by Julia Maloof | Jul 9, 2015 | Monitor
ASP: In case you missed it…. July 9, 2015 Key Reads Kremlin critics say ‘climate of fear’ grows Timothy Heritage / Reuters Kremlin critics say a climate of fear is growing in Russia after the upper house of parliament drew up a list of...
by Julia Maloof | Jul 2, 2015 | Monitor
ASP: In case you missed it… 2 July 2015 Key Reads Cubans greet latest step in US thaw with hope tempered by reality Victoria Burnett / NYT At the building along Havana’s seafront that will soon become America’s first embassy in Cuba in more than 50 years, life...
by Julia Maloof | Jul 2, 2015 | Monitor
On Tuesday 1,200 prisoners, including al-Qaeda suspects, escaped from a prison in central Yemen. This outbreak is a US security issue because it contributes to instability in the Middle East, benefitting extremist groups. In order to understand the current situation,...
by Julia Maloof | Jun 25, 2015 | Monitor
ASP: In Case You Missed It… 25 June 2015 Key Reads Perspective: Potential areas of cooperation between the U.S. and Cuba ASP Latin America and the Caribbean are critical regions for U.S. security, but the lack of open communication between the U.S. and Cuba weakens...
by Julia Maloof | Jun 25, 2015 | Monitor
Since 2000, when Bashar Assad entered into office as the president of Syria, Syria’s national GDP steadily climbed upwards. How is it then that as a country’s wealth exploded due to this very regime, so many people took to the streets against it in the 2011 protests?...
