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New Canadian democracy assistance agency on the way

Canada’s new government is formally committed to establishing a “new, non-partisan democracy promotion agency.” Yesterday’s ‘throne speech’ outlining official policy said the initiative would “support the peaceful transition to democracy

Civilian capacity vital to managing global insecurity

The most critical challenges facing the world - from climate change and nuclear proliferation to infectious diseases and terrorism - are transnational in nature, demanding a transnational response. New approaches

The Inappropriateness of Using a Left-Right Spectrum on Foreign Policy

Many of you have probably seen the interesting back-and-forth between Matt Yglesias and Ross Douthat regarding Obama’s foreign policy orientation. I just wanted to comment that, while I understand what

Obama’s Palestine choices

To those who seek peace and security -- we support you...While we breathe, we hope, and where we are met with cynicism, and doubt, and those who tell us that

Arab Reform Bulletin

On the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the issuance of the Arab Reform Bulletin – a monthly online journal issued by Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Arabic and

MB Chairman Calls for Ending Gaza Siege

In his weekly message, MB Chairman, Mohamed Mahdi Akef called upon governments, and Arab and Islamic peoples to act quickly to lift the blockade imposed on the Palestinian people in

Muslims, Christians stand against the Gaza siege

The Muslim-Christian Committee and the General Islamic Conference for Jerusalem have called on the international community and human rights organizations to immediately move to end the crippling unjust siege on

Blogger Disappears in Mysterious Circumstances

Egyptian State Security Forces stormed into the house of internet blogger Mohamed Adel on Friday predawn, searched the house, and seized many of his books and CDs, the blogger’s father

Egyptian Citizen Accuses Police Officer Of Abusing Him Sexually Before His Family

Fawzi Rabie Ahmad filed a complaint to the Prosecutor General accusing a police officer (at Hadayek Al-Qubba police station) of torturing and abusing him before his family.

Skek warns of looming catastrophe in Gaza Strip due to lack of electricity

Head of the electricity distribution company in Gaza Strip Suhail Skek has warned Thursday that the tiny Strip is threatened with a human catastrophe as a result of the sharp