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Aug 18, 2014

An International Stabilization Force for Libya?

By Wolfgang Pusztai

Chaos rules the day in Libya. Since the elections for the House of Representatives in late June, the already unstable transition has fallen further off track.

Libya

In the News

Aug 15, 2014

Pickard: President Obama Can Still Help Libya

By Duncan Pickard

Rafik Hariri Center Nonresident Fellow Duncan Pickard cowrites for the Washington Post on what the United States can do to help the situation in Libya:

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Aug 14, 2014

Raba’a Remembered: The Human Rights Watch Report

By Elissa Miller

With one year passing since the violent dispersal of the pro-Mohamed Morsi sit-in at Raba’a al-Adaweya Square, Human Rights Watch (HRW) put out an in-depth report detailing what happened on August 14, 2013. While Egyptian authorities placed the death toll at over 600, HRW documented at least 817 deaths, and reviewed evidence of a possible […]

North Africa

In the News

Aug 13, 2014

Radwan on Remittances to Egypt

By Tarek Radwan

The Global Post quotes Rafik Hariri Center Associate Director Tarek Radwan on remittances to Egypt from Libya:

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MENASource

Aug 13, 2014

Tunisia: The Last Best Hope for the Arab Spring

By Mohsin Khan and Svetlana Milbert

The uprisings that swept the Arab world began with the overthrow of President Ben Ali of Tunisia in January 2011. Egypt, Libya, Syria, and Yemen quickly emulated Tunisia’s example, giving hope to those countries’ citizens that major transformations were underway to meet their political and economic aspirations.

North Africa

In the News

Aug 12, 2014

Burrows: The Strongmen Cometh

By Mathew Burrows

Strategic Foresight Initiative director Mathew Burrows writes for US News & World Report on the return of authoritarianism to governments across the Middle East:

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USS Harry S. Truman in the Mediterranean Sea, Aug. 5, 2013

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Aug 12, 2014

Why is the Mediterranean Relatively Peaceful?

By Victor Davis Hanson, National Review

For the last 70 years, the Mediterranean has been quieter than at any other time in its long history . . . Why?

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MENASource

Aug 11, 2014

The Amputation of Egypt’s Islamist Political Arm

By Tarek Radwan

Egypt’s Supreme Administrative Court ruling to dissolve the Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) hammered yet another nail into the Muslim Brotherhood’s coffin. On Saturday, Judge Fareed Tanago delivered the verdict that would end any formal Brotherhood participation in Egypt’s political life, citing the violation of the “principles required for a popular, democratic, political party” and […]

North Africa

MENASource

Aug 11, 2014

Mr. Moneybags in Egypt

By Jonathan Guyer

Last week, the privately-owned and widely-circulated Egyptian newspaper Al-Masry Al-Youm published three political cartoons about corruption in a single day. It’s not unusual to print so many illustrations in one edition; the paper sometimes publishes a dozen comics in a day. But what can we make of three independent cartoonists devoting their frame to criticizing […]

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MENASource

Aug 11, 2014

The Week in Egypt [August 11, 2014]

By Elissa Miller

Catch up on the latest out of Egypt every week, with analysis, news updates, photos, videos, and more.

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