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Apr 8, 2014

Egypt’s Crackdown May Bring Terror Closer to Home

By Aziz El-Kaissouni

It’s been said that the jails of Arab dictatorships are the birthing ground of militant Islamism. A mere thirteen years after the 9/11 attacks, that grim truism seems to have been largely forgotten or ignored by Western governments still fumbling on how to react to Egypt’s descent into a new and particularly violent authoritarianism.

North Africa
Russian President Vladimir Putin at GRU headquarters, March 13, 2008

NATOSource

Apr 8, 2014

Swedish Intelligence Worried about Russian ‘War Preparations’

By Local (Sweden)

Russia has intensified its espionage efforts in Sweden to include war preparations, Swedish security service Säpo warned on Monday.

Intelligence Northern Europe

MENASource

Apr 8, 2014

Top News: US Government “Troubled” by Court Decision in Activists’ Case; Egypt Rejects US Comments

By EgyptSource

A spokesman for the US state department expressed concern over an Egyptian court’s decision to uphold a three year sentence for three Egyptian activists prosecuted under Egypt’s new protest law.

MENASource

Apr 8, 2014

Top News: No Vote in Parts of Iraq Due to Clashes

By MENASource

An Iraqi official from the Independent High Electoral Commission says there will be no balloting in the parts of Anbar province engulfed in clashes between security forces and al-Qaeda inspired militants.

MENASource

Apr 8, 2014

EconSource: Morocco sees 2014 borrowing needs at €2.5 billion

By EconSource

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

REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh

New Atlanticist

Apr 8, 2014

Hungary: Re-elected Government Will Remain a Cold European Ally

By David Koranyi

Prime Minister Orbán Wins Gerrymandered Vote Hungary elected a parliament for the next four years on April 6, an event largely hidden amid the Ukraine-crisis and Afghanistan’s election the day before. But the victory of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and his conservative nationalist Fidesz party suggests that Hungary will remain a cold, calculating, unenthusiastic member […]

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MENASource

Apr 7, 2014

As it Marks its Anniversary, April 6 Struggles to Find its Voice

By Sarah El Sirgany

As the April 6 Youth Movement debated how to mark its seven year anniversary, its members eventually settled on a press conference at the Lawyer’s Syndicate, followed by a rally on the steps of the nearby Journalists’ Syndicate. Avoiding clashes with the police was crucial. The main objective of the anniversary press conference and protest […]

North Africa
F-16s of the 421st Fighter Squadron, July 20, 2012

NATOSource

Apr 7, 2014

Ukraine Crisis: US Sending F-16 Jets to Romania for Exercises

By Luiza Ilie, Reuters

The United States will deploy F-16 fighter jets to Romania this month as part of planned joint exercises, the NATO member’s defense minister was quoted as saying, amid rising tensions in neighboring Ukraine after Russia’s annexation of Crimea.

Central Europe NATO
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Oct. 22, 2010

NATOSource

Apr 7, 2014

Ukraine Crisis Exposes Gaps Between Germany and NATO

By Spiegel

Frank-Walter Steinmeier wasted little time after returning to Berlin from the NATO foreign ministers’ meeting in Brussels last week.

Germany NATO

MENASource

Apr 7, 2014

What Yemen’s Youth Got Out of the National Dialogue Conference

By Rafat Al-Akhali

After ten months of extensive negotiations and discussions, Yemen’s National Dialogue Conference (NDC) concluded on the January 21, 2014. It is critical to analyze the NDC outcomes and assess whether it addresses the calls for change that Yemeni youth initiated in 2011.

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