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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 […]

Elections North Africa

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.

MENASource

Apr 18, 2014

Top News: Gulf States Come to Consensus After Rift

By MENASource

Members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) brokered a consensus Thursday after a rift that saw Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain withdraw their ambassadors from Qatar. According to a statement from the GCC, “[Participants] agreed to adopt measures that ensure working at a group level and that policies of any individual state […]

An armed man in Slaviansk, Ukraine April 16, 2014

NATOSource

Apr 18, 2014

NATO Military Commander: Evidence Proves Russian Forces Already in Ukraine

By Philip M. Breedlove, Allied Command Operations

It’s hard to fathom that groups of armed men in masks suddenly sprang forward from the population in eastern Ukraine and systematically began to occupy government facilities. It’s hard to fathom because it’s simply not true.

NATO Russia

MENASource

Apr 18, 2014

EconSource: Libya plans ‘smart cards’ to cut fuel subsidies that boost smuggling

By EconSource

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

MENASource

Apr 18, 2014

Preventing and Fighting Genocide in Syria

By Frederic C. Hof

Overall, however, it is both fair and profoundly unsatisfying to admit that our successes have been partial and the crimes against humanity that persist are devastating.

Syria

MENASource

Apr 18, 2014

The Jordan-Morocco Solution for GCC Defense Masks Bigger Issues

By Richard LeBaron

The US-based publication Defense News confidently reported on April 14 that the “GCC Seeks to Form Military Bloc with Jordan, Morocco.” The story relied on an unnamed Jordanian who advised that the invitation was tendered in late March.

International Organizations Politics & Diplomacy
One of the ships in NATO's naval group is the BNS Bellis

NATOSource

Apr 17, 2014

NATO Sending Five Ships to Baltic to Bolster Defense of Eastern Allies

By Adrian Croft, Reuters

NATO is sending part of its naval rapid reaction force to the Baltic Sea as part of measures to step up the defence of its eastern European allies in response to the Ukraine crisis, the alliance said on Thursday.

NATO Northern Europe
REUTERS/Marko Djurica

New Atlanticist

Apr 17, 2014

Amid Chaos, a Humiliating and Dangerous Defeat for Ukraine

By Irena Chalupa

In Russia’s takeover of southeast Ukraine – which President Vladimir Putin is characterizing as a recovery of old Russian provinces lost in the 1920s – this week’s ineffectiveness and weakness of Ukraine’s government and armed forces are visible almost everywhere.

Eastern Europe Russia

New Atlanticist

Apr 17, 2014

Slocombe: Send US Military Aid to Ukraine, But Expect Battlefield Results to Take Time

By Irena Chalupa and James Rupert

The United States should provide military aid to Ukraine but should understand that the strength it lends the government in Kyiv will be more political than military, at least in the short run, says Former Undersecretary of Defense Walter Slocombe. As the Obama administration has limited its assistance to “non-lethal” supplies such as rations and […]

Eastern Europe Russia
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