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New Atlanticist

Dec 24, 2013

More Complexities in Implementing the Nuclear Deal With Iran

By Jofi Joseph

Jofi Joseph worked on US policy toward Iran’s nuclear program at the White House. This is the second of his two reports on complications in implementing the November 24 agreement with Iran to limit its nuclear program. Read his previous report here. As Iran and six major powers prepare to implement their November 24 deal to limit Iran’s nuclear […]

Iran

MENASource

Dec 24, 2013

Genuine Reforms Key to Jordan’s Stability

By Faysal Itani

Although it appears that Jordan has survived the Arab uprisings thus far, all is not well in the Hashemite kingdom. Over the past 20 years, its political economy has changed profoundly, putting pressure on the foundations of regime stability. The state in Jordan has been retreating from many citizens’ economic lives, shrinking its circle of […]

MENASource

Dec 24, 2013

Top News: 13 dead, 134 injured in Car Bombing at Police Compound in Mansoura

By EgyptSource

In the first major bombing in the Nile Delta, a deadly attack hit the Daqahliya Security Directorate in the early hours of Tuesday morning in the city of Mansoura. The blast killed 13 and injured 134 in what appears to be the worst terrorist attack on a government site since the ouster of Islamist president […]

MENASource

Dec 23, 2013

The Quest for Minority Rights in Egypt

By Jayson Casper

Coptic Christians have reason to celebrate… alone. While they and many others rejoice at the removal of the overall Islamist tinge of the 2012 constitution, this largely liberal-produced draft leaves other religious minorities out in the cold. 

North Africa Political Reform

MENASource

Dec 23, 2013

Whatever Happened to the Forum for the Future?

By Michele Dunne and Amy Hawthorne

“Governments and Civil Society Hand in Hand for a Better Future” was the title of this year’s G8 Broader Middle East and North Africa (BMENA) Initiative “Forum for the Future,” held in Cairo December 16 to 17. The next day, while senior international diplomats attending the forum were still in town, Egyptian police raided the Egyptian Center […]

North Africa

New Atlanticist

Dec 23, 2013

Ukraine’s Crisis Settles into Deadlock – for Now

By Adrian Karatnycky

Ukraine’s political crisis approaches the New Year holiday (and the Christian Orthodox Christmas on January 7) in an emerging deadlock. At least for now.  President Viktor Yanukovych, reinvigorated by his December 17 cash infusion from Russia, shows signs of having decided to tough it out and play for the long haul. Russia’s offer of $15 billion in loans, […]

Ukraine

MENASource

Dec 23, 2013

EconSource Headlines-December 23, 2013

By EconSource

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

MENASource

Dec 23, 2013

Top News: Egypt Activists Maher, Adel and Douma Sentenced to Three Years in Jail

By EgyptSource

Three leading figures of Egypt’s 2011 uprising were jailed for three years each on Sunday for their role in recent protests, as the army-backed authorities intensified a crackdown on dissent. 

MENASource

Dec 23, 2013

Top News: Prominent Egyptian Activists Sentenced to Three Years in Jail

By MENASource

Three leading figures of Egypt’s 2011 uprising were jailed for three years each on Sunday for their role in recent protests, as the army-backed authorities intensified a crackdown on dissent. Ahmed Maher, Ahmed Douma and Mohamed Adel are symbols of the protest movement that ignited the revolt that toppled President Hosni Mubarak in 2011. They […]

New Atlanticist

Dec 23, 2013

South Sudan on the Edge

By J. Peter Pham

Not even thirty months after it achieved independence, South Sudan teeters on the edge of a profound abyss. What started a barely week ago as an “attempted coup”—at least according to President Salva Kiir Mayardit’s version of events—quickly transformed into an orgy of ethnic violence which, in turn, precipitated a renewed call to arms by […]

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