by Ngoc H. Le | Nov 10, 2015 | Monitor
Key Reads What’s next after Myanmar’s elections Reuters Aung San Suu Kyi’s pro-democracy NLD party wins the Myanmar elections in a landslide. Tara Joseph says now businesses are looking ahead to a possible lifting of U.S. sanctions on the Southeast Asian...
by Ngoc H. Le | Oct 13, 2015 | Monitor
Key Reads In Egypt, elections look set to cement return to the past Lin Noueihed and Ali Abdelaty / Reuters Holding court behind a battered desk at his campaign office in the southern town of Minya, Bahaa Fikry embodies Egypt’s past. Afghan ISIS Branch makes...
by Mahmood Abu-Rubieh | Jul 28, 2015 | Monitor
After the signing of the historic nuclear deal between the P5+1 nations and Iran, regional actors denounced the deal for fear it spelled a new regional balance of power, and added to the Islamic Republic’s regional influence. The U.S.’s largest allies in the Middle...
by Riza Kumar | Jul 23, 2015 | Monitor
Key Reads Pentagon Prepares to Send Better Radar to Ukraine Julian Barnes and Gordon Lubold / WSJ The Pentagon is moving toward providing Ukraine with bigger, longer-range radar to help it counter artillery being used by Russia-backed rebels, as U.S. military...
by Farhad Mirzadeh | Dec 9, 2013 | Monitor
For Mandela, the world will come to his doorstep to say goodbye Christian Science Monitor Leaders from all around the world and ordinary South Africans will travel to the village where Nelson Mandela will be buried to pay their tributes. Give first-step Iran deal...