by raffaellopantucci | Mar 19, 2016 | Monitor
A brief reaction piece for Newsweek after Salah Abdeslam’s arrest in Molenbeek on Friday. The broader story of ISIS in Europe is going to continue to be an issue and undoubtedly more on this to sadly come. Paris Attacks: Arrest of Salah Abdeslam Does Not Reduce...
by raffaellopantucci | Mar 15, 2016 | Monitor
And final catch up post, this time for a think tank I worked for a while ago, the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), with whom I am still doing some things. This is a post for their site which focused on some of the issues of the ‘Belt and Road’...
by Riza Kumar | Jul 16, 2015 | Monitor
18 days and 159 pages later, a nuclear agreement has finally been reached between Iran and the P5+1.This agreement is not guaranteeing the normalization of relations between Iran and the West, but it does placate one major concern regarding international security....
by Mahmood Abu-Rubieh | Jun 22, 2015 | Monitor
Key Reads Euro Zone Welcomes New Greek Debt Proposals, More Work to Do Renee Maltezou, Jan Strupczewski / Reuters Euro zone finance ministers welcomed new Greek proposals for a cash-for-reform deal on Monday but said they required detailed study and it would take...
by Steven Eisen | May 27, 2015 | Monitor
Key Reads India heatwave toll passes 1,000 BBC News The death toll in the heatwave sweeping India has passed 1,000, with temperatures nearing 50C (122F) in some areas. Most deaths have taken place in the southern states of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, where...