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NATOSource

Jul 3, 2013

Former UK Minister: Europeans Also Spy on Each Other

By Denis MacShane, Foreign Policy

From Denis MacShane, Foreign Policy:  When I was Tony Blair’s Europe minister, I was given very clear instructions that I should not use my cell phone in Paris because a transcript of what I said would be on a French minister’s desk within 15 minutes.

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MENASource

Jul 3, 2013

Top News: Morsi Says He Won Fair Election, Will Stay On

Islamist President Mohamed Morsi told Egyptians on Tuesday that he had been freely elected little more than a year ago and intended to continue to carry out his duties despite mass protests demanding his resignation.

MENASource

Jul 3, 2013

Top News: Egypt’s Military Council Holds Crisis Meeting As Army Secures Key Institutions

The general commanders of the Egyptian Armed Forces are holding meetings with religious, political and youth figures, said an army statement shortly before the forty-eight hour deadline expired at 4:30 p.m. 

NATOSource

Jul 3, 2013

How Much Did Merkel Know about NSA Spying in Germany?

By Philipp Wittrock, Spiegel

From Philipp Wittrock, Spiegel:  While the Chancellery appears to be outraged by the NSA’s spying tactics in Germany, the opposition doubts the revelations came as a surprise to Angela Merkel. Just how much could she have known?

MENASource

Jul 3, 2013

Approaching Consensus on the Tunisian Constitution

By Duncan Pickard

The National Constituent Assembly of Tunisia this week begins plenary debate on the most recent draft of the republic’s new constitution, a document that has achieved a broader consensus upon each iteration.

MENASource

Jul 3, 2013

Live Updates From Egypt – July 3

EgyptSource is continuing to live blog events of July 4. Follow here. Thank you all for following! And thank you to Mai El Sadany for assisting today in the live blogging. Tomorrow the EgyptSource team will continue blogging the events as they unfold. Follow EgyptSource’s live updates on Egypt’s July 3 events and protests. 

MENASource

Jul 3, 2013

How International Events Played into Egypt’s Crisis

By Amro Ali

Egypt’s road to the current crisis has been, in part, shaped by an understated yet unhealthy obsession on the part of Egyptian political groups in scanning the international terrain for allies to bolster domestic positions and fuel their narratives. While many Egyptians are proud to have exported Tahrir Square-styled civil disobedience to rest of the […]

MENASource

Jul 2, 2013

It’s the Identity, Stupid

By Nervana Mahmoud

Millions poured into the streets of Cairo and other regions of Egypt, calling for President Morsi to resign. The vast, unprecedented numbers of the June 30 demonstrations, which continued well into July 1, with unflagging fervor and tenacity, defied expectations. The sheer magnitude of the crowds has even defied logic – after all, Morsi was democratically elected. […]

Trade in Action

Jul 2, 2013

Want to Save Dodd-Frank? Consider TTIP

By Garrett Workman

Commentary Chris Brummer | New AtlanticistThe Atlantic Council’s C. Boyden Gray Fellow on Global Finance and Growth Dr. Chris Brummer, argues that TTIP offers a major opportunity to promote regulatory coherence and prevent arbitrage across the Atlantic in financial services. This opportunity should be seized. Instead of exempting finance from TTIP negotiations, transatlantic regulatory cooperation […]

Economy & Business Trade and tariffs

MENASource

Jul 2, 2013

Ahram: Roadmap Calls for Military-Led Interim Government

As President Mohamed Morsi was addressing the nation, stressing his role as Egypt’s first democratically president, Egyptian state newspaper Al Ahram had already published what it describes as the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces roadmap for the coming months in Egypt.  

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