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Jun 9, 2015

One Year On: Civil Society and Human Rights under Sisi

By EgyptSource

In the four years since Hosni Mubarak’s ouster, human rights have continued to suffer. The past year under President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has witnessed a serious regression in what few rights were gained in the wake of the 2011 uprising. The protests that led to the downfall of Mubarak and his successor, Mohamed Morsi, have […]

North Africa

SyriaSource

Jun 9, 2015

The Syrian Crisis and the Challenge Presented By ISIL

By Frederic C. Hof

Frederic C. Hof, Senior Fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center, delivered an address on June 8 to an audience at the NATO Defense College in Rome.

Syria

UkraineAlert

Jun 8, 2015

With Kippot and Klezmer Music, Messianic Jews Aim to Build Bridges in Ukraine

By Matthew Kupfer

Russian politicians and pro-Russia separatists in the Donbas have repeatedly accused Ukraine of promoting fascism and Nazism since the February 2014 overthrow of former President Viktor Yanukovych. But at a Shabbat concert in Kyiv on June 5, another side of Ukraine was on full display: religious diversity and pluralism.

Ukraine

New Atlanticist

Jun 8, 2015

A Win for Democracy in Turkey

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Election should boost Turkey’s regional prestige, says Atlantic Council’s Ricciardone Turkish elections that eroded the ruling Justice and Development Party’s parliamentary majority for the first time in thirteen years and put the country on the path to coalition politics represent a big win for Turkey’s democracy, says the Atlantic Council’s Francis J. Ricciardone. “This is […]

Syria Turkey

MENASource

Jun 8, 2015

INFOGRAPHIC: Sisi’s Approval Ratings over the Past Year

By EgyptSource

How have President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s approval ratings changed over the past year? Independent research center, Baseera, has conducted five polls over the past year, beginning in August 2014 and ending in June 2015.

North Africa

New Atlanticist

Jun 8, 2015

A ‘Readjustment’ in Turkey

By Sabine Freizer

“Turkey every couple of decades veers towards an extreme, and then there is a readjustment,” veteran Turkey watcher and International Crisis Group spokesman Hugh Pope told me for years. That readjustment came June 7, with Turkey’s parliamentary elections. After years of amassing more powers, the governing Justice and Development Party (AKP) lost its majority—and President […]

Turkey

MENASource

Jun 8, 2015

Top News: Sisi Admonishes Police, Government on Anniversary

By EgyptSource

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi reproached police and criticized his government on Sunday, a year after he took office, after critics accused him of allowing human rights abuses to flourish and doing little to boost jobs.

MENASource

Jun 8, 2015

Top News: President Erdogan’s Governing Party in Turkey Loses Parliamentary Majority

By MENASource

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Justice and Development Party (AKP) lost its Parliamentary majority in the election on Sunday. The results were a setback for President Erdogan, an Islamist who has steadily increased his power in his first year as President, and who had pushed for control over the judiciary and cracked down on criticism […]

JCS Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, May 7, 2015

NATOSource

Jun 8, 2015

Dempsey: Russia Using Long-Range Aviation and Nuclear Forces to Send Clear Signal to Europe

By Julian Barnes, Wall Street Journal

Excerpts from interview with Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey by Julian Barnes, Wall Street Journal.

Europe & Eurasia NATO

New Atlanticist

Jun 8, 2015

Erdoğan Loses His Midas Touch

By Ross Wilson

The wheel of politics goes round and round. Turkish voters demonstrated this in the thumping they gave in parliamentary elections June 7 to the Justice and Development Party (AKP) that had governed the country for over a decade. The AKP did win a 41 percent plurality and will take about 255 seats in the Turkish […]

Turkey
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