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May 22, 2014

Column: Can Anyone Save Libya?

By Barbara Slavin

WASHINGTON — Libya’s future looked promising after its dictator was overthrown nearly three-years-ago. But its recent history has been chaotic: a succession of weak prime ministers at the mercy of militias more loyal to regions, ideologies and individuals rather than to a central government in Tripoli.

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May 22, 2014

Egypt’s Lopsided Presidential Elections, and Then What?

By EgyptSource

After the ouster of then-president Mohammed Morsi in July 2013, General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has emerged as an Egyptian hero, icon, and likely the Egyptian Republic’s fifth president. His opponent in the presidential elections due to take place May 26 and 27, Nasserist Hamdeen Sabbahi, is waging an uphill battle.

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May 22, 2014

The Road to Presidential Elections [Update 6]

By EgyptSource

With voting in Egypt’s second presidential elections in two years expected to take place on May 26 and 27, EgyptSource will be providing periodic updates on the latest news coming out of the Egyptian elections process. 

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Chairman of the Joints Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey, May 14, 2014

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May 22, 2014

Dempsey to Urge NATO Chiefs to Step Up Mediterranean Security

By Marcus Weisgerber, Navy Times

America’s top general plans to push his NATO counterparts to increase security contributions in southern Europe along the Mediterranean at a meeting of the alliance’s uniformed leaders this week.

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May 22, 2014

Mezran on Gen. Khalifa Hifter

By Karim Mezran

Voice of America‘s Barbara Slavin, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, quotes Karim Mezran, a resident senior fellow at the Raik Hariri Center for the Middle East on the possible strategy of Libya’s General Khalifa Hifter:

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May 22, 2014

Sisi: A New Nasser or a New Sadat?

By Tom Dale

Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has repeatedly been compared to former Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser, but his own words suggest that the late president Anwar al-Sadat – who won popularity early in his tenure but ended his life unpopular and resented – may be the more instructive comparison.

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May 21, 2014

On Tutelage and Abolishing the Right of Citizens to Choose

By Amr Hamzawy

Tutelage refers to how parties in power that claim to hold a monopoly on the absolute truth aspire to set the standards of good and evil, right and wrong, principles and values that should be adhered to, the concepts to be held true, what knowledge should be acquired and the hopes and dreams that should […]

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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, April 1, 2014

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May 21, 2014

Secretary General: NATO Ready to Assist Libya

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

[L]et me express my… my grave concerns about the security situation in Libya.

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May 21, 2014

Mezran Advocates More Active US Role in Libya

By Karim Mezran

Voice of America News quotes Senior Fellow Karim Mezran on his belief that the United States should take a more active role in Libya, lest it become a failed state:

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May 21, 2014

Mezran on Announcement of Libyan Parliamentary Elections

By Karim Mezran

Voice of America’s International Edition interviews Karim Mezran, resident senior fellow at the Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East, on Libyan parliamentary elections to be held June 25, 2014:

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