by Riza Kumar | Aug 3, 2015 | Monitor
On July 31st, Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi extended the nation’s state of emergency for another two months. With two large-scale terror attacks against foreign nationals since March, President Essebsi and the legislative body have taken a firmer role against...
by Riza Kumar | Aug 3, 2015 | Monitor
Key Reads A divided Taliban clings to war in wake of leader’s death Pamela Constable / Washington Post New peace talks have been abruptly postponed, and the Taliban official named to replace Omar has just vowed to keep its religious war going in a desperate bid...
by Riza Kumar | Jul 31, 2015 | Monitor
On Tuesday, the Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network (MFAN) hosted the event ACCOUNTdown to 2017: Strengthening a Bipartisan Legacy of Modernizing Foreign Assistance, with key remarks given by Representative Ted Poe, The Honorable Richard G. Lugar and MFAN’s...
by Riza Kumar | Jul 23, 2015 | Monitor
Key Reads Pentagon Prepares to Send Better Radar to Ukraine Julian Barnes and Gordon Lubold / WSJ The Pentagon is moving toward providing Ukraine with bigger, longer-range radar to help it counter artillery being used by Russia-backed rebels, as U.S. military...
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....