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MENASource

Mar 7, 2014

The Gulf and Geoeconomics

By Mohsin Khan

The sizable financing provided by the Gulf countries, in particular Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to Egypt since the popular uprising in 2011 led many observers to conclude that Gulf states have started using their vast resources to shape the region, direct political developments, and mold strategic relationships; in other […]

International Organizations Politics & Diplomacy

MENASource

Mar 7, 2014

What Mexico Can Teach Tunisia on Electoral Gender Parity

By Cory Siskind and Duncan Pickard

Tunisia’s new constitution tackles a recurring problem in republican politics: disproportionately low representation of women in national assemblies—a fact worth considering today on International Women’s Day.

North Africa
Nordic, Baltic, and Visegrad Foreign Ministers

NATOSource

Mar 7, 2014

Twelve European Foreign Ministers Condemn Russian Aggression Against Ukraine

By Estonian Foreign Ministry

The situation in Ukraine is critical. Against a European country an act of aggression has been committed by Russian military forces.

Europe & Eurasia Russia

MENASource

Mar 7, 2014

Top News: Saudi Arabia Declares Muslim Brotherhood a ‘Terrorist Organization’

By EgyptSource

Saudi Arabia listed Friday the Muslim Brotherhood of deposed Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi as a terrorist organization, along with Syria’s two main militant groups, according to Al-Arabiya television network.

MENASource

Mar 7, 2014

Top News: Saudi Arabia classifies ISIS, Nusra, and Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist groups

By MENASource

On Friday, a royal decree in Saudi Arabia blacklisted the Syria-based Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) and The Nusra Front as a terrorist group along with the Muslim Brotherhood, the kingdom’s branch of the Shia Hezbollah movement, and Yemen’s Houthi movement.

MENASource

Mar 7, 2014

Dispatch: Libya’s Rome Conference

By Karim Mezran

Libya’s international partners and allies gathered in Rome yesterday in a show of support for the North African country’s transition to democracy since Qaddafi’s ouster in 2011.

Libya

MENASource

Mar 7, 2014

EconSource Headlines- March 7, 2014

By EconSource

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

MENASource

Mar 7, 2014

Syria: The Risk Factor

By Frederic C. Hof

Perhaps the single greatest cause of Obama administration paralysis on Syria is the president’s assessment of risks involved in departing significantly from his current policy.

Syria

MENASource

Mar 7, 2014

Dispatch from Cairo’s Courts: The Jazeera Trial

By Bel Trew

It was the moment the Egyptian courtroom had been waiting for: the evidence proving three jailed Al-Jazeera English journalists were involved in terrorist activity. It took almost two hours for the presiding judge Mohamed Nagi to inventory the contents of the hotel room of the “Marriot terror cell”, the nickname given by local media to […]

North Africa

Trade in Action

Mar 6, 2014

What We’re Reading: March 6

By Global Business

TTIP Action aggregates the latest news and best analysis from across the United States and European Union on the ongoing negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).

Economy & Business Trade and tariffs
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