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MENASource

Apr 7, 2015

Top News: Prime Minister says Elections to be Held before Ramadan

By EgyptSource

Prime Minister Mahlab said in a phone call to Al Nahar TV on Monday that parliamentary elections could be held before the beginning of Ramadan.

EconoGraphics

Apr 7, 2015

Is Europe still vulnerable to a Greek default?

By Global Business & Economics Program

Private banks throughout Europe have significantly reduced their exposure to Greek debt (bank, public, and non-bank private sector debt) over the last five years. After Greece came under market pressure and eventually obtained ECB and IMF financial assistance in 2010, most European banks started to rapidly reduce their exposure to Greece. For instance, between 2010 and 2014 French banks' holdings decreased from $63 billion to $2 billion.

Economy & Business Eurozone

MENASource

Apr 7, 2015

EconSource: Kuwait Fund to Lend Egypt $1.5 billion Over the Next Five Years

By EconSource

The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development plans to lend Egypt $1.5 billion over the next five years, extending $300 million each year, the fund’s Director-General has said. He did not provide details of the loans. The fund is the Kuwaiti government’s agency for aiding developing countries in areas including agriculture, transport, and energy. Kuwait, […]

MENASource

Apr 7, 2015

War in Yemen Could Mean Peace in Libya

By Karim Mezran

With the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) wreaking havoc in the Levant, Syria reeling from a devastating civil war, and a political crisis in Libya devolving into an entrenched armed conflict, ultimately it was the Houthi takeover in Yemen that galvanized a pan-Arab coalition and military intervention.

Libya North Africa

MENASource

Apr 6, 2015

Four Paths for Libya’s Future

By Hafed Al Ghwell

UN Special Envoy to Libya Bernardino Leon is still trying to herd the scattered Libyan cats of all political shades around the table in Morocco. Leon hopes to negotiate a peace treaty of sorts, put an end to the fighting, and establish a unity government that can keep the country together and enable it to […]

Libya

MENASource

Apr 6, 2015

Top News: Police says Ajnad Misr Founder Killed after Group Claims Cairo Bridge Bombing

By EgyptSource

One policeman was killed and two civilians injured in an explosion on the Zamalek exit of the May 15 Bridge in Cairo, with the militant group Ajnad Misr claiming responsibility for the attack. 

MENASource

Apr 6, 2015

EconSource: Libyan Government Seeks to Deposit Oil Revenues Abroad

By EconSource

Libya’s Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni has said his government would run its own oil sales and deposit revenues abroad in a bid to divert proceeds away from a rival self-declared administration in Tripoli. Thinni, based in the eastern city of Bayda, announced late on Saturday he had authorised his internationally recognised government’s oil corporation to […]

MENASource

Apr 6, 2015

A Legal Analysis of Egypt’s Military Judiciary

By Yussef Auf

Since its establishment in the 1960s, the military judiciary in Egypt has caused much controversy. This controversy persisted after the 2011 Revolution, despite substantial legal and constitutional changes on the issue. With acts of violence increasing across Egypt in the past two years, the number of people referred to military trials has increased as well. […]

North Africa
Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Estonian Defense Minister Sven Mikser at NATO's Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence, Nov. 20, 2014

NATOSource

Apr 3, 2015

The Role of Offensive Cyber Operations in NATO’s Collective Defense

By James A. Lewis, NATO CCD COE

The central question for NATO’s cyber doctrine is how the lack of an articulated offensive cyber capability affects its ability to deter or defend.

Cybersecurity NATO

New Atlanticist

Apr 3, 2015

Iran Deal: More Hard Work Ahead

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Obama administration faces uphill task with critics in Israel, Saudi Arabia, and Congress Now that world powers have struck a deal with Iran limiting Tehran’s nuclear program in return for phased sanctions relief, the Obama administration faces the uphill task of selling the agreement to US lawmakers as well as friends and allies in the […]

Iran
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