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Aug 22, 2013

Yemen’s Economic Quandary

By Mohsin Khan and Svetlana Milbert

While Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia are reeling from serious political setbacks, Yemen has been proceeding relatively peacefully with a political transition that started in November 2011 with the departure of former president Ali Abdullah Saleh under a Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)-brokered power-transfer deal.

Economy & Business Yemen
Russian President Vladimir Putin

NATOSource

Aug 22, 2013

Russian Military Creating Cyber Warfare Branch

By RIA Novosti

A separate branch dedicated to cyber warfare is being created in the Russian Armed Forces as the Internet could become a new “theater of war” in the near future, a senior Russian military R&D official said.

Cybersecurity Russia

MENASource

Aug 22, 2013

US Should Suspend Funds to the Egyptian Military

By Tamara Cofman Wittes and Amy Hawthorne

If there was any doubt, the bloody crackdown underway in Egypt confirms that the army and security services are back in the driver’s seat of an increasingly chaotic country. With the backing of secular groups, these powerful institutions are working to demolish the Muslim Brotherhood, which they label a terrorist movement, and revive the repressive […]

MENASource

Aug 22, 2013

The People Chose Us: Inside the Mind of the Muslim Brotherhood

By Jayson Casper

It is a simple matter, really. No matter how many people poured into the streets on June 30 to demand early presidential elections, Mohamed Morsi had a mandate to govern for four years. “We cannot accept the loss of legitimacy because this is not our demand to compromise,” said Ahmed Kamal, youth secretary for the […]

North Africa

MENASource

Aug 22, 2013

The Case Against Drone Strikes on People Who Only ‘Act’ Like Terrorists

By Danya Greenfield

As Mark Bowden discusses in this month’s Atlantic cover story, there is great debate about whether drone strikes should be a core component of the U.S. counterterrorism strategy. Of all the the arguments in favor, those those emphasizing effectiveness of signature strikes are particularly dubious.

Drones Technology & Innovation

MENASource

Aug 22, 2013

Top News: Articles in Constitution Committee’s Draft Rejected by NSF, Nour Party

By EgyptSource

The amended draft of Egypt’s 2012 constitution will be announced Thursday or next Saturday, said Ali Awad, the head of a ten member technical committee entrusted with amending the national charter. Both the National Salvlation Front and the Nour Party have announced their rejection of articles within the draft. 

North Africa

New Atlanticist

Aug 22, 2013

Clapper’s Bodyguard of Lies

By James Joyner

Winston Churchill declared, “In war-time, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.” In the current environment, it’s difficult to know where the truth ends and the lies begin. Last week the Washington Post reported, “The National Security Agency has broken privacy rules or overstepped its legal authority […]

National Security Security & Defense

MENASource

Aug 22, 2013

Syria: Middle East Peace and the US Credibility Gap

By Fred C. Hof

Reports of significant chemical weapons usage by the Assad regime in the suburbs of Damascus again bring to the fore issues of US credibility deriving from the disconnect between Obama administration rhetoric and action. If the regime’s use of chemical weapons is verified, President Obama will face a stark choice: either use targeted strikes to […]

Syria United States and Canada
"A reaction that could take the form of a reaction with force"

NATOSource

Aug 22, 2013

France Calls for Force if Chemical Arms Confirmed in Syria

By AFP and Wall Street Journal

France is seeking a reaction with “force” if a massacre in Syria involving chemical weapons is confirmed, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said Thursday, although he ruled out the use of ground troops.

France International Organizations

New Atlanticist

Aug 22, 2013

Iran a Bright Spot in a Bleak Middle East?

By Barbara Slavin

As President Barack Obama returned from vacation this week – a short break interrupted by his need to react to the mayhem in Cairo – he may have been thinking that prospects for a major foreign policy achievement in his second term were fading.

European Union International Organizations
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