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German Institute for International and Security Affairs

Type: Organization

Name: German Institute for International and Security Affairs

First reported Jun 10 2013 - Updated Jun 11 2013 - 2 reports

US National Security Agency

US under pressure from allies

European leaders, stunned by revelations of an extensive US surveillance program that included their citizens, have moved to demand more information from Washington and said they would discuss ways to bolster their already stringent privacy laws.German ... [Published Brisbane Times - Jun 11 2013]

Entities: Surveillance, US National Security Agency, Viviane Reding, Angela Merkel

First reported Jun 09 2013 - Updated Jun 09 2013 - 1 reports

Syria's many fronts

Anyone traveling around Syria will end up passing through Qusair, sooner or later. The town is in the heart of the country, nestled between idyllic olive and apricot groves roughly halfway between Damascus and Aleppo.When moving inland from the coast ... [Published Deutsche Welle - Jun 09 2013]

Entities: Syria, Volker Perthes, Military/Armed Forces, Damascus, Aleppo

First reported Jun 08 2013 - Updated Jun 08 2013 - 1 reports

Sergey Lavrov

Russia and the 'war of nerves' over Syria

Russia and the US are going ahead with preparations for an international conference on Syria. Details still need to be worked out but Assad's victories are strengthening the position of Moscow.Geneva is set to become a new Dayton, hopes Dmitri Trenin. ... [Published Deutsche Welle - Jun 08 2013]

Entities: Russia, Syria, Moscow, Dayton (Washington, United States), Sergey Lavrov

First reported Jun 03 2013 - Updated Jun 04 2013 - 1 reports

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

Prime Minister Erdogan refuses to give way

Despite criticism from at home and abroad, the Turkish government shows little sign of making concessions to protesters around the country. Observers fear an escalation of the clashes between police and demonstrators.Since Saturday (01.06.2013), Turkey ... [Published Deutsche Welle - Jun 03 2013]

Entities: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey, Protest, Cengiz Çandar

First reported Jun 04 2013 - Updated Jun 04 2013 - 1 reports

Abdelaziz Bouteflika

Bouteflika's absence leaves Algeria pondering future

It is not unusual for Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika to disappear from view.The 76-year-old's health has been a source of rumour for years, and he has often gone weeks or months without making a public appearance.But his prolonged absence after ... [Published BBC - Jun 04 2013]

Entities: Algeria, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Hugh Roberts, Tunisia, German Institute for International and Security...

First reported Jun 04 2013 - Updated Jun 04 2013 - 1 reports

COP15 - UN Climate Change Conference 2009

Governments unlikely to ditch “engrained” 2°C warming pledge

A pledge governments made in 2009 to avoid global warming above 2°C is unlikely to be abandoned before the 2015 climate treaty is signed, according to the author of a report calling for it to be scrapped.Oliver Geden from the German Institute for International ... [Published Responding to Climate Change - Jun 04 2013]

Entities: COP15 - UN Climate Change Conference 2009, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate ..., Emission Reductions

First reported Jun 03 2013 - Updated Jun 04 2013 - 2 reports

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

UNFCCC climate talks focus on emissions targets

(Argus) — UN climate talks resumed today with countries looking to lay down the groundwork that will help them increase their emission reduction pledges and reach a meaningful global treaty by 2015.“The ambition gap still exists and we urgently need to ... [Published Argus Media - Jun 03 2013]

Entities: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate ..., Emission, Climate

First reported Jun 03 2013 - Updated Jun 03 2013 - 1 reports

Davey condemns “blinkered, bloody-minded” climate sceptics

- A round-up of the day’s top climate change stories- Tweet @RTCCnewswire and use #RTCCLive hashtag- Contact the team at info@rtcc.orgUK: UK Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Ed Davey will launch a fierce attack on climate sceptics and ... [Published Responding to Climate Change - Jun 03 2013]

Entities: Ed Davey, Climate, Global Warming/Climate Change, Condemnation

First reported Jun 03 2013 - Updated Jun 03 2013 - 1 reports

Climate Envoys Urged to Draft Plan B on Failure of Global Target

June 3 (Bloomberg) -- Climate policy makers must come up with a new global target to cap temperature gains because the current goal is no longer feasible, according to a German study.Limiting the increase in temperature to 2 degrees Celsius since industrialization ... [Published La Repubblica - Jun 03 2013]

Entities: Draft Plan, Climate Policy, Climate, Carbon Dioxide

First reported May 29 2013 - Updated May 29 2013 - 1 reports

Syria's shadow of war reaches Lebanon

The civil war in Syria has spilled over the border to Lebanon. Rebels and supporters of the Assad regime are fighting in Tripoli, rockets are hitting Beirut and Hezbollah is sending fighters into the fray.On Sunday, (26.05.2013) two rockets slammed into ... [Published Deutsche Welle - May 29 2013]

Entities: Lebanon, Hizballah, Tripoli (Libya)

First reported May 26 2013 - Updated May 26 2013 - 1 reports

Swedish riots point to deep social problems

A week of violence in the Swedish capital indicates that not all is well in a country that prides itself on social equality. Immigrants claim they are unjustly treated.Sweden has often presented itself to the world in the past as a model of social justice ... [Published Deutsche Welle - May 26 2013]

Entities: Husby (Germany), Rioting, Immigration, Sweden

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

Europe Reluctant to Arm Syrian Rebels

Despite desperate pleas from top Syrian insurgents, Western leaders remain reluctant to arm them. Though the European embargo is set to expire at the end of the month, political and legal considerations make aid for the rebels unlikely.The general's address ... [Published Spiegel Online - May 24 2013]

Entities: Embargo, Syria, Friends of Syria, Surface-to-Air Missile

Quotes

...After it was over, the woman who gave the test chatted with him for nearly an hour. "She said, 'because it's so nice to talk to Americans.' " Somehow the special treatment bothered him

Germany and the US - still best of friends [Published Deutsche Welle - Jun 18 2013]

"I would not like to believe that you have taken leave of your conscience in the interest of power" he wrote. "I call on your conscience: stop this madness!"

