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Election Coverage Iran June 13, 2009

Iran’s Great Debate

Over at Vote For Iran, Trita Parsi writes how the U.S. House of Representatives may inadvertantly be helping Ahmadinejad win the election due to some of the language in H.R.1327.

Activites Human Rights June 13, 2009

Satellite Democracy

Democracy Digest draws attention to Dishing Democracy, a recent PBS documentary on the relationship between satellite TV and democratic change.

Activites Election Coverage Lebanon June 13, 2009

POMED Notes: “Lebanon Elections: Outcomes and Implications” at MEI

The Middle East Institute yesterday

Activites Election Coverage Lebanon June 13, 2009

The Road To Democracy: Peace or Violence In Lebanon?

While President Obama and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have praised the success of Lebanon’s elections in creating national consensus,

Activites Election Coverage June 13, 2009

Morocco’s Shifting Political Landscape Prefaces Elections

Morocco’s new electoral laws are likely frame women to be the winners in tomorrow’s municipal elections, reports the National. A new quota for women’s seats (12%) makes Morocco the leader

Activites Election Coverage Iran June 13, 2009

The Eve of Iran’s Presidential Election

The tension is palpable. An editorial in the Financial Times notes that challenger Mir-Hossein Mousavi has “mounted an unexpectedly menacing insurgent campaign that has galvanised reformists out of years of

Activites Election Coverage Human Rights June 13, 2009

Electoral Showdown in Mauritania

Mauritania’s strongest opposition movement, the Union of Democratic Forces (RFD)

Activites Election Coverage Other Issues June 13, 2009

Yemeni Secessionists Reject Northern Elite

Clamorous calls for secession are on the rise in southern Yemen, where violence intensified during May.

Activites Human Rights Other Issues June 13, 2009

House Passes Foreign Relations Authorization Bill

The Foreign Relations Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2010 and 2011 (H.R. 2410) was approved yesterday by the House. This legislation, the first such bill introduced since 2002, aims to

Reform Issues June 13, 2009

Saudi Cabinet Shuffle

Writing for Jane’s, Christopher Boucek reports on the implications of a recent reshuffle of Saudi King Abdullah’s cabinet. Abdullah, Boucek reports,

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