Geopolitical
Chavez's Overwhelming Victory: Post-Chavez Era Tsunami
Written by Luis Fleischman
Chavez's overwhelming victory in gubernatorial elections: a national and regional tsunami.. Read more: Chavez's Overwhelming Victory: Post-Chavez Era Tsunami
Chavez continues to be the hero in Venezuela and the region. In the last elections for state governors that took place on Sunday, December 16th, Chavez's party, the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV), ...
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Ikhwan Establishing Salafist Dictatorship in Egypt
Written by GoV
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Mohamed Shaheen is a secular-minded Muslim who was elected to the People's Assembly of Egypt in the 2011-2012 election. He is opposed to President Mohamed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood, and believes the Ikhwan is well on the way to establishing a Salafist dictatorship in Egypt.
Last month ... Read more: Ikhwan Establishing Salafist Dictatorship in Egypt
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The Geopolitics of Shale
Written by Robert D. Kaplan
According to the elite newspapers and journals of opinion, the future of foreign affairs mainly rests on ideas: the moral impetus for humanitarian intervention, the various theories governing exchange rates and debt rebalancing necessary to fix Europe, the rise of cosmopolitanism alongside the ...
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The Israeli Periphery
Written by Reva Bhalla
The state of Israel has a basic, inescapable geopolitical dilemma: Its national security requirements outstrip its military capabilities, making it dependent on an outside power. Not only must that power have significant military capabilities but it also must have enough common ground with Israel ...
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Obama’s Impotence in the Face of Muslim Brotherhood Coup
Written by Arnold Ahlert
Events in Egypt continue to deteriorate. On Wednesday, rival groups of protesters clashedoutside the presidential palace in Cairo, when Muslim Brotherhood supporters of President Mohamed Morsi confronted 300 opposition members who were staging a sit-in. The protesters were initially routed, but ... Read more: Obama’s Impotence in the Face of Muslim Brotherhood Coup
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Egypt and the Strategic Balance
Written by George Friedman
Immediately following the declaration of a cease-fire in Gaza, Egypt was plunged into a massive domestic crisis. Mohammed Morsi, elected in the first presidential election after the fall of Hosni Mubarak, passed a decree that would essentially neuter the independent judiciaryby placing ...
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An Examination Of Egypt's Draft Constitution Part I: Religion And State – The Most Islamic Constitution In Egypt's History
Written by L. Lavi
In the past two weeks, Egyptian President Muhammad Mursi has accelerated the process of approval of the new Egyptian draft constitution. On December 1, 2012, following marathon meetings of the Constituent Assembly, he announced that the draft would be put to public referendum in two weeks' time, on ...
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U.N. Says 'Aye' to Palestinian Terror State
Written by P. David Hornik
Late Thursday evening, Israel time, the UN General Assembly voted to confer nonmember statehood on the Palestinian Authority by a sweeping majority.
Even Israel’s hopes of putting together a “moral minority” of Western-country nays had crumbled, with France and Italy pronouncing themselves in favor ...
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Gaza, Catalonia and Romantic Nationalism
Written by George Friedman
Last week was spent obsessed with Gaza. In the end, nothing changed. A war was fought without an Israeli ground assault but with massive air and rocket attacks on both sides. Israel did not have the appetite and perhaps the power to crush Hamas. Hamas did not have the power to compel Israel to ...
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