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Feb 12, 2014

Factbox: Egypt’s Brotherhood on Trial

By Sarah Saleeb

As Egypt’s government has moved to declare the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization, its leading members have been brought up on multiple charges by the country’s courts. WIth widespread arrests of Brotherhood members and supporters, the judiciary continues to bring new charges against former president Mohamed Morsi, and leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood from which […]

North Africa
Chancellor Angela Merkel, PM David Cameron and President Barack Obama, June 15, 2009

NATOSource

Feb 12, 2014

Transatlantic Troubles

By Jan Techau, Carnegie Europe

For at least twenty years, America’s capital has been losing its sentimental Europe-friendly leanings.

Europe & Eurasia International Organizations
President Barack Obama, April 11, 2010

NATOSource

Feb 12, 2014

The Price of Pulling Back From the World

By Stephen Sestanovich, New York Times

So what’s a retrenchment president to do? If Eisenhower, Nixon and Bush — our best prepared foreign-policy presidents — found it hard to manage a downsized strategy, Mr. Obama should expect the same.

Economy & Business Europe & Eurasia

MENASource

Feb 12, 2014

Top News: Opposition Mounts After Libya’s GNC Makes Insulting Body A Crime

By MENASource

Anger is growing among political activists over an amendment to the Penal Law passed by the General National Congress (GNC) imposing a one-year jail term for anyone seen to insult Congress, the government, the judiciary, or any of their members.

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen at the Munich Security Conference, February 1, 2014

NATOSource

Feb 12, 2014

NATO Chief Doesn’t See Karzai Signing Security Pact

By Adrian Croft, Reuters

President Hamid Karzai is unlikely to sign a pact for U.S. and NATO forces to stay in Afghanistan after 2014 and will probably leave the choice for his successor, NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Saturday.

Afghanistan International Security Assistance Force

MENASource

Feb 12, 2014

Top News: Sisi, Fahmy in Official Visit to Russia

By EgyptSource

Egyptian army chief and defense minister Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi is on an official visit to Russia, army spokesperson Ahmed Ali has stated. Sisi is accompanied by Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy in a visit that is a “response to the historic visit of their Russian counterparts to Egypt last November.” They will discuss cooperation between the two countries […]

Time to Improve Trilateral Cooperation on Defense

NATOSource

Feb 12, 2014

NATO’s New Power Triad: US, UK, and France Should Deepen Defense Cooperation

By James Stavridis and Leo Michel, Foreign Policy

At the strategic level, informal trilateral consultations among top U.S., British, and French policymakers and military officials are nothing new.

France NATO

Trade in Action

Feb 12, 2014

What We’re Reading: February 12

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 12, 2014

Dispatch: A Critical Time for Libya

By Karim Mezran

The February 7 deadline for the General National Congress (GNC) has passed with news trickling in of a handful of legislators resigning in protest but no significant movement to shake the country out of its political paralysis and regenerate momentum for its transition to democracy. The streets, however, are grumbling as political maneuvers continue.

Libya

MENASource

Feb 12, 2014

EconSource Headlines- February 12, 2014

By EconSource

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

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