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Chinese Military

NATOSource

Dec 20, 2013

Why are European Allies Arming China?

By David Lague, Reuters

If the People’s Liberation Army went to war tomorrow, it would field an arsenal bristling with hardware from some of America’s closest allies: Germany, France and Britain.

China Europe & Eurasia

MENASource

Dec 20, 2013

Student Protests: A Microcosm of Egypt’s Street Dynamics

By Rana Muhammad Taha

With several months passing since the ouster of former president Mohamed Morsi, Egypt’s universities have become a frontline in the fight between two polarized segments of Egyptian society. While the capital city’s universities – Cairo, Ain Shams and Al-Azhar – universities have witnessed constant protests and clashes for weeks, the struggle has extended into the […]

North Africa

MENASource

Dec 20, 2013

Top News: Egypt a World Leader in Detaining Journalists, Says Report

By EgyptSource

Egypt was the ninth worst offender this year for jailing journalists in a list topped by Turkey, Iran and China, according to a study released by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Wednesday.

MENASource

Dec 20, 2013

Youthful Saudi Reformers Only Safe in the Twittersphere

By Kristin Smith Diwan

The emergence of social networking has opened novel means of communication and connection worldwide. But perhaps nowhere were these new vistas more welcomed than in Saudi Arabia. The virtual communities of Facebook and Twitter offer a means to circumvent the gender confines and sociopolitical restrictions of the Kingdom’s highly segmented and controlled public life. And […]

Saudi Arabia

New Atlanticist

Dec 20, 2013

Three Cheers for China!

By Robert A. Manning

At a moment when few give the Obama administration much credit for either competence or strategy, a cascade of events in East Asia in recent days, not least John Kerry’s trip to Southeast Asia, point to important gains for the stabilizing and offshore-balancing role of US policy toward the Asia-Pacific.

China Indo-Pacific

MENASource

Dec 20, 2013

Syria: Will Russia Deliver at Geneva?

By Frederic C. Hof

Moscow’s decision to block a United Nations Security Council resolution condemning human rights abuses in Syria—catastrophic abuses authored in the main by a family regime posing as a government—should cast serious doubt on any expectation of Russia facilitating a Syrian political transition at the conference scheduled for Montreux and Geneva on January 22. Moscow seems perfectly […]

Syria

MENASource

Dec 20, 2013

EconSource Headlines-December 20, 2013

By EconSource

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

EU Security Summit, December 19, 2013

NATOSource

Dec 19, 2013

Key Conclusions from EU Security Summit

By Council of the European Union

The Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) will continue to develop in full complementarity with NATO

Cybersecurity European Union
French Reaper drone

NATOSource

Dec 19, 2013

France Deploying US-Made Drones to Hunt Al Qaeda in Mali

By Reuters

France will deploy its first U.S.-made unarmed surveillance drones to West Africa by the end of the year, Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Thursday, as it seeks to “eliminate all traces of al Qaeda.”

France Sahel
2013122Constitution

MENASource

Dec 19, 2013

The New Draft Constitution Part II: The Committee’s Work from Within

By Yussef Auf

As Egypt’s constitution writing process has come to an end, and the country is once again gearing up to go to the polls in mid-January in a nationwide referendum, it is worth noting the process that resulted in the drafting of a new constitution, before considering the text itself. The Committee of 50’s performance, as […]

North Africa Political Reform