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July 15, 2015

Iran Nuclear Agreement
International Sanctions on Iran

U.S. and international sanctions have battered the Iranian economy and brought Tehran to negotiate over its nuclear program. Lifting them is central to a deal but will be a complex process.

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October 17, 2008

International Law
CFR Symposium on International Law and Justice, Session Three: The Darfur Case

A keynote, in conversation format, on the ICC and international justice more broadly, with special focus on ICC's case against Sudanese president Omar Hassan al-Bashir.

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March 11, 2014

Terrorism and Counterterrorism
Saudi, The MB, and The Politics of Terrorism

Last Friday, the Saudi government declared the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization, lumping the Brothers in with Jabhat al Nusra, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, and al Qaeda.   The anno…

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November 4, 2011

Iran
Weekend Reading: Egypt vs. Tunisia, Turkey’s Constitution, and Between Ankara and Tehran

A woman prays inside the Mevlana museum in Konya (Osman Orsal/Courtesy Reuters) Bahey el-Din Hassan compares Egypt and Tunisia at their respective stages of post-uprising politics. Murat Yetkin…

Weekend Reading: Egypt vs. Tunisia, Turkey’s Constitution, and Between Ankara and Tehran

June 9, 2014

Politics and Government
Hello (Ahlan), Abdul Fattah al-Sisi: President of Egypt

Abdul Fattah al-Sisi took the oath of office as Egypt’s new president yesterday.  He succeeded the interim president, Adly Mansour. And who appointed Mansour? Why, Sisi himself after he and the Egypt…

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