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July 26, 2013

Politics and Government
A Faustian Pact: Generals as Democrats

This article was originally published here in the New York Times on July 25, 2013. The luxurious officers’ club of Egypt’s elite Republican Guard sits near downtown Cairo, its pool and patios surrou…

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Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates

May 30, 2012

Sub-Saharan Africa
Fuel Subsidy Haunts Nigeria — Again

According to the Nigerian press, funding for the fuel subsidy has run out, with seven months left in the year. Further, the press quotes the executive secretary of the Major Oil Marketers Association…

A member of the Nigerian Bar Association holds up a placard to protest a fuel subsidy removal in Lagos January 5, 2012.
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

March 20, 2014

United States
This Week: U.S.-Palestinian Summit, Piracy in Libya, Negotiations with Iran

Significant Developments Israeli-Palestinian Peace.  President Barack Obama met with Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas at the White House on Monday. The two leaders discussed the April 29 deadline…

U.S. president Barack Obama meets with Palestinian Authority president Mahmoud Abbas at the White House in Washington March 17, 2014 (Lamarque/Courtesy Reuters).
Blog Post by Robert Danin Middle East Matters

October 6, 2011

The World Next Week: The Eurozone Crisis Continues

Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel at a summit in Brussels in March 2011. (Francois Lenoir/courtesy Reuters) The World Next Week podcast is up. Bob McMahon and I sat down to discuss the G20 meeting i…

Nicolas Sarkozy and Angela Merkel at a summit in Brussels in March 2011. (Francois Lenoir/courtesy Reuters)
Blog Post by James M. Lindsay The Water's Edge

October 4, 2013

United States
Middle East Matters This Week: Syria’s Negotiations, Egypt’s Violence, and Turkey’s Politics

Significant Developments Syria. The Assad regime provided documents yesterday about its chemical weapons stockpile in the first day of Damascus meetings with the nineteen member advance team from th…

UN vehicles transporting a team of experts from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons are pictured as they return to their hotel in Damascus October 3, 2013 (al-Hariri/Courtesy Reuters).
Blog Post by Robert Danin Middle East Matters