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- Chérif Kouachi: A Classic Case Of Prison Radicalization? – Analysis
- Australia Losing Its Middle-Power Status – Analysis
- Falling Gasoline Prices: Influence Of Crude Oil Prices And Other Factors – Analysis
- Manipulation In Paris: Racism, Islamophobia And Capitalist Crisis In Europe – OpEd
- Algeria Steps Up Fight Against Terror Financing
- Islamic State ‘Gifts’ Sowing Death Even After Leaving
- Sri Lanka: Sirisena Pardons Fonseka
- Spain Sees Increase In Foreigners Registering With Social Security System
- Latvia Prime Minister Says Stable Growth Is Europe’s Guardian Angel
- Armenia’s Central Bank Increases Key Refinancing Rate To 9.5 Percent
- Nepal Misses Deadline For Promulgation Of New Constitution – Analysis
- Hagel, Qatari Minister Discuss Regional, Security Issues
- Soccer Soft Power: A Double-Edged Sword – Analysis
- Hindu Statesman Zed Offers Condolences On King Abdullah’s Death
- Fall In Crude Oil Prices: How Long Will The Boon Last For Modi? – Analysis
- How China Exploits Loophole In International Law In Pursuit of Hegemony in East Asia
- Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah Dies
- Ethiopia: Media Being Decimated, Says HRW
- Japan Attempts To Free Daesh Hostages In Last Attempt
- Saudi Arabia: King Abdullah Dies, Crown Prince Salman New Ruler
- Quantitative Easing Necessary But Not Sufficient, Say Economists
- Jeffrey Sterling: A Black Man And The CIA – OpEd
- Europe: What Went Wrong? – OpEd
- Fallacies Of War On Terror: Iran, Sectarianism And Extremist Ideology – Analysis
- Concerns US Priest Faces Jail For Refusing To Break Confession Seal
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Posted: 22 Jan 2015 03:54 PM PST
Between 2005 and 2006, Chérif Kouachi, one of the two Charlie Hebdo attackers, was imprisoned in the Fleury-Mérogis jail. While this appears to have facilitated his behavioral transition to violent extremism, it did not constitute a “triggering event”. By Romain Quivooij* Following the Charlie Hebdo attacks, commentators have highlighted the central role of prisons in […] The post Chérif Kouachi: A Classic Case Of Prison Radicalization? – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 22 Jan 2015 03:44 PM PST
By Arthur Moore Members of the defense community in Canberra like to consider Australia a middle power in the Asia-Pacific region. In military terms, being a middle power means playing a role, though not a lead one, in military endeavors; it also denotes an inability to look after the country’s national security interests unilaterally. Yet […] The post Australia Losing Its Middle-Power Status – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 22 Jan 2015 03:40 PM PST
On a national level, the main reason cited for movements in gasoline prices is often changing crude oil prices. Crude oil acquisition is the main cost in producing gasoline, and changes in crude oil prices, along with changes in gasoline market conditions, drive changes in spot and retail gasoline prices. EIA estimates that at current […] The post Falling Gasoline Prices: Influence Of Crude Oil Prices And Other Factors – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 22 Jan 2015 03:36 PM PST
By Horace G. Campbell* ‘More than a million people joined over 40 presidents and prime ministers on the streets of Paris on Sunday in the most striking show of solidarity in the West against the threat of Islamic extremism since the Sept. 11 attacks. Responding to terrorist strikes that killed 17 people in France and […] The post Manipulation In Paris: Racism, Islamophobia And Capitalist Crisis In Europe – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 22 Jan 2015 03:31 PM PST
By Nazim Fethi The Algerian government on Tuesday presented a new strategy to stop money laundering and the financing of terrorism. The draft legislation put forward by Justice Minister Tayeb Louh is aimed at “defining the offence of financing terrorism, in accordance with international standards, and strengthening the mechanism to freeze and/or seize funds belonging […] The post Algeria Steps Up Fight Against Terror Financing appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 22 Jan 2015 03:28 PM PST
By Jean-Marc Mojon A massage belt, a PlayStation controller, a gold ring — it sounds like a gift list, but the items the Islamic State group left in Iraq are rigged with explosives to kill. The militants still sow death long after they depart, and as Iraqi Kurdish forces regain ground, they — and the […] The post Islamic State ‘Gifts’ Sowing Death Even After Leaving appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 22 Jan 2015 03:24 PM PST
