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MENASource

May 21, 2014

On Tutelage and Abolishing the Right of Citizens to Choose

By Amr Hamzawy

Tutelage refers to how parties in power that claim to hold a monopoly on the absolute truth aspire to set the standards of good and evil, right and wrong, principles and values that should be adhered to, the concepts to be held true, what knowledge should be acquired and the hopes and dreams that should […]

North Africa
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, March 12, 2014

NATOSource

May 21, 2014

Poland Concerned Germany is Impeding NATO’s Response to Russia

By Judy Dempsey, Strategic Europe

Poland fears that Germany will not make the hard decisions required to stop Russia from acting again.

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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, April 1, 2014

NATOSource

May 21, 2014

Secretary General: NATO Ready to Assist Libya

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

[L]et me express my… my grave concerns about the security situation in Libya.

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MENASource

May 21, 2014

Top News: Thousands Rally for South Yemen Independence

By MENASource

Thousands of separatists rallied in Yemen’s main southern city Aden Wednesday demanding renewed independence for the region on the twentieth anniversary of a secession bid that was crushed by northern troops.

MENASource

May 21, 2014

Top News: Egyptian Court Sentences Ousted Leader Mubarak to Three Years in Jail

By EgyptSource

A Cairo court on Wednesday convicted ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak of embezzlement, sentencing him to three years in prison.

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, April 16, 2014

NATOSource

May 21, 2014

Secretary General: NATO’s Eastern Allies ‘Gravely Concerned’ About Russian Actions

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

[W]hat we have seen in… in Ukraine is outrageous.

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MENASource

May 21, 2014

The Sisi Effect on Political Parties in Egypt

By MENASource

With Egypt’s presidential elections around the corner, many observers fully expect the former defense minister Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to head the country. Comparisons of Sisi with Hosni Mubarak, however, ignore the massive political machinery that backed Mubarak’s policy and personnel decisions. Without such a mechanism, Sisi will have to work with coalitions and individuals clamoring […]

North Africa
US paratroopers in Estonia

NATOSource

May 20, 2014

European Ground Troops Need to Join US Units Defending NATO’s Eastern Allies

By Steven Pifer, Financial Times

Given Moscow’s aggression in Ukraine, companies of airborne soldiers have been deployed to Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland to assure those countries and serve as tripwires. But the soldiers are all Americans. Where are the Europeans?

Europe & Eurasia NATO

MENASource

May 20, 2014

Ideological Distinction in the Coming Parliament

By Jayson Casper

Many have argued that Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s likely election as Egypt’s next president is an indication of a return to Hosni Mubarak-era policies. However apt the comparison may or may not be, the analysis overlooks one key advantage Sisi lacks. There is no longer a National Democratic Party (NDP), the party faithful to ousted president […]

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REUTERS/Konstantin Grishin

New Atlanticist

May 20, 2014

For Crimea’s Tatars, Russia’s Occupation is a ‘Third Tragedy’

By Idil Izmirli

Note to Western Allies: ‘Tatars Understand That They Now Face a Long, New Struggle’  In the dark first hours of May 18, 1944, Soviet army convoys rumbled into the villages of Crimea’s native Tatars and began forcing 230,000 of them into exile. Soldiers packed the Tatars into rail cars, typically without food or water, to […]

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