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May 5, 2014

Top News: Egypt Presidential Campaign Period Begins; Salafi Nour Party Backs Sisi

By MENASource

Saturday marked the first official day of campaigning for Egypt’s only two candidates vying for the presidency, Hamdeen Sabbahi and Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. Sabbahi launched his campaign in the Upper Egyptian city of Assiut on Saturday, and highlighted various points of his electoral platform, including solar energy, foreign policy, and ways to combat corruption. In […]

MENASource

May 5, 2014

Syria: No Cogent Alternatives

By Frederic C. Hof

In its May 4, 2014 editorial “President Obama and the World,” The New York Times employed a customary administration talking point in an otherwise balanced and even critical review of the president’s foreign policy stewardship, including his handling of the Syria crisis: “His critics are inconsistent in their philosophies [i.e. some want airstrikes, some want more weapons […]

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MENASource

May 5, 2014

The Week in Egypt [May 5, 2014]

By Daniel Stoker

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

North Africa

New Atlanticist

May 5, 2014

Ukraine News Roundup | May 5

By Irena Chalupa

How Pro-Russia Trolling Is Affecting Ukraine Stories from The Guardian Intercepted Phone Calls Show Putin Called The Shots On European Hostages In Ukraine from Forbes Opinion: Putin’s Not Post-Communist, He’s Post-Fascist from Spiegel Odessa Mob Rule: Who Gave Police Order to Release Detainees, and Why? from The Kyiv Post Russia to Prosecute Crimean Tatar Protesters Over Unrest […]

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MENASource

May 5, 2014

Top News: Presidential Campaign Period Begins; Salafi Nour Party backs Sisi

By EgyptSource

Saturday marked the first official day of campaigning for Egypt’s only two candidates vying for the presidency, Hamdeen Sabbahi and Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.

MENASource

May 5, 2014

EconSource: Economic platforms of Egypt’s presidential candidates

By EconSource

Follow the latest in economic news and developments about the Arab transition countries. 

SouthAsiaSource

May 2, 2014

This Week in South Asia: April 26 – May 2

Commentary from the South Asia Center on the most relevant news from the region, and suggested “must-read” analyses from the week. IndiaAs India approaches its final phase of voting, two isolated incidents of violence erupted in the north east and southern regions of the country.  Separatist rebels opened fire on a Muslim village this week […]

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MENASource

May 2, 2014

The Death Sentence: The Consequences of Taking the Wrong Path [Part I]

By Yussef Auf

A new chapter in the discourse of Egypt’s revolution, post-July 3rd, has seen hundreds of supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood sentenced to death. With Mohamed Morsi’s removal from power, the political situation has spun out of control. What began as mere political differences has transformed into violent confrontations.  Egypt has been pulled into a cycle […]

North Africa
NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia James Appathurai

NATOSource

May 2, 2014

NATO Official: Alliance Will Discuss Deployment of ‘Defensive Assets’ in Georgia

By Agenda.ge

NATO Deputy Secretary General’s Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia region James Appathurai said in Tbilisi today that he believed the Alliance would discuss whether NATO allies should deploy “defensive assets” in Georgia.

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Latvia's state secretary of defence Janis Sarts

NATOSource

May 2, 2014

NATO Countries Planning Comms Mission in Ukraine

By Paul D. Shinkman, U.S. News & World Report

NATO countries may be ramping up their war of words in the coming weeks in Ukraine, where Russian propaganda flows freely into the east while ill-prepared security forces can’t even talk to one another.

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