on supporters to encircle government buildings in the former British colony. Protesters wearing hard hats and masks chanted “Surround Government HQ!” and “Make Way! Make Way!” as they converged on Central Government Offices in […] The post Hong Kong: Clashes Break Out As Protesters Converge On Government Buildings appeared...
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Posted: 30 Nov 2014 02:38 PM PST
Tanzania’s Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda is under increasing pressure to resign over alleged fraudulent payments worth $120 million to an energy firm and top officials of his government, reports MISNA. According to MISNA, a parliamentary watchdog committee alleges that Pinda failed to properly oversee government finances. The committee also called for the resignation of Attorney […] The post Tanzania: Increased Calls For PM To Resign Over Corruption Scandal appeared first on Eurasia...
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Posted: 30 Nov 2014 02:32 PM PST
(RFE/RL) — Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi says falling oil prices have forced Iraq to scrap its draft 2015 budget. Abadi told lawmakers on November 30 in Baghdad that the budget had been based on a forecast of $70 per barrel of oil but that prices fell to $64 per barrel on November 28, the […] The post Iraq Forced To Scrap 2015 Budget Due To Low Oil Prices appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 30 Nov 2014 02:27 PM PST
Last week’s South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) summit in Nepal proved another disappointment as leaders of the eight nation grouping only managed to sign one agreement, the creation of a regional electricity grid. Pakistan was blamed for blocking the other two agreements that were on the table, covering road and rail links. There […] The post Another Disappointing SAARC Summit – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 30 Nov 2014 02:20 PM PST
The exchange rate for the dollar rose even higher in Tehran with every dollar being traded at 3,520 toumans on Sunday, Mehr News Agency reports. ISNA reported the dollar was traded at 3,560 toumans on Sunday afternoon, which is the highest rate of exchange for the dollar since Hassan Rohani took power last year. The […] The post Iran’s Touman Continues Slide Against Dollar appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 30 Nov 2014 02:16 PM PST
Iran has dismissed as “baseless” a statement by Gulf Arab states supporting United Arab Emirates’ alleged ownership of three Iranian islands, saying the Persian Gulf islands are integral part of the country. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Marzieh Afkham, said that repetition of baseless claims to the three Iranian islands would not change historical facts. Noting that […] The post Iran: Statement Supporting UAE Ownership Of Three Islands Is ‘Baseless’ appeared first on...
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Posted: 30 Nov 2014 02:11 PM PST
By Sung-Hoon Park In 2010, the European Union (EU) and Korea began a new era of engagement by establishing a strategic partnership, which intends to strengthen bilateral dialogue and cooperation in regional and global affairs. The EU-South Korea Framework Agreement specifically commits the two parties to ‘strengthening cooperation in the area of [...] development assistance’.1 […] The post South Korea And EU: Promising Partnership For Development Cooperation? – Analysis appeared...
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Posted: 30 Nov 2014 01:51 PM PST
It seems nobody wants to be Secretary of Defense in the Obama administration. The president’s first two Defense Secretaries, Robert Gates and Leon Panetta, both complained bitterly this month about their time in the administration. The president’s National Security Council staff micro-managed the Pentagon, they said at a forum last week. Former Secretary Gates revealed […] The post Ron Paul: Who Wants To Be Defense Secretary? – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 30 Nov 2014 01:49 PM PST
By Dmitry Durnev “There’s a new battalion deployed at the checkpoint,” my companion Igor said. “Look at the massive queue to get into Mariupol. It’ll be like that for three days now, until they learn to check just the big things rather than all the minor stuff.” Igor knows what he’s talking about. As a […] The post Ukraine: Donetsk, Mariupol Await Conflict Resurgence – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 30 Nov 2014 01:44 PM PST
Around 50 Islamic State fighters were killed by coalition airstrikes and in clashes around Kobani, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), including five ISIS members who detonated themselves with explosive devices. Additionally, SOHR reported that clashes continued between the two sides at the Syrian Turkish borders, with Turkish forces regaining control of […] The post Syria: 50 Islamic State Fighters Killed In Kobani appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 30 Nov 2014 01:29 PM PST
By C. Raja Mohan For all its trappings of a multilateral organisation, the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, whose leaders are gathering in Kathmandu this week, is only an aggregation of India’s bilateral relations with its neighbours. This is the reason why the world is focusing on what Prime Minister Narendra Modi has to […] The post Modi’s Regionalism – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 30 Nov 2014 01:25 PM PST
Pope Francis said Sunday that Muslim leaders around the world must speak out against violence and terrorism carried out in the name of Islam. The Pope made the comments on his in-flight press conference returning from a three-day trip to Turkey, “I believe sincerely that it can’t be said that all Muslims are terrorists. You […] The post Pope Francis Says Muslims Must Speak Out Against Terrorism, Violence appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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