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May 14, 2014

Hagel’s Meeting with GCC Defense Ministers: How to Measure Results

By Richard LeBaron

In a significant policy speech in Manama in December, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel was in full reassurance mode, letting our Gulf allies know that the United States was committed to their security and would maintain a strong military presence in the Gulf for a long time to come.

International Organizations Politics & Diplomacy

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May 13, 2014

Top News: Foreign Minister Says Saudi Will Negotiate with Iran

By MENASource

Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister, Prince Saud al-Faisal, said on Tuesday Riyadh had invited Iran’s foreign minister to visit the kingdom. “We sent an invitation to the foreign minister to visit Saudi Arabia, but this intention to visit has not become a fact … But any time he sees fit to come, we are ready to […]

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May 13, 2014

Egypt 2014: Debunking the Neo-Nasserist Myth

By Amr Hamzawy

Amid the grating cries of today’s agents of darkness, who propagate the fascist slogan “you are either with us or against us,” who serve our “sultan,” and not surprisingly buy into the deal of “obedience to the government for protection and profits;” amid the voices that justify injustices and violations of human rights and freedoms, […]

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May 13, 2014

Top News: Morsi’s Pardons of Islamists to be Reviewed

By EgyptSource

Egypt’s Minister of Interior Mohamed Ibrahim said the ministry formed a committee to revise presidential pardons granted to Islamist “extremists” by former president Mohamed Morsi during his one year in office.

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May 13, 2014

Benghazi must not Overshadow Big Picture of Libyan Security

By Karim Mezran

Of Libya’s manifold challenges, deteriorating security has occupied most of the international community’s attention, particularly in the aftermath of the tragedy in Benghazi that claimed the lives of Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans in September 2012.

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May 12, 2014

Top News: Rebels in Southern Syria on the Brink of Turning on Each Other

By MENASource

Moderate opposition factions and Islamist rebels from the Nusra Front were on the brink of going to war with each other on Sunday night. Mediation efforts, under way since last Saturday’s capture of Ahmed Nehmeh, a commander in the western and Gulf-backed Free Syrian Army (FSA), were continuing in northern Jordan in a final attempt […]

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May 12, 2014

Top News: Seven Brotherhood Supporters Sentenced to Life for Blocking Road

By EgyptSource

The Banha Criminal Court sentenced on Saturday seven defendants to life in prison for blocking the ring road on August 14, after the forcible dispersal of two pro-Mohamed Morsi encampments in Cairo.

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May 12, 2014

On the Death of those in the Prime of Life

By Amr Hamzawy

Death is great and we but objects of its laughter When we think ourselves in the prime of life, it dares to cry out among us –Rainer Maria Rilke

North Africa

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May 12, 2014

The Week in Egypt – May 12, 2014

By Daniel Stoker

Catch up on the latest out of Egypt every week, with analysis, news updates, photos, videos, and more.

North Africa

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May 9, 2014

Egypt’s Universities and the Struggle for Public Space

By MENASource

In the aftermath of Mohammed Morsi’s removal from the office of the president and the subsequent crackdown on his supporters and those of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egyptian authorities have spared no effort to reclaim and expand the power they once held during the pre-2011 days. Egyptian campuses remain one of the last areas to voice […]

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