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November 2, 2012

Turkey
Weekend Reading: Egypt’s Salafists, Jordan’s President, and Turkey’s Republic Day

Ashraf El-Sherif provides insight into the two camps within Egyptian Salafism, both competing for legitimacy in Egypt’s new political landscape. The Jordanian blog The Black Iris offers thoughts on …

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

January 4, 2013

Politics and Government
Weekend Reading: Turkish Justice, Great Expectations in Egypt, and Jordan’s Challenges

Markar Esayan says that Turkey’s democracy can only be consolidated if criminals of the past are held accountable, including officers of the Turkish Armed Forces. Ahmed Zewail avers that Islam is no…

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

April 1, 2011

Jordan
Friday Roundup 4.1

A street vendor sells nuts during a demonstration against the government in Amman (Muhammad Hamed/Courtesy Reuters) Tabler on Syria Assad: Reformer no more? What is it about assassinations? MEI e…

Friday Roundup 4.1
Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates

November 6, 2012

Sub-Saharan Africa
Election Observers, in Africa and in the United States

The attorney general of Texas, Greg Abbott, warned that election observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) will be arrested at Texas voting stations if they come w…

European Union elections observers talk after their arrival ahead of polls in Abuja 19/03/2011.
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

January 3, 2012

United States
The Officers, NGOs, and Us

Protesters gather during a demonstration against the Egyptian military council in Tahrir square in Cairo (Ahmed Jadallah/Courtesy Reuters) Last July, a team of senior Egyptian military officers visi…

The Officers, NGOs, and Us
Blog Post by Steven A. Cook From the Potomac to the Euphrates