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New Atlanticist

Feb 22, 2012

Al Qaeda’s Divisive Alliance

By Bronwyn Bruton

In a videotaped announcement released earlier this month by the Al Qaeda chief, Ayman al-Zawahri, the group officially endorsed the struggling rebel group Shabab, which has been fighting the Western-backed transitional government and African Union peacekeepers in Somalia since 2007.

Somalia

MENASource

Feb 22, 2012

General Strike Campaign Falls Flat in Egypt

By Nadine Abdalla

While media coverage of the January 25 anniversary focused on the political and legal demands of protesters – a tranfer of power to civilians and justice for the victims of the revolution – another struggle, that of workers and unions still striving for greater independence and the protection of their rights has been brewing beneath […]

NATOSource

Feb 21, 2012

Two-Track Syria? Western allies continue diplomacy while regional powers arm the rebels

By Michael Peel and Roula Khalaf, the Financial Times

From Michael Peel and Roula Khalaf, the Financial Times:  “It doesn’t matter if [the intervention] is Nato or the Arab League – anything to protect civilians,” says Firas, a member of a co-ordinating committee in Zabadani.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Feb 21, 2012

Turkey And NATO Sixty Years On – Analysis

By Süreyya Yiğit, Eurasia Review

From Süreyya Yiğit, Eurasia Review:  In fact the past six decades have been quite eventful witnessing both strong cooperation as well as deep disagreement between Turkey and fellow NATO members.

United States and Canada

MENASource

Feb 21, 2012

The Right to Know: Essential to Egypt’s Economic and Democratic Progress

By Hoda Youssef

Egyptians are fighting for democracy and for their basic rights, and access to information is one of the core entitlements essential to any democratic system. However, when openness and transparency are mentioned, very few think of the right to access economic information. Along with transparency and independent media, guaranteeing citizens’ access to economic information is […]

MENASource

Feb 21, 2012

News: McCain Says SCAF Working “Diligently” to Resolve NGO Crisis

By Mara Revkin

Sen. John McCain said that U.S. relations with Egypt are changing but stressed that the two countries “must remain friends,” speaking at a business conference in Cairo on February 20.

New Atlanticist

Feb 21, 2012

Brzezinski, Slaughter Discuss Obama’s Mideast Challenges

By Barbara Slavin

Zbigniew Brzezinski knows something about dealing with Iranians and his advice to President Barack Obama is this: Don’t start a war with Iran.

New Atlanticist

Feb 21, 2012

Yemen’s Election Might Matter

By Danya Greenfield

With daily massacres in Homs and prosecution of U.S. non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Cairo, the simmering conflict in Sanaa has faded into the background. Yet on February 21 attention will turn again to Yemen on the occasion of its presidential election.

Yemen

NATOSource

Feb 21, 2012

Turkey and the Bomb

By Sinan Ülgen, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

From Sinan Ülgen, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace:  Though most states that want a nuclear weapon can get one through determined effort, the fact remains that most choose not to proliferate. Turkey is no exception.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Feb 20, 2012

Beginning of the End in Afghanistan

By the Editors of the New York Times

From the Editors of the New York Times: Like most Americans, we are eager to see an end to the war in Afghanistan.

United States and Canada
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