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May 29, 2014

Egypt Elections: Preliminary Statements by Two International Observation Missions

By EgyptSource

The two major international election observation delegations present for the 2014 Egyptian presidential election, the European Union’s Election Observer Mission (EUEOM) and the US-based Democracy International (DI), released their preliminary statements at press conferences in Cairo today, May 29, the day after the polls closed. Both groups plan to prepare a final report in the […]

Elections North Africa

MENASource

May 29, 2014

Dispatch from Assiut: No Country for Poor Men

By Laura Dean

There was really no need to fly a plane full of journalists to a campaign event in a town in Upper Egypt. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is expected to win by a landslide. Upon arrival, there was little to see. The main event, a rally for the former army chief in the province of Assiut, boasted […]

North Africa

MENASource

May 29, 2014

Syria: What Does the President Really Want?

By Frederic C. Hof

President Barack Obama’s West Point commencement address seemed to signal, albeit ambiguously, a new direction in US policy toward Syria: one in which “the president will seek the support of Congress in arming, training, and equipping Syrian rebels.” But not so fast. In a subsequent background briefing an unnamed senior administration official said that what […]

Syria

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May 29, 2014

Top News: Obama Points to Yemen Campaign, Announces $5 billion Counterterrorism Fund

By MENASource

President Barack Obama highlighted the Yemen campaign against al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) in his foreign-policy speech yesterday, pledging to train the Arab nation’s army to help it fight the militants. Obama said yesterday that he will set up a fund of as much as $5 billion to help US allies fight terrorism, and […]

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May 29, 2014

Top News: Egypt’s Sisi Wins Presidential Election

By EgyptSource

Former Egyptian army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi won a landslide victory in a presidential election on Thursday but a low turnout may have deprived him of the strong mandate he needs to fix the economy and face down an Islamist insurgency.

MENASource

May 29, 2014

Egypt Will Greet New President with Economic Crises

By Mohsin Khan

As Egypt concludes its latest presidential election, its new leader will have no choice but to address the country’s looming and deep-seated economic woes. With macroeconomic indicators tanking since the uprising in 2011, General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi–all but officially announced as the winner of the top post–will have to grapple with rising inflation, widespread unemployment, […]

North Africa

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May 28, 2014

Syria: President Obama At West Point

By Frederic C. Hof

In his graduation ceremony remarks of May 28 at the United States Military Academy, President Obama implied an explicit new policy direction with respect to Syria. The president announced that he would call on Congress “to support a new Counter-Terrorism Partnership Fund of up to $5 billion, which will allow us to train, build capacity, […]

Syria

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May 28, 2014

Egyptian Elections: First Conclusions

By Mohamed El Dahshan

A military brass band in a polling station, the right to draw little hearts on official ballots, one explosion, and an unplanned day off: as the voting in Egypt’s twenty-first day of national elections since 2011 ends, there were only a few surprises but some preliminary conclusions can already be made.

Elections North Africa

MENASource

May 28, 2014

Three Immediate Economic Problems Sisi Must Tackle

By Mohsin Khan

The next Egyptian president, who by all accounts will be Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, is going to inherit an economy in distress. All of Egypt’s main macroeconomic indicators have gone south since the uprising that overthrew Hosni Mubarak in January 2011.

North Africa

MENASource

May 28, 2014

Top News: Low Voter Turnout Continues as Presidential Elections enter Third Day

By EgyptSource

Egyptian authorities scrambled to rescue the country’s presidential election from the embarrassment of low voter turnout, but few people trickled to the polls Wednesday even after the balloting was extended for a third day.

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