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New Atlanticist

May 3, 2013

What Was Obama Thinking?

By Barry Pavel

What was President Obama thinking in August 2012 when he declared that Bashar al-Assad’s use of chemical weapons in Syria would alter his calculus and cross a red line, triggering U.S. intervention?

Security & Defense Syria

MENASource

May 3, 2013

A Popular Campaign to Stop the NGO Law

By Amr Hamzawy

During the short period in which the People’s Assembly was operational in 2012, we at the Human Rights Committee created a comprehensive and consensual draft of a new law for non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The goal was to ensure a free civil society, and to guarantee the freedom to organize, beyond governmental restrictions and security interference. […]

MENASource

May 3, 2013

Off the Egyptian Press: An Eye on Egypt’s Foreign Affairs

By Andrew Ver Steegh

Developments in the realm of Egypt’s foreign affairs have attracted attention in the opinion sections of the local media over the past week.  President Morsi’s trip to Russia and the evolving nature of the Egyptian-Iranian relationship have been particular points of departure that writers have used to consider Egypt’s international direction more broadly. 

MENASource

May 3, 2013

Top News: Thousands of Egypt’s Islamists Protest Against State Security

By Egypt Source

Thousands of Egyptian hardline Islamists marched from a mosque in a Cairo suburb on Thursday night to the state security headquarters to protest against what they said was a return to the force’s pre-revolution methods.    GOVERNMENT & OPPOSITION Shura Council head addresses the armed forces Shura Council head Ahmed Fahmy denounced on Thursday the […]

MENASource

May 3, 2013

The Promise and Perils of Gulf Aid

By Faysal Itani

In a hostile and unstable region, the Gulf Arab states have had to compensate for their limited capacity and appetite for military action. Using immense oil wealth and tight control of policymaking, the ruling families of the Gulf have refined aid and investment into sophisticated foreign policy tools. Gulf aid is likely to impact significantly […]

International Organizations Politics & Diplomacy

MENASource

May 2, 2013

Rebel Commander Implores Obama to Protect the Syrian People, Take Action Against Assad

In a written appeal to US President Barack Obama, Syrian Supreme Military Council leader General Salim Idris calls for international support to protect the Syrian people and rid the world of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Download the PDF

Syria

NATOSource

May 2, 2013

Hillary Clinton: We cannot afford to let NATO ‘slide into military irrelevance’

By Hillary Rodham Clinton, Atlantic Council

From Hillary Rodham Clinton, Atlantic Council:  [T]he Obama administration continues to update America’s ballistic missile defense systems to protect both Europe and the United States against threats from outside the continent.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

May 2, 2013

NATO’s Rasmussen Urges Striking New Transatlantic Deal

By James Joyner

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen declared Europe and North America “need to strike a new transatlantic deal” based on “people, science, and culture” in order to “make our community of values stronger, wider, and deeper.”

NATO Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

May 2, 2013

Kissinger to Clinton: At Least Four Secretaries of State Became President

By James Joyner

In a night filled with sober speeches on international security and economic issues, Henry Kissinger provided some levity concerning the rumored presidential aspirations one of the night’s awardees, Hillary Clinton.

New Atlanticist

May 2, 2013

Chevron CEO Calls for Business-Government Partnership to Promote American Values

By James Joyner

Chevron CEO John Watson declared that American corporations “working in partnership with government” can “effect positive change throughout the world” by “promoting American values abroad.”

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