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Marginalized in Mansoura

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Nov 4, 2025

Twelve questions (and expert answers) on the Iraq elections

Iraq is set to hold elections on November 11. Our experts unpack the key questions looming over the landmark vote.

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Marginalized in Mansoura

MENASource
Oct 24, 2025

‘Snapback’ sanctions are deepening the Iran-Russia alignment

By
Giorgio Cafiero

United by a desire to counter US influence, Iran and Russia are poised to deepen their bilateral and multilateral cooperation.

Economic Sanctions
Iran

Marginalized in Mansoura

MENASource
Nov 7, 2025

Kazakhstan joins the Abraham Accords—and redefines the geography of peace

By
Joseph Epstein

While some have dismissed an expansion to Central Asia as “largely symbolic” this interpretation overlooks deeper implications.

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MENASource

Jun 6, 2014

Marginalized in Mansoura

By Eric Knecht

If you were looking for a place to understand why Egypt’s younger voters were the least well represented at the presidential polls in May where the choice came down to presidential hopefuls Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and Hamdeen Sabbahi, you could do worse than visiting Mansoura. The bustling Nile delta city, once sharply divided in its […]

Elections North Africa

MENASource

Jun 6, 2014

Top News: Outgoing President Mansour Issues Several Laws Before Leaving Office

By EgyptSource

Just forty-eight hours before he is to leave office and return to his original position as head of Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court, Egypt’s outgoing interim President Adly Mansour signed into law a number of pieces of legislation on Thursday evening.

MENASource

Jun 6, 2014

Open Letter to Ban Ki-moon on the Crisis in Libya

By Commission on the Libya Crisis

Four renowned experts have called on Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon to provide immediate support for Libya to avert a growing and dangerous crisis at the center of the North African region.

Libya

MENASource

Jun 5, 2014

Choices for the Government and Opposition after the Presidential Elections

By Amr Hamzawy

As the official results have been announced with President-elect Abdel Fattah al-Sisi winning Egypt’s elections with 97 percent of the vote, major state and societal actors which influence the ruling system in Egypt will face many of the same questions that they have been confronted with in the past.  These questions will continue to be […]

Elections North Africa

MENASource

Jun 5, 2014

Sisi and Russia: No Replacement for the United States

By Mark N. Katz

Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s election as president—which President Vladimir Putin indicated his support for when the two leaders met this past February in Moscow—will see a deepening of the Russian-Egyptian rapprochement that these two leaders have already begun.  Moscow is pleased that Sisi has ended Egyptian support for the Syrian opposition against Assad that ousted President […]

Elections North Africa

MENASource

Jun 5, 2014

The Egypt Effect on North Africa

By MENASource

With the election of former defense minister Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to the presidency of Egypt, many analysts worry about the effect of such a regressive development on the other Arab transitioning countries throughout the region.

MENASource

Jun 5, 2014

Top News: Morsi Addresses Message to Egyptians from Jail

By EgyptSource

In a message released from prison, ousted president Mohamed Morsi has encouraged his supporters to protest against the “military coup”, especially after the “coup leader” has become president.

MENASource

Jun 5, 2014

Tribes and AQAP in South Yemen

By Nadwa Al-Dawsari

In April 2014, the Yemeni government launched an offensive against al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in the governorates of Abyan and Shabwa in South Yemen. Political actors, Yemeni citizens, intellectuals, and activists across the country supported the offensive and many celebrated it on social media.

Yemen

MENASource

Jun 5, 2014

EconSource: UAE urges Egypt ‘fiscal consolidation’ to help revive economy

By EconSource

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

MENASource

Jun 4, 2014

Dispatch: Kurds Prevent Presidential Elections in Northern Syria

By Wladimir van Wilgenburg

On June 3, the Assad regime held presidential elections in the parts of Syria it still controls. In Northern Syria, however, Kurdish security forces confiscated the ballot boxes. Serbest Rezan, responsible for the Kurdish security police in the city of Qamishli, said they confiscated at least 120 polling stations.

Syria
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