Sri Lanka’s former Army Commander Sarath Fonseka has been fully pardoned by President Maithripala Sirisena. The former Sri Lanka Army general who led the decisive war against the LTTE to end the terrorism in Sri Lanka was stripped off of his ranks and rights by the previous government. Fonseka has been acquitted of all charges […] The post Sri Lanka: Sirisena Pardons Fonseka appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 22 Jan 2015 03:19 PM PST
The number of foreign citizens registered with the Spanish Social Security System stood at 1,552,639 in December, an increase of 0.21% on the previous month and an absolute increase of 3,241 average contributors. This is the first increase in the number of foreign NI contributors in Spain following five months of decline (since June 2014 […] The post Spain Sees Increase In Foreigners Registering With Social Security System appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 22 Jan 2015 03:17 PM PST
Addressing the World Economic Forum in Davos during the panel discussion “Europe’s Twin Challenges: Growth and Stability”, Latvia’s Prime Minister Laimdota Straujuma emphasized that Europe’s economic growth is a must for stability. “Stable growth is Europe’s guardian angel”, said L. Straujuma to participants of the Forum. She also admitted that a balance between growth and […] The post Latvia Prime Minister Says Stable Growth Is Europe’s Guardian Angel appeared first on...
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Posted: 22 Jan 2015 03:14 PM PST
Armenia’s Central Bank raised its key refinancing rate to 9.5 percent from 8.5 percent during an emergency sitting of the monetary policy committee on Thursday, Jan 22, Reuters reports. The bank’s regular meeting on interest rates is only scheduled for Feb.10. Annual inflation stood at 4.6 percent in December, the Central Bank said, up from […] The post Armenia’s Central Bank Increases Key Refinancing Rate To 9.5 Percent appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 22 Jan 2015 03:12 PM PST
By Dr. S. Chandrasekharan As expected the dead line of Jan 22, 2015 for the promulgation of a new constitution is being missed. The political parties refused to compromise and made little headway in drafting a new constitution. One whole year was wasted. Too late in the day and very close to the deadline the […] The post Nepal Misses Deadline For Promulgation Of New Constitution – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 22 Jan 2015 03:09 PM PST
US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel spoke to Qatari Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior Abdallah bin Nasir Al Thani on Wedneday to discuss mutual regional and security issues, Pentagon Press Secretary Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby said. In a statement summarizing the meeting, Kirby said Hagel thanked the prime minister for his efforts to […] The post Hagel, Qatari Minister Discuss Regional, Security Issues appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 22 Jan 2015 03:04 PM PST
An avalanche of criticism of FC Bayern Muenchen, a leading soccer brand and Germany’s most successful club, for playing a commercially driven friendly against Saudi Arabia’s FC Al Hilal amid a crackdown on dissent in the kingdom, the public flogging of a blogger and the putting on trial in a court that deals with terrorism […] The post Soccer Soft Power: A Double-Edged Sword – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 22 Jan 2015 03:02 PM PST
Hindu statesman Rajan Zed has offered condolences on the death of King Abdullah Bin-Abd-al-Aziz Al Saud, Saudi Arabia’s head of the state, who died on January 23 in a Riyadh hospital. Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that they were saddened by the passing […] The post Hindu Statesman Zed Offers Condolences On King Abdullah’s Death appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 22 Jan 2015 02:35 PM PST
By Sai Shakti* Crude oil, which is an important factor in the global geo-politics, is seeing wide swings in the international market. From record highs, it has now fallen to record lows, surprising the world. Since June 2014, there has been a staggering 40% drop in the oil price — from $115 per barrel to […] The post Fall In Crude Oil Prices: How Long Will The Boon Last For Modi? – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 22 Jan 2015 02:05 PM PST
By James Kraska Who “minds the gap” in the South China Sea? The gap, that is, created in international law concerning the use of coercion or aggressive force and the right of self-defense of victim states. China exploits this gap in the international law on the use of force to compel its neighbors to accept […] The post How China Exploits Loophole In International Law In Pursuit of Hegemony in East Asia appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 22 Jan 2015 01:48 PM PST
