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  • Democracy
    Obama administration downgrades signature Mideast democracy program

    The Barack Obama administration has downgraded what was once a marquee program to promote democracy in the Middle East — a sign, some critics say, that counterterrorism once again dominates the US agenda in the region.

  • Activism
    Crackdown on Student Protesters in Egypt

    Egyptian security forces are tightening their crackdown on student activism by arresting scores of students at the start of the school term in an effort to crush a renewed wave of protests against the military-backed government that took power last year.

  • Iran Negotiations
    P5+1 Nuclear Talks with Iran Down to the Wire

    Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters this week that a deal between Iran and the P5+1 is “95 percent complete.” At the same time, he acknowledged that the final five percent yet to be agreed covers some of the most difficult issues on the table. In bilateral talks between the US and Iran, the Obama Administration has made significant new concessions that approach Washington’s own “red line.” The US is prepared to allow Iran to maintain as many as 4,500 centrifuges, while limiting the size of Iran’s stockpile of five percent enriched uranium. Washington has even conceded that the quantity of uranium reserves can be increased at any future time that Iran can demonstrate a genuine need. Right now, Iran has a contract with Russia to receive all of the necessary fuel rods for the Bushehr reactor through 2019. And although there are agreements in principle between Moscow and Tehran to build at least one new reactor, no final deal has been yet signed.

  • Social Freedom
    The Crackdown on Gay Men in Egypt

    In some ways, Egypt’s new government has become even more repressive and intolerant than the regime that was overthrown in early 2011. One disturbing example is the incarceration of dozens of gay men, a crackdown that has vilified a community that had hoped the popular uprising in 2011 would bring minorities greater freedom.

  • Reflections on ISIS
    Opinion: Middle East facing own dark shadows

    YET perhaps one of the most interesting developments has been the rise of a new trend of self-criticism among Arab intellectuals, who are increasingly willing to say in public that the rise of ISIS should be seen as part of a broader narrative of failure in the Middle East. The present crisis, wrote Ms Hanin Ghaddar, a Lebanese-based intellectual, "is more about understanding our shortcomings, rather than actually overcoming them".

  • After the Revolution: Sitting Down With Egyptian President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi

  • Nitaqat
    11,000 Saudi firms closed down due to Nitaqat, MIT study finds

    Some 11,000 Saudi firms have closed down due to the implementation of Nitaqat program to support Saudization, according to a study conducted by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) which is participating in training Saudi workers online in coordination with the Ministry of Labor. The closures occurred in 16 months since the beginning of implementation of the Nitaqat program in 2011, found the study, which said that during this period 96,000 Saudis were employed in the private sector.

  • Entertainment
    Opinion: Movies – A new Window of Economic Opportunity

    The obvious motivation to tap into the economic benefits of opening cinemas is the fact that Saudis spend an estimated $1 billion annually going to theaters and watching movies in Dubai and Bahrain. That is $1 billion not spent to boost the economy in Saudi Arabia.

  • Diplomacy
    Saudi embassy shuts down in Yemen

    The embassy’s closure follows growing tensions between the Yemeni government and Houthi protesters in Sana'a who are calling for a new government and the reinstatement of fuel subsidies. In a similar development, the Saudi Higher Education Ministry issued an urgent decree to evacuate 60 Saudi students who are studying at the University of Science and Technology (UST) in Sana'a.

  • Afghanistan
    Afghanistan’s election stalemate casts shadow on NATO summit

    After nearly 13 years of war in Afghanistan, NATO leaders had hoped at this week’s summit in Wales to hail the first democratic transition of power in the country and to reaffirm a commitment of military and monetary support beyond the departure of international combat troops at the end of the year.