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Blair Peterson

Peter Theo Curtis, Abducted in 2012, Is Released by Nusra Front - NYTimes.com - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...ia-is-freed-after-2-years.html

International Relations Syria Conflicts

shared by Blair Peterson on 25 Aug 14 - No Cached
  • Yet his surprise liberation by the Qaeda affiliate, the Nusra Front, came less than a week after the decapitation of another American journalist, James Foley, held by a different and even more radical jihadist group, the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.
  • “Our family wants to thank the country of Qatar in a big way,” said Amy Rosen, a cousin. “Every person that our family dealt with in Qatar said that under no circumstances would a ransom be paid — and that this was something the U.S. government had requested, and they had agreed to,” she said. “But at the same time, we don’t pretend to know everything that happened.”
mikekern

ISIS used to be al-Qaeda in Iraq - 2 views

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International Relations IR Politics

shared by mikekern on 25 Aug 14 - No Cached
  • mikekern on 25 Aug 14
     
    17 things about ISIS and Iraq you need to know BY Zack Beauchamp. Understanding this huge conflict.
Blair Peterson

Ukrainian and Russian Leaders Will Meet as Rebels Continue to Falter - NYTimes.com - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...ukraine-conflict.html

ukrainian International Relations Ukraine Russia Sanctions

shared by Blair Peterson on 21 Aug 14 - No Cached
  • pro-Russian rebels
  • Talks have foundered on Russia’s refusal to halt or even acknowledge what Ukraine and its Western supporters say is a steady flow of fighters and military hardware into Ukraine from Russia.
  • Lifted by battlefield gains in recent weeks, the mood in Kiev was bolstered further on Tuesday by news that Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany had accepted an invitation from Mr. Poroshenko to travel to Kiev this weekend, and that the European Union was considering a new round of economic assistance.
Blair Peterson

United Nations News Centre - No 'back to school' for millions of children affected by c... - 0 views

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syria International Relations refugees crisis

shared by Blair Peterson on 08 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • n Syria, nearly three million children, half the school population, are now not attending classes on a regular basis.
Blair Peterson

West widens contacts with Syria's Kurds | News , Middle East | THE DAILY STAR - 0 views

www.dailystar.com.lb/...ontacts-with-syrias-kurds.ashx

International Relations Syria conflict

shared by Blair Peterson on 09 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • The main Kurdish political party in Syria, the Democratic Union Party (PYD), and its armed wing, the People’s Protection Units (YPG), say they are obvious allies for Western states as the only force with a proven track record of combating ISIS there. The Kurds are dismissive of the moderate Syrian opposition that has been backed by the West but outgunned by Islamist groups.
  • Since ISIS overran the Iraqi city of Mosul in June, the PYD has been offered a chance to address both issues in a flurry of contacts with foreign officials, including some from “major powers,” said Khaled Eissa, the PYD’s representative in France. He declined to identify the countries involved, citing diplomatic protocol.
  • Part of the White House’s plan is to enhance support for moderate Sunni Arab groups, who are fighting against both Assad and ISIS.
Blair Peterson

Hezbollah in Syria | Institute for the Study of War - 0 views

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International Relations hezbollah syria

shared by Blair Peterson on 09 Sep 14 - No Cached
  • This paper details Hezbollah’s involvement in Syria from the beginning of the conflict to the present. Much of the focus is on 2013, when Hezbollah publicly acknowledge its presence in Syria and deepened its commitment on the ground. The first part of the paper explores the relationship between Hezbollah, Iran, and Syria and Hezbollah’s rationale for its involvement in Syria.
saniyajoshi

BBC News - Ukraine conflict: EU weighs more sanctions on Russia - 0 views

www.bbc.com/...world-europe-31000692

sanctions russia

shared by saniyajoshi on 27 Jan 15 - No Cached
  • EU leaders have asked their foreign ministers to consider imposing further sanctions on Russia in response to the continued fighting in Ukraine.
  • 5,000 people have been killed in fighting since the rebels seized swathes of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions last April, according to UN estimates. More than a million people have been displaced.
  • Ukraine.
    • saniyajoshi
      saniyajoshi on 27 Jan 15
       
      Does Ukraine really want to be a part of Russia? Why? 
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  • sanctions
Blair Peterson

Ukraine Must Prepare to Rebuild Itself | Opinion | The Moscow Times - 7 views

www.themoscowtimes.com/...504483.html

ukraine Russia IR international relations

shared by Blair Peterson on 03 Aug 14 - No Cached
  • The three months of increasingly intense fighting between pro-Kiev forces and eastern separatists have unleashed both sides' worst instincts and demonstrated their high tolerance for loss of civilian life.
    • Blair Peterson
      Blair Peterson on 03 Aug 14
       
      Notice the language here. "pro-Kiev forces" not Ukrainian forces. Also, "eastern separatists"
  • These developments exclude any recovery of Ukrainian statehood, even in its dysfunctional post-Soviet form. The Ukrainian state, as it emerged after the Soviet dissolution, is finished.
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  • And as Ukraine's conflict grows deeper, the reputation of the U.S. as the ultimate arbiter of the international system has yet again suffered. As with Iraq, Ukraine is a case of a violent disintegration, and there is not much Washington can do about that.
    • Blair Peterson
      Blair Peterson on 03 Aug 14
       
      Interesting view of the U.S's involvement.
  • But the potential economic effects of the likely Ukrainian collapse will be devastating on Russia, even if Moscow manages to not get involved in a direct military confrontation with Kiev. The deeper Ukraine moves into a civil war, the more costly it will ultimately be for Russia to rebuild what is left of Ukraine's eastern regions. As Ukraine's largest neighbor and the international supporter of the eastern fighters, Russia won't be able to step aside.
  • f the international community summons the will to pressure Kiev, Moscow can be helpful in pressuring Donetsk and Luhansk to negotiate a cease-fire.
  • Andrei Tsygankov is professor of international relations and political science at San Francisco State University. His forthcoming book is "The Strong State in Russia: Development and Crisis" (Oxford, 2014).
Blair Peterson

Dear America: Don't Panic About Ebola. Seriously. | TakePart - 0 views

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International Relations Ebola Public Health

shared by Blair Peterson on 11 Nov 14 - No Cached
  • Our strategy for eradicating smallpox in the first instance was mass vaccination—vaccinate everybody in the room. Well, that didn’t work.
  • We’re able to isolate in an almost perfect way once he enters into isolation, so we reduce the density of susceptibles down to zero. Either there’s nobody in the room with him, or people in the room are wearing space suits. If there are no suspeptibles around you, it doesn’t matter how bad the disease is once you’re in a room and there’s no one you can catch the disease from.
  • Why do we see it in Liberia and Guinea? Because these are the poorest countries in the world, and they are all post-conflict. Their public health systems and economies are in shambles, and in America, we don’t understand because for us, if you go to Canton, Ohio, California or New York, they’re all part of the United States.
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