'Shocked' Merkel hardens line on Turkey crackdown [Published Expatica Germany - Jun 17 2013]

Ultimately, said Posch, the parliament will act in accordance to the religious leaders' interests, who "seem to have understood the will of the people, because otherwise Rowhani would not have been admitted."

Limited room for Rowhani's promised change [Published Deutsche Welle - Jun 17 2013]

...the Berlin-based German InstituteGerman Institute for International and Security Affairs, North Korea's latest proposal doesn't come as a surprise. "Pyongyang doesn't regard the South Korean leadership as a negotiating partner in matters of peace and security in the region. This role is reserved exclusively for the United States" Hilpert told DW

Is North Korea changing tack? [Published Deutsche Welle - Jun 17 2013]

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Germany and the US - still best of friends [Published Deutsche Welle - Jun 18 2013]
'Shocked' Merkel hardens line on Turkey crackdown [Published Expatica Germany - Jun 17 2013]
Limited room for Rowhani's promised change [Published Deutsche Welle - Jun 17 2013]
Is North Korea changing tack? [Published Deutsche Welle - Jun 17 2013]
Past comparisons overshadow Obama's Berlin visit [Published Deutsche Welle - Jun 17 2013]
A Hardliner and Conservatives: Iranians Get Few... [Published Spiegel Online - Jun 14 2013]
Is UN negotiating an unattainable climate goal? [Published PhysOrg.com - Jun 13 2013]
The Power of an Iranian President [Published National Interest - Jun 13 2013]
Hilpert: 'A further setback for Korean ties' [Published Deutsche Welle - Jun 12 2013]
US under pressure from allies [Published Brisbane Times - Jun 11 2013]
Turkey's economic boom lures German workers [Published Deutsche Welle - Jun 11 2013]
Chris Shaw: Trees, Two Degress and the Failure ... [Published Huffington Post UK - Jun 11 2013]
Climate change – what next after the 2C boundary? [Published Guardian.co.uk - Jun 11 2013]
Why the NSA Leaks Will Lead to More Economic Es... [Published Brookings Latest From Brookings - Jun 11 2013]
Being Hashim Bishr, head of Tripoli SSC [Published Libya Herald - Jun 10 2013]
European leaders raise concerns on US spying [Published Sydney Morning Herald - Jun 10 2013]
Syria's many fronts [Published Deutsche Welle - Jun 09 2013]
Russia and the 'war of nerves' over Syria [Published Deutsche Welle - Jun 08 2013]
Bouteflika's absence leaves Algeria pondering f... [Published BBC - Jun 04 2013]
Governments unlikely to ditch “engrained” 2°C w... [Published Responding to Climate Change - Jun 04 2013]
Prime Minister Erdogan refuses to give way [Published Deutsche Welle - Jun 03 2013]
UNFCCC climate talks focus on emissions targets [Published Argus Media - Jun 03 2013]
Drumbeat: June 3, 2013 [Published The Oil Drum - Discussions about Energy and Our ... - Jun 03 2013]
Delivery central to success of UN climate talks... [Published Responding to Climate Change - Jun 03 2013]
Davey condemns “blinkered, bloody-minded” clima... [Published Responding to Climate Change - Jun 03 2013]
Time for the EU to modify the two-degree climat... [Published EurActiv.com - Jun 03 2013]
Climate Envoys Urged to Draft Plan B on Failure... [Published La Repubblica - Jun 03 2013]
Mali's Challenges Post-French Intervention [Published Carnegie Endowment - May 29 2013]
Syria's shadow of war reaches Lebanon [Published Deutsche Welle - May 29 2013]
Why Russia stays loyal to Iran despite tensions [Published Deutsche Welle - May 27 2013]

Blogs

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Why the NSA Leaks Will Lead to More Economic Es... [Published Brookings Latest From Brookings - Jun 11 2013] What happens when an American economy built in significant part on intellectual property collides with overt second-class treatment of foreigners who entrust their data to American networks and systems? We’re about to find out. On June 5, the world ...
Drumbeat: June 3, 2013 [Published The Oil Drum - Discussions about Energy and Our ... - Jun 03 2013] Fracking Tests Ties Between California ‘Oil and Ag’ Interests By all accounts, oilmen and farmers — often shortened to “oil and ag” here — have coexisted peacefully for decades in this conservative, business friendly part of California about 110 miles ...
The Limits of Governing Budgetary Policies by R... [Published naked capitalism - May 12 2013] By Daniela Schwarzer, who heads the research unit European Integration at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) in Berlin. Cross posted from Triple Crisis The European squabble over ...
Syrian Revolution Digest: Monday, 11 March 2013 [Published Impunity Watch - Mar 14 2013] The Holy War! As calls for Jihad and counter-Jihad proliferate, and an all against all holy war unfolds, Syria disintegrates. Today’s Death Toll: 121 martyrs , including 8 women and 5 children: 36 martyrs in Damascus and suburbs, 31 in ...
News Round Up (Jan 5, 2013) [Published Syria Comment - Jan 06 2013] President Bashar al-Assad to deliver a speech on Sunday . Jean Aziz at Lebanon Pulse on www.al-monitor.com writes about “ a new proposal to resolve the crisis in Syria ,” and the “roadmap to a solution” that Assad is expected to provide. Andoni ...