Arab Spring, EU and CEE after the Cold War

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How much of Iran is in Israeli air strikes in Syria?

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Tarek Osman: Will Egypt manage to move from limbo to stability?

My short email interview on Egypt with Tarek Osman who is the author of the book Egypt on the Brink: From Nasser to Mubarak

Is Morsy seeking a confrontation?

It was pretty clear that Mohamed Morsy’s decree will meet a strong opposition, wasn’t it? So why is President Morsy doing this? Is he seeking a confrontation, or not and why?

Syria: Room for Peaceful Compromise?

A Syrian national dialogue must begin before there can be discussions of President Bashar al-Assad’s resignation, Deputy Prime Minister Qadri Jamil said. The opposition said that the government just try to buy some time and the US also dismissed Jamil’s words.

A new era? Saudi woman makes Olympic history

Hopefully this is the beginning of a new era, said Wojdan Shahrkhani. She became the first Saudi Arabian woman to compete at the Olympic Games. This is probably not the new era, but it is significant. The short interview on Saudi women participation at the London Olympics with Raghida Dergham follows. She is Columnist and Senior Diplomatic Correspondent for the London-based Al Hayat. Arabian Business ranked her as number 42 on the list of 100 Most Powerful Arab Women in 2011.

Syria: It is easy to send weapons, but it is very difficult to remove them

There is no ideal solution to the situation in Syria. According to Reuters Obama authorizes secret U.S. support for Syrian rebels.

Will London Olympics influence Arab Spring?

If you check this article it is about athletes who were part of of the Arab Spring and will attend the London Olympics.

Muslim Brotherhood’s Morsy wins Egypt’s presidential election

Few comments by  Elijah Zarwan, Senior Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations

Egypt: Life sentence for Mubarak

For the protesters, the entirety of the regime, not just the two defendants, was criminal.