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MENASource

Oct 17, 2013

Top News: Egypt Doesn’t Need IMF Loan at Current Time: Finance Minister

By EgyptSource

Finance Minister Ahmed Galal has said Egypt does not need a loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) at the current time, Al-Ahram reported on Wednesday.

MENASource

Oct 17, 2013

Top News: The Cost of the Arab Spring

By MENASource

The British bank HSBC released late last week a study estimating the economic cost of the Arab Spring for the past three years. According to HSBC, the uprisings in the Arab spring countries have generated a bill of 800 billion dollars in economic loss between 2010 and 2012.

Security force team member for Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Farah

NATOSource

Oct 17, 2013

Has NATO’s ISAF Mission in Afghanistan Failed?

By Deutsche Welle

Some argue that accomplishments such as the killing of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and the denial of Afghanistan as a safe haven for his terrorist network by toppling the Taliban regime are enough to regard the mission as a success.

Afghanistan International Security Assistance Force

MENASource

Oct 17, 2013

No Super Power for Old Men

By Haytham Tabesh

US impotence in the Syria crisis has severely eroded the image of the US as a meaningful super power to Middle East allies. As the United States pursues a diplomatic venture with the Geneva II talks, inaction in wake of daily air and artillery strikes on civilian populations undermine its role as a supporter of […]

New Atlanticist

Oct 17, 2013

Euro-Realism: Now For the Long Term?

By Julian Lindley-French

In 1910 Brigadier-General Henry Wilson gave a lecture arguing that a European war was inevitable and Britain’s only option was to ally with France. One of the attending officers responded by suggesting that only “inconceivable stupidity on the part of statesmen” could trigger such a disaster. Wilson responded with derision, saying that “inconceivable stupidity is […]

Europe & Eurasia European Union

New Atlanticist

Oct 16, 2013

Iran Nuclear Talks in Geneva Get Down to Details

By Barbara Slavin

From the European venue to the power point presentation in English, this week’s nuclear negotiations with Iran showed a new seriousness that bodes well for a future agreement, even if it does not guarantee one. Iranian officials from US-educated Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on down spoke in English, dispensing with time-consuming translations, and outlined […]

Iran

Trade in Action

Oct 16, 2013

European Parliament Report: Economic Regulations with the US

By Jordan Smith

Regulatory reform will undoubtedly be the most ambitious and complex portion of the ongoing Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations between the European Union and the United States. The European Parliament held a hearing on the matter, opening the floor for debate between policy experts, academics, and key stakeholders. Each piece of testimony acknowledged […]

Economy & Business Trade and tariffs

MENASource

Oct 16, 2013

Protest Law Awaiting Presidential Approval Receives Mixed Reactions

By EgyptSource

With Prime Minister Hazem El-Beblawy’s cabinet finalizing a new protest law that has been passed on to interim president, Adly Mansour, for his approval, reactions to the draft have varied. From within the cabinet itself, Deputy Prime Minister Ziad Bahaa-Eldin fought the law/ Al-Masry Al-Youm reported that a verbal altercation took place between Bahaa-Eldin and […]

North Africa

MENASource

Oct 16, 2013

Top News: Protest Law Causes Disagreement within Cabinet

By EgyptSource

A draft law organizing protests is still causing disagreements, even within the Cabinet that is set to pass it. The law, drafted by the Ministry of Justice, imposes several restrictions on demonstrations that were slammed by advocates of freedom of expression, but also considered necessary by others who say the country is at a security risk and […]

MENASource

Oct 16, 2013

Top News: Egypt’s Justice Ministry to Draft Anti-Terrorism Law, Egyptians Reject Protest Law

By MENASource

Egypt’s Ministry of Justice is due to start discussions with the National Council for Human Rights, as well as other rights groups, to draft an anti-terrorism law “specifying terrorism crimes and penalties facing the perpetrators,” state-owned Al-Ahram daily reported on Wednesday, as civil groups denounced Tuesday the draft protest law.

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