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Apr 21, 2014

Beyond Network Feudalism

By John Hanacek

Our civilization has a new reality. Computers meshed together by digital networks have transcended the system that built them becoming a new reality, a place where duplicating and moving information has near zero marginal cost. This alone has changed the nature of the world; we have a virtual playground where the reality of scarcity we […]

MENASource

Apr 21, 2014

Top News: Egypt’s Presidential Elections a Two Man Race

By EgyptSource

Egypt’s Presidential Electoral Commission (PEC) said on Sunday only two presidential hopefuls—former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and leftist politician Hamdeen Sabbahi—are to run in next month’s presidential poll.

MENASource

Apr 21, 2014

EconSource: Libya to slashes budget by a third to offset loss of oil revenue

By EconSource

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

MENASource

Apr 21, 2014

A Crash Course in Iraq’s Electoral Politics

By Adam Simpson

On April 30, Iraq will hold parliamentary elections featuring a total of 9,040 candidates from 142 parties, including forty-one blocs and coalitions, all competing for just 328 parliamentary seats. The result of the 2010 parliamentary elections carried Iyad Allawi’s Iraqiya bloc to a narrow electoral victory, but was eventually defeated by a coalition of majority-Shia […]

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, April 17, 2014

NATOSource

Apr 18, 2014

NATO: ‘Fly-on-the-Wall’ Film Behind Vladimir Putin’s Rasmussen Jab

By Naftali Bendavid and Ellen Emmerentze, Wall Street Journal

A North Atlantic Treaty Organization spokeswoman blamed a “fly-on-the-wall documentary” as the source of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s claim that Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen was using a Dictaphone while he was Danish prime minister to secretly record a meeting.

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Unidentified gunmen at Simferopol Airport, Feb. 28, 2014

NATOSource

Apr 18, 2014

Putin’s Way of War and NATO’s Article Five

By Janine Davidson, Council on Foreign Relations

NATO countries have been reluctant to provide support to Ukraine’s military, who is not a member of the transatlantic alliance and therefore not entitled to a collective defensive response under NATO’s Article Five.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, April 17, 2014

NATOSource

Apr 18, 2014

Stop Blaming NATO for Putin’s Provocations

By James Goldgeier, New Republic

The principal problem with the argument against NATO enlargement is that it never offers an alternative beyond leaving Europe frozen in time in 1989.

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NATOSource

Apr 18, 2014

Call for Submissions: NATO Infographic Contest

By NATO

Are you a graphics designer? Want to try your hand with free online infographic making tools?

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MENASource

Apr 18, 2014

Sisi, Sabbahi, and the Future of Egypt’s Economy

By Daniel Stoker

At the end of March, Egypt’s high electoral commission  announced the dates of Egypt’s presidential elections. As expected former Defense Minister Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced his candidacy joining long time activist Hamdeen Sabbahi in the race for the presidency. The success of Egypt’s next president will, for the most part, depend on how he addresses […]

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MENASource

Apr 18, 2014

Top News: Sabbahi Completes Signature Collection with 30,000 Endorsements

By EgyptSource

Presidential hopeful Hamdeen Sabbahi has garnered 30,000 signatures of support for his candidacy from eighteen governorates across the country, his campaign announced on Thursday.

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