Category: Blogs

Obama or Romney, Europe Is In for Disappointment

By Judy Dempsey, New York Times

From Judy Dempsey, New York Times:  Two major factors will severely limit the scope of action of any future U.S. administration.

President of Romania impeached amid EU, US concern

By Alison Mutler, the AP

Constitutional Confusion in Egypt: Is There Still Space for Women to Demand Their Rights?

By Catriona Knapman

On June 13, 2012 a newly formed constituent assembly was announced. This signalled further disappointment for Egypt’s women, in that same old, now much told story of gender discrimination. The assembly, composed of one hundred members tasked with determining the content and wording of Egypt’s fundamental legal document, included only seven women. According to the […]

NATO transit center in Russia to become operational in August

By the Moscow Times

From the Moscow Times:  The NATO transit center in Ulyanovsk will begin handling cargo from the military alliance Aug. 1, Russia’s acting NATO envoy Nikolai Korchunov told Kommersant in a report published Monday.

Slovenia’s leading newspaper calls for country to leave NATO

By Xinhua

Top News: Return of Egypt People’s Assembly Dogged by Legal, Constitutional Ambiguity

By Nancy Messieh

There has been considerable debate within legal circles as to whether it is within Morsi’s mandate to overturn military dictates via presidential decrees. "It all depends on whether the SCAF was acting in its legislative capacity – which the military council assumed upon the dissolution of parliament last month – or whether it was relying […]

A scapegoat for Syria?

By the Editors of the Washington Post

From the Editors of the Washington Post:  [T]he Obama administration’s Syria diplomacy is making it look foolish as well as feckless.

Tukery holds funeral for pilots of downed plane

By Today's Zaman