Month: November 2013
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News and Analysis (11/29/13)
Egyptian justice is more blinding than blind. A policeman “convicted of shooting at protesters, deliberately aiming at their eyes … was sentenced to three years in prison” while the fourteen women “found guilty of obstructing traffic” while protesting the military coup “were imprisoned for 11 years, while … seven under the age of 18 were…
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Global Governance & the Challenges to Good Governance
NOTES FROM THE IIIT CONFERENCE ON GOOD