by Maggie Feldman-Piltch | May 21, 2015 | Monitor
Cuban and American officials are scheduled to meet in Washington today for the fifth, and hopefully final, round of talks ahead of restoring full diplomatic relations between the two countries. This marks the closest to completing the process since U.S-Cuba relations...
by Maggie Feldman-Piltch | Jan 26, 2015 | Monitor
5 Key World News Stories At Least 43 Police Officers Killed in Counter-Terrorism Raid in Mindanao Government officials in the Philippines said Monday at least 43 members of the elite Special Action Force were killed in a counter-terrorism raid, making it the...
by Maggie Feldman-Piltch | Jan 20, 2015 | Monitor
Five of the latest developing stories in the MENA region. 1. Houthis take over Yemen Presidential Palace On Tuesday, one day after agreeing to a ceasefire, Shia Houthi fighters have taken over Yemen’s presidential palace which houses the main office of...
by Maggie Feldman-Piltch | Jan 6, 2015 | Monitor
Habib Essid Nominated as Tunisia’s Prime Minister On Jan. 5, former Interior Minister Habib Essid was nominated as Prime Minister by Tunisia’s newly elected parliament. Essid is no stranger in the Congressional palace, as he held a variety of positions in...
by Maggie Feldman-Piltch | Dec 15, 2014 | Monitor
The following post by Dante Disparte and Daniel Wagner is cross-published with IRMI in September 2012. Disparte is the CEO of Risk Cooperative and a member of ASP’s Business Council for American Security (BCAS). Economic Nationalism’s Impact on International...
