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MENASource

Mar 13, 2014

Egypt’s Prospects for Economic Growth [Video]

By EgyptSource

Following the release of The Economic Consequences of the Arab Spring, Mohsin Khan, senior fellow with the Rafik Hariri Middle East Center, speaks on Egypt’s prospects for economic growth. Khan gives a somewhat optimistic outlook for Egypt’s economic growth due to financing coming from the Gulf countries, which Khan says, is helping the nation stabilize its […]

North Africa

MENASource

Mar 13, 2014

Libya: A Tanker, a Fallen Prime Minister, and a Transition in Question

By Karim Mezran and Lara Talverdian

Months of political wrangling in Libya between an enfeebled government and a fractured legislature culminated this week in a vote by the General National Congress (GNC) to remove Prime Minister Ali Zeidan from office. Zeidan spent much of his tenure on the defensive, accumulating political baggage that stifled any chance of relegitimizing the state. 

Libya
Swedish soldier in Afghanistan

NATOSource

Mar 13, 2014

After Crimea, Sweden Flirts With Joining NATO

By Matt Ford, Atlantic

It’s a good time to have friends in Eastern Europe.

NATO NATO Partnerships
Russian light infantry fighting vehicles 12 miles from Ukrainian border, March 12 2014

NATOSource

Mar 13, 2014

Russia Massing Military Forces Near Border With Ukraine

By Steven Lee Myers and Alison Smale, New York Times

Russia’s Defense Ministry announced new military operations in several regions near the Ukrainian border on Thursday

Germany Russia

MENASource

Mar 13, 2014

The Gulf’s Geoeconomic Interests in Egypt

By EgyptSource

Mohsin Khan, a resident senior fellow in the Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East focusing on the economic dimensions of transition in the Middle East and North Africa, argues in his latest article for the Atlantic Council’s MENASource that the Gulf states “have started using their vast  resources to shape the region, direct political developments, […]

North Africa

New Atlanticist

Mar 13, 2014

In Ukraine, the End of Act One

By R. Nicholas Burns

Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is nearing the end of Act One with this weekend’s trumped-up Crimean referendum for reunification with mother Russia. As we look ahead to Acts Two and Three, what have we learned so far?

NATO Russia

MENASource

Mar 13, 2014

Top News: INTERPOL arrests two Egyptian Brotherhood leaders in the Gulf

By MENASource

Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have arrested two members of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood at Cairo’s request for committing violence in Port Said before fleeing abroad, Egypt’s prosecutor’s office said on Wednesday.

MENASource

Mar 13, 2014

Top News: In Alleged Leak, Shafiq says Presidential Elections will be Rigged

By EgyptSource

Ahmed Shafiq has questioned the wisdom of a Supreme Council of the Armed Forces’ (SCAF) nomination of its top general – Field Marshal Abdel Fattah al-Sisi – for the upcoming presidential elections, according to an alleged leaked phone call attributed to the former presidential candidate. The authenticity of the sound clips attributed to Shafiq could not be […]

MENASource

Mar 13, 2014

EconSource Headlines- March 13, 2014

By EconSource

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

MENASource

Mar 13, 2014

Why Barrel Bombs in Syria Threaten US National Security

By Mohammed Alaa Ghanem and Shlomo Bolts

As Syria peace talks deadlock at Geneva, forces loyal to Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad have unleashed a potentially decisive military offensive that may eliminate the possibility of a political settlement.

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