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MENASource

Mar 12, 2014

Spotlight on Egypt’s Human Rights Record

By MENASource

Twenty-seven countries, including the United States, France, Germany, Turkey, and Japan, broke their relative silence on Egypt’s human rights situation since the ouster of Mohamed Morsi last year. Amy Hawthorne, a resident senior fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East, outlines the change in international sentiment

North Africa
Admiral Michael Rogers Nominated to Lead United States Cyber Command

NATOSource

Mar 12, 2014

NSA Nominee Promotes Cyberwar Units

By David E. Sanger, New York Times

All of the major combat commands in the United States military will soon have dedicated forces to conduct cyberattacks alongside their air, naval and ground capabilities

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

MENASource

Mar 12, 2014

Top News: Libya’s Ousted Prime Minister Leaves Country Despite Ban

By MENASource

Libya’s ousted prime minister has left the country despite a ban on travel, hours after the General National Congress (GNC) removed him from office in a no-confidence vote. In nearby Malta, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat told state-owned television that Zidan had made a brief stop-over on the Mediterranean island late on Tuesday, before traveling on. […]

MENASource

Mar 12, 2014

Top News: Moussa Acknowledges possible Political Future for Brotherhood

By EgyptSource

Speaking to Reuters on Tuesday, Amr Moussa expressed his willingness to welcome the Brotherhood back into the political arena under the right circumstances. 

President of Ukraine Oleksandr V. Turchynov, March 4, 2014

NATOSource

Mar 12, 2014

Ukrainian President Rebuffs Russian ‘Imperialism’

By Oleksandr V. Turchynov, New York Times

The Kremlin had a strategy designed to weaken Ukraine and its government by prying some regions away from Kiev’s control and establishing enclaves in the south and east similar to Transnistria in Moldova and Abkhazia and South Ossetia in Georgia.

Russia Ukraine

MENASource

Mar 12, 2014

Moving the New US-Saudi Relationship Beyond Reassurance

By Richard LeBaron

Over the past two months, US and Saudi officials have done what they needed to do to calm the waters in US-Saudi relations. Senior officials visited Riyadh to discuss the status of the negotiations with Iran; the Saudi interior minister visited the United States to coordinate Syria policy more effectively; the vocal complaints of the […]

International Organizations Politics & Diplomacy

MENASource

Mar 12, 2014

EconSource Headlines- March 12, 2014

By EconSource

Follow the latest in economic news and developments about the Arab transition countries. 

New Atlanticist

Mar 12, 2014

A Ten-Point Plan for Ukraine

By Rajan Menon

President Obama’s inbox is doubtless packed with proposals for stopping the standoff between Ukraine and Russia.

Ukraine

MENASource

Mar 12, 2014

Syria: Escaping the Policy Cul-De-Sac

By Frederic C. Hof

The collapse of the Geneva II negotiations seems to have inspired a reassessment of Syria policy within the Obama administration. The Assad regime challenges vital US interests in at least two respects: as a magnet for al-Qaeda and other transnational terrorists; and as a perpetrator of war crimes and crimes against humanity producing tsunami-like effects […]

Syria
Members of the Kings Troop Royal Horse Artillery training for the ceremonial season

NATOSource

Mar 12, 2014

Europe Needs a Reset on Defense

By Editors of the Financial Times

The nations of the EU must stop their collective decline as a military power.

Europe & Eurasia NATO