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MENASource

Feb 20, 2014

To Confront Yemen’s Security Dilemmas, Start With Security Forces

By Adam Simpson

Despite the conclusion of Yemen’s National Dialogue, violence continues to plague the country, most notably with clashes between tribesman and separatists pressing for greater autonomy and government forces that have lost their confidence.

Yemen

Trade in Action

Feb 20, 2014

What We’re Reading: February 20

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

MENASource

Feb 20, 2014

No Investment Without Labor Reform in Egypt

By MENASource

Egypt’s successive governments have failed to tackle the country’s most pressing economic issues–a stressor that will increasingly threaten the integrity of any new administration and the overall stability of the fragile state.

North Africa

MENASource

Feb 20, 2014

Egypt’s labor dilemma

By Mustansir Barma

“Bread, freedom, and social justice,” is the familiar  slogan chanted across the Middle East and North  Africa since the Arab uprisings erupted in December  2010. Labor issues fit into this trifecta: bread is a symbol of earning a decent living, freedom is tied to  worker rights such as assembly and industrial action,  and social justice […]

North Africa

MENASource

Feb 20, 2014

Top News: Case Against Twenty Journalists in Egypt Postponed To March 5

By MENASource

Twenty journalists working for the Qatari-based television network Al Jazeera are standing trial Thursday for the case widely known as the Marriott Cell, on charges of belonging to a terrorist organization, working without permission, and other accusations.

Tweet by SACEUR Gen. Philip Breedlove

NATOSource

Feb 20, 2014

NATO Chief Tweets Ukraine Military In a Plea for Peace

By Kevin Baron, Defense One

Call it a modern day battlefield demarche. Gen. Phil Breedlove, NATO supreme allied commander, took to Twitter and Facebook to reach Ukraine’s new military chiefs and request talks with toward ending the violent uprisings now drawing worldwide attention.

NATO NATO Partnerships

MENASource

Feb 20, 2014

Top News: “Marriott Cell” Case of Twenty Journalists Postponed to March 5

By EgyptSource

Twenty journalists, among them employees of the Qatari-based television network Al-Jazeera, are standing trial Thursday for the case widely known as the ‘Marriott Cell‘, on charges of belonging to a terrorist organization, working without permission, and other accusations. Police claim that the defendants were in possession of false videos of clashes that took place in Al-Azhar University, showing that […]

MENASource

Feb 20, 2014

EconSource Headlines- February 20, 2014

By EconSource

Follow the latest in economic news and developments about the Arab transitions. 

MENASource

Feb 20, 2014

Syria: There Is No Arm’s-Length Solution

By Frederic C. Hof

Geneva II was an attempt to fill that which nature abhors: a vacuum. Yet the vast emptiness of US policy toward Syria swallowed the effort itself, making it seem tiny, silly, and futile. President Bashar al-Assad’s regime calculated that it could treat the initiative with contempt. Although the opposition delegation in Geneva acted with competence […]

Syria

MENASource

Feb 20, 2014

A Holding Action in Lebanon

By Faysal Itani

After ten months of stalling and infighting, Lebanon’s political factions have formed a cabinet. This does not indicate a broader political compromise, a willingness to tackle intractable and divisive issues, or a plan to address the country’s serious socio-economic problems. Rather, the cabinet’s significance lies in its makeup and the interesting compromises that led to […]

Middle East Syria
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