Category: Blogs

The Economic and Political Decline of France

By Mathieu von Rohr, Spiegel

Top News: Anti-Morsi Petition Rebel Campaign Office Set on Fire, Sues Morsi for incitement

Unknown assailants set on fire the anti-Morsi Tamarod (Rebel) Campaign headquarters in Cairo’s downtown district in the early hours of Friday, al-Ahram Arabic news website reports. Assailants threw Molotov cocktails at the office, the group posted on its official Facebook page immediately after the attack.  GOVERNMENT & OPPOSITION Egypt president says early election calls ‘absurd‘ Egypt’s President […]

Top News: Algeria Stalled in Light of President’s Absence

Forty days after Algeria’s president was hospitalized overseas, the country is stuck in limbo with its normally predictable politics thrown into disarray. President Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s absence during a key visit by the Turkish premier has reignited questions over his health and the future of Africa’s largest nation. EGYPT Cracks show in opposition bloc after Moussa’s […]

US Is Syria’s Only Hope

By R. Nicholas Burns

Syria’s savage civil war may have just entered a new and darker phase. During the past few weeks, momentum has shifted sharply away from the rebels in favor of the Syrian dictator Bashar Assad. The real possibility that his government, long presumed to be on life support, may now survive is bad news for rebel […]

United States Trapped in Cul-de-Sac of No Good Choices

By Harlan Ullman

Unlike the past when the United States faced potentially existential dangers, from the Revolution to the Civil War, Great Depression, World War II and the Cold War, since the attacks on New York’s Twin Towers on Sept. 11, 2001, too many of today’s crises and challenges have no obvious solutions let alone good ones. The […]

Why NATO is Staying Out of Syria Conflict

By James Joyner, New Atlanticist

From James Joyner, New Atlanticist:  NATO secretary general Anders Fogh Rasmussen reiterated Friday that the Alliance will not intervene militarily in Syria.

Why NATO Won’t Intervene in Syria

By James Joyner

NATO secretary general Anders Fogh Rasmussen reiterated Friday that the Alliance will not intervene militarily in Syria. While he repeatedly made the same assurances regarding Libya before NATO’s ultimate action, there’s good reason to believe him this time.  First, as Rasmussen noted, “There is a clear difference between Libya and Syria. We took responsibility for the […]

Khaled Said: Waiting for Justice

By Nancy Messieh

Three years ago today, Khaled Said was killed. After two policemen beat him to death, the authorities painted a picture of a drug addict and criminal, discrediting Khaled and his family. The image that stayed with Egyptians was not the one painted by the aggressors responsible for his death. Instead, what remained was the image […]