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah has died, state television reported early on Friday and Crown Prince Salman became king, it said in a statement attributed to the new ruler. He was 90. King Salman has called on the family’s Allegiance Council to pay allegiance to Muqrin as his crown prince and heir. […] The post Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah Dies appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 22 Jan 2015 01:38 PM PST
The Ethiopian government’s systematic repression of independent media has created a bleak landscape for free expression ahead of the May 2015 general elections, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. In the past year, six privately owned publications closed after government harassment; at least 22 journalists, bloggers, and publishers were criminally charged, and […] The post Ethiopia: Media Being Decimated, Says HRW appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 22 Jan 2015 01:33 PM PST
Tokyo is seeking help in the Middle East in a bid for the release of Japanese hostages held by the ISIL terrorists as a three-day ultimatum for a $200-million ransom enters day two. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Wednesday that the government was using “all diplomatic channels and routes possible… to ensure the […] The post Japan Attempts To Free Daesh Hostages In Last Attempt appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 22 Jan 2015 10:36 AM PST
Saudi Arabia’s Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz has died, according to state television reports. It is thought that King Abdullah was around 90. According to Saudi state television reports, King Abdullah has passed away and his brother Salman bin Abdulaziz, reported to be around 79, has been named as king of […] The post Saudi Arabia: King Abdullah Dies, Crown Prince Salman New Ruler appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 22 Jan 2015 10:31 AM PST
Business leaders and policy-makers gathered for the 45th World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos-Klosters told participants that Europe needs quantitative easing but that monetary policy alone will not restore growth and jobs to the region. “We’re all for quantitative easing in Europe, but it’s not enough,” Lawrence H. Summers, Charles W. Eliot University Professor, […] The post Quantitative Easing Necessary But Not Sufficient, Say Economists appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 22 Jan 2015 10:28 AM PST
The Espionage Act was a nearly 100 year-old historic relic until Barack Obama came to office. The legislation was used by his predecessors in only three whistle blower prosecutions after it was enacted in 1917. Obama has used it in seven prosecutions in six years in office and never for actual instances of espionage. Jeffrey […] The post Jeffrey Sterling: A Black Man And The CIA – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 22 Jan 2015 10:25 AM PST
By Ronald J. Granieri* Back in April 2012, I presented a paper at a meeting of the FPRI Study Group on America and the West with the catchy title, “Who Killed Europe?” Later published as an FPRI E-Note, that essay, written in the early stages of the Euro financial crisis, tried to disentangle the responsibility […] The post Europe: What Went Wrong? – OpEd appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 22 Jan 2015 10:21 AM PST
By Riad Kahwaji* The West and its Arab allies must bridge the gap dividing their respective interests vis-à-vis Iran if any tangible progress is to be made in the war on terrorism. Although Arab countries appear to be on the same side as Iran in the war against the radical groups in Iraq and Syria, […] The post Fallacies Of War On Terror: Iran, Sectarianism And Extremist Ideology – Analysis appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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Posted: 22 Jan 2015 10:18 AM PST
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a petition from a Louisiana Catholic diocese that fears a civil lawsuit could force a priest to violate the seal of confession or go to jail. The Diocese of Baton Rouge and diocesan priest Father Jeff Bayhi were disappointed by the decision, which the diocese said has […] The post Concerns US Priest Faces Jail For Refusing To Break Confession Seal appeared first on Eurasia Review.
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