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Dec 20, 2013

Syria: Will Russia Deliver at Geneva?

By Frederic C. Hof

Moscow’s decision to block a United Nations Security Council resolution condemning human rights abuses in Syria—catastrophic abuses authored in the main by a family regime posing as a government—should cast serious doubt on any expectation of Russia facilitating a Syrian political transition at the conference scheduled for Montreux and Geneva on January 22. Moscow seems perfectly […]

Syria

MENASource

Dec 20, 2013

EconSource Headlines-December 20, 2013

By EconSource

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

EU Security Summit, December 19, 2013

NATOSource

Dec 19, 2013

Key Conclusions from EU Security Summit

By Council of the European Union

The Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) will continue to develop in full complementarity with NATO

Cybersecurity European Union
French Reaper drone

NATOSource

Dec 19, 2013

France Deploying US-Made Drones to Hunt Al Qaeda in Mali

By Reuters

France will deploy its first U.S.-made unarmed surveillance drones to West Africa by the end of the year, Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Thursday, as it seeks to “eliminate all traces of al Qaeda.”

France Sahel
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MENASource

Dec 19, 2013

The New Draft Constitution Part II: The Committee’s Work from Within

By Yussef Auf

As Egypt’s constitution writing process has come to an end, and the country is once again gearing up to go to the polls in mid-January in a nationwide referendum, it is worth noting the process that resulted in the drafting of a new constitution, before considering the text itself. The Committee of 50’s performance, as […]

North Africa Political Reform

MENASource

Dec 19, 2013

Top News: US Senate bill allows room for aid to return to Egypt

By MENASource

The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee overwhelmingly passed legislation on Wednesday to ease tight US controls on aid to Egypt, which was largely cut off after Egypt’s military ousted President Mohamed Morsi last summer.

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy

NATOSource

Dec 19, 2013

Rasmussen: Europeans Must be Smarter and Stronger Together

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

On the other side of town, we truly appreciate the European Union’s focus on defence and security. Because we agree that defence matters.

European Union International Organizations

MENASource

Dec 19, 2013

Top News: Police Storm Rights Organization, Arrest Employees

By EgyptSource

Security forces stormed the Egyptian Center for Economic and Social Rights (ECESR) late Wednesday night, arresting several people, and confiscating laptops and other materials from the center.

High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs & Security Policy Catherine Ashton

NATOSource

Dec 19, 2013

Ashton: To Secure Peace, Be Ready for Battle

By Catherine Ashton, Wall Street Journal

An effective and coherent security and defense policy is a necessity, not a luxury, for Europe.

Cybersecurity Europe & Eurasia

MENASource

Dec 19, 2013

EconSource Headlines-December 19, 2013

By EconSource

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

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