Overall, I was pleasantly surprised by what I saw during the first round of elections in the Luxor Governorate. While I saw many minor violations and procedures that left room for...
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This week will witness two new demonstrations of Russian military support for Bashar Al-Assad’s beleaguered regime:  the delivery of advanced Yakhont anti-ship missiles for Syri...
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Egypt’s first parliamentary elections post-revolution is like old wine in new bottles. The public came out in droves to participate, but the participating parties employed tactic...
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After more than ten months of nationwide protests, tribal and military infighting, and the deaths of hundreds of youth demonstrators, Yemen’s president Ali Abdullah Saleh has aff...
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Contrary to the expectations of many observers and well-wishers of Bahrain, it seems unlikely that the state of affairs is heading toward a quick political solution after the publi...
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The first round of Egypt’s first democratic elections in decades has come to a close, and predictions that the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) would obtain the lion’s share of parliame...
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