MEDIA ALERT: Western nations expel Syrian diplomats
SYRIA – Six Western governments announced the expulsion of Syrian diplomats Tuesday responding to the 108 civilian deaths in Houla last week.
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Nicholas Dungan
Nicholas Dungan is a Senior Fellow in the Transatlantic Relations Program of the Atlantic Council in Washington DC, a Senior Advisor to the Institut de Relations Internationales e…
MEDIA ALERT: Turkey suicide car bomb kills policeman, injures several
ISTANBUL, TURKEY –A suicide car bomb exploded outside a police headquarters Friday killing one policeman and injuring several others, according to Turkey’s interior minister.…
Why We Should Worry about Yemen
On Monday, there was a nightmarish suicide bombing in Yemen. Dozens died and hundreds were injured. I contacted a Yemeni friend from long ago to send him my condolences for his co…
MEDIA ALERT: Egyptians vote in presidential election
CAIRO, EGYPT – Egyptians vote in the first presidential election since Mubarak’s ousting last spring. First round voting began today and will run through Thursday. Thirteen ca…
MEDIA ALERT: Yemen suicide bombing kills at least 90, injures hundreds
More than 90 soldiers are dead and hundreds are injured after a suicide bombing attack in Yemen’s capital Monday.
Lessons from the Non-Event of Bin Laden’s Death
A year after Usama Bin Laden’s death, it is clear that his terrorist followers are in disarray and al-Qaeda’s self-trumpeted mission of revenge in the name of Islam against th…
History in the making; as written by the youth
It might be a cliché and often an elaborate exaggeration to term a particular event ‘historic.’ However, few can doubt that along with the Civil Rights movements, the collaps…
Tweeting democracy across the Arab world
Over the past few years, the political landscape of the Middle East was wholly transformed by the diffusion of social media across the region. Accounting for 50-65% of the regionâ…
Global Energy and the Arab Spring
The global oil and gas market has undergone significant permutations since the beginning of the twenty-first century. These changes will have a lasting impact on the industry. In…
Serbia votes for jobs and prosperity
Serbia faces simultaneous presidential, parliamentary, provincial and local elections on 6th May; elections that will reflect the evolution in political attitudes and orientations…
The Arab Spring: Youth, Freedom and the Tools of Technology
Wielding mobile phones and computers, the young activists across the Middle East have altered the way the world approaches popular mobilization, social networks and Internet freed…