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The region’s importance in Beijing’s foreign policy is limited and, thus, not much energy and resources are invested in long-term planning.

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MENASource

Jul 24, 2013

Libya’s constitutional committee law an imperfect step forward

By Lara Talverdian

Over the last few weeks, headlines about Libya have predominately focused on oil export disruptions, tribal clashes, and targeted assassinations. Despite the deteriorating security situation, however, the country has managed to take another small step toward fulfilling the promise of its revolution. One year after Libyans cast their votes for their representatives in free and […]

MENASource

Jul 23, 2013

The Answer is Guindy

By Wael Eskander

The most interesting aspect of the mundane debate over whether what happened between June 30 and July 3 was a coup or a revolution is the debate itself. Irrespective of the definitions of these words, the debate acknowledges two simple facts. Revolution is good, coup is bad. This is perhaps the one point all parties […]

North Africa

MENASource

Jul 23, 2013

Top News: Cairo Calm After Overnight Clashes Leave Nine Dead, Eighty-six Injured

By EgyptSource

Calm has been restored on Tuesday after overnight clashes between supporters and opponents of deposed president Mohamed Morsi killed nine and injured eighty-six across Cairo, Giza, and Qalubiya governorate. 

North Africa

MENASource

Jul 22, 2013

Top News: Beblawi’s Cabinet Convenes, Approves Draft Laws

By EgyptSource

In its first meeting Sunday, the interim cabinet approved three draft laws, the most prominent of which cancels the jail sentence for insulting the president, while keeping the fine, according to an official statement posted on its Facebook page. The cabinet also approved amendments to Law 96 proposed by the Journalists’ Syndicate that would allow the […]

North Africa

MENASource

Jul 22, 2013

Egypt’s Ongoing Energy Crisis

By Svetlana Milbert

Long overdue energy subsidy reform remains a key concern for Egypt’s newly appointed interim government. It is an issue which will need to be addressed soon given tight supply and rising demand and the government’s inability to finance purchases of petroleum products. The frequent fuel shortages and power outages that have beset Egypt, point to […]

North Africa

MENASource

Jul 22, 2013

Nidaa Tounes: A coup de grace of their own

By Brian Braun

The shockwaves of Mohamed Morsi’s overthrow in Egypt are reverberating loudly in Tunis, where dueling between supporters of the leading Islamist party Ennahda and the secular opposition is aggravating a deeply polarized environment and provoking political unease at a critical moment in the country’s transition. As Tunisia’s nervous Islamists cautiously watch events unfold in Egypt, […]

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Jul 20, 2013

Egypt’s Crowd-Democracy: As Representative Democracy Failed to Deliver, People Resorted to Alternatives

By Wael Nawara

With the removal of former president, Mohamed Morsi, from power, Egypt’s revolutionary youth have bristled against the labeling of his ouster as a ‘coup.’ Over months, tens of thousands of volunteers labored to collect 22 million signatures demanding that Morsi call for early presidential elections. With their demands ignored, Tamarod escalating its call to protest, […]

North Africa

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Jul 19, 2013

This Week in Egypt – July 19, 2013

By Amira Mikhail

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

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Jul 19, 2013

Top News: Proposed US House Bill Keeps Egypt Military Aid at $1.3 Billion

Leaders of the US House of Representatives panel in charge of aid to Egypt proposed on Thursday that military aid be kept at $1.3 billion next year, subject to conditions including the government planning and holding elections.

MENASource

Jul 19, 2013

Top News: Syria’s Assad May Cling On, Britain Will Not Arm Rebels – Sources
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