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MENASource

Oct 28, 2014

Top News: EU Observers Call Tunisia Vote “Transparent and Credible”

By MENASource

Annemie Neyts-Uytterbroeck, head of the European Union observer mission in Tunisia, called the country’s elections “transparent and credible.”

MENASource

Oct 28, 2014

Top News: Expelled Students Cannot Enroll in Private Schools, Subjected to Military Trials

By EgyptSource

Students suspended from government universities will not be permitted to enroll in private universities, Cairo University President Gaber Nassar told the privately owned news outlet Youm7 following a meeting with the High Council of Universities on Monday.

MENASource

Oct 28, 2014

General Allen on Building a Syrian Force

By Frederic C. Hof

Special Presidential Envoy General John Allen did his best in an Asharq Al-Awsat interview to square the circle of an unsustainable Syria policy in the war against the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS, ISIL, or the Islamic State).

Syria

MENASource

Oct 28, 2014

EconSource: US Signals it Might Back Egypt Bailout

By EconSource

US Treasury Secretary Lew indicated that Washington will go ahead with international emergency loans for Egypt if Cairo pushes further to repair the country’s economy. The United States has long viewed Egypt, the Arab world’s most populous country, as a linchpin for regional stability. Bailout talks between Egypt and the International Monetary Fund have been […]

MENASource

Oct 28, 2014

The Struggle for Female Political Participation in Tunisia

By Afràa Fdhil

Considering that Tunisia has long been on the frontlines in gender politics, electoral lists for the parliamentary elections that took place on October 26 have proved a disappointment; female candidates led 11 percent of electoral lists.

North Africa

New Atlanticist

Oct 28, 2014

Can Dilma Rousseff Rebuild Broader Political Alliances for Her Second Term?

By New Atlanticist

That Is the Path She Should Take, for Herself and for Brazil, Atlantic Council’s Sennes Says Having barely won re-election in Brazil’s tightest presidential election in a quarter-century, Dilma Rousseff faces several key tasks if she is to govern effectively in her new four-year term, writes the Atlantic Council’s nonresident senior fellow in Brazil, Ricardo […]

Brazil Latin America
Lt. Gen. Igor Sergun, head of Russia's GRU

NATOSource

Oct 27, 2014

Czech Intelligence Sees ‘Extremely High’ Number of Russian Spies

By Jan Lopatka, Reuters

Russia deployed an “extremely high” number of intelligence officers at its Czech embassy last year, the NATO member country’s secret service said in an annual report released on Monday.

Central Europe Intelligence

MENASource

Oct 27, 2014

Photo Essay: Tunisia Parliamentary Election Day

By Christine Petré

In a milestone election, the first since Tunisia adopted a new, post-revolution constitution, Tunisians went to the polls on Sunday, October 26 to cast their ballots for a parliament.

North Africa

MENASource

Oct 27, 2014

The Week in Egypt | October 27, 2014

By Shiyun Lu

Catch up on the latest out of Egypt every week, with analysis, news updates, photos, videos, and more.

North Africa

New Atlanticist

Oct 27, 2014

Ukraine News Roundup | October 27

By Jim Rupert

Ukraine’s Democracy Problem: Letter from Kyiv’s 217th Electoral District via Foreign Affairs Amid Ukraine’s Election, the Battle of the Billionaires via Daily Beast Ukrainians’ Biggest Need: A State That Works via der Spiegel  Surgeon. Soldier. Mother. Pol. via Politico The Oddity of Ilya Ponomaryov, Exiled Russian Legislator via The Daily Beast Russia Is Trying to End Sanctions and Save Face via Moscow Times

Ukraine