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Egypt’s Divisive Influence in Libya and Tunisia

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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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Egypt’s Divisive Influence in Libya and Tunisia

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Oct 24, 2025

‘Snapback’ sanctions are deepening the Iran-Russia alignment

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Giorgio Cafiero

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

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Egypt’s Divisive Influence in Libya and Tunisia

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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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Jun 4, 2014

Egypt’s Divisive Influence in Libya and Tunisia

By Lara Talverdian

No two Arab transitions have unfolded the same over the last three years. Each transition is unique, but the societies are not insulated and the borders are not retentive; what happens in one place reverberates elsewhere. In the case of North Africa, developments in Egypt over the past year threaten to undermine consensus-building and the […]

Elections Libya

MENASource

Jun 4, 2014

Top News: Celebration in Tahrir as Sisi Wins Presidency

By MENASource

Egypt’s Presidential Elections Commission has declared former military chief Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi Egypt’s new president, confirming that he won 96.91 percent of the votes in the May election. Sisi’s sole contender, leftist Hamdeen Sabahi, took a modest 3.9 percent, the total of which were surpassed by invalid votes. Voter turnout was at 47.5 percent. 

MENASource

Jun 4, 2014

Sisi’s Presidency Fueling Expectations in Egypt

By Svetlana Milbert

Now that Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has been elected president, Egyptians await to see what measures he will undertake to ease economic burdens and improve living conditions. A priority for most citizens are the recurrent, and growing, energy shortages in the face of peak demand season. Although energy shortages and blackouts are not a new phenomenon, […]

Elections North Africa

MENASource

Jun 4, 2014

Syria: False Election, True Critique

By Frederic C. Hof

Yesterday, June 3, was make-believe election day in that part of Syria where Iran props up Bashar al-Assad as president-in-name of a broken Syrian Arab Republic. A shoe brush entrepreneur and a tamed communist dutifully played their assigned roles as ballot alternatives to Mr. Assad, albeit with open, deferential reverence toward the man who has […]

Syria

MENASource

Jun 4, 2014

Top News: Sisi Wins Presidential Race with 96.91 Percent; Government Agrees on Parliamentary Elections Draft Law

By EgyptSource

Egypt’s Presidential Elections Commission has declared former military chief Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi Egypt’s new president, confirming that he won 96.91 percent of the votes in the May election. Meanwhile, the Egyptian government agreed on the Parliamentary Elections and Political Rights draft laws on Wednesday, Aswat Masriya reports.

MENASource

Jun 4, 2014

EconSource: US signs $500 million loan guarantee agreement with Tunisia

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

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Jun 4, 2014

MENASource Q&A with Munir Daair

By MENASource

Yemen finds itself slipping into turbulent times as tribal conflict, extremist networks, and public grievances threaten to tear the country’s social fabric. Danya Greenfield, acting director for the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East, sat down with Munir Daair, a Yemeni businessman and political activist, to discuss the latest challenges in Yemen’s […]

Yemen

MENASource

Jun 4, 2014

The Gulf and Egypt: From Life Support to a Sustainable Economy?

By Richard LeBaron

With the election of former army chief, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi as Egypt’s eighth president, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait are likely to continue to provide substantial economic support for Egypt. In the aftermath of the elections, news reports indicate large aid packages are under discussion. The Gulf may add up to another […]

Elections North Africa

MENASource

Jun 3, 2014

Top News: Amid Fear and Pressure, Syrians Vote for President

By MENASource

Syrians lined up to vote Tuesday morning across government-controlled areas in a disputed ballot—denounced as “fake” by the French—that is certain to hand Bashar al-Assad another seven-year term.

MENASource

Jun 3, 2014

Egypt and the Return of the ‘Old Time Religion’

By Maged Atiya

Posters featuring former Defense Minister and president elect Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and both Coptic Pope Tawadros II and Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayyeb of Al-Azhar are not uncommon in Egypt, offered both in praise and in condemnation. In praise, they attempt to burnish Sisi’s legitimacy as a man uniting all of Egypt and bridging the religious divide. […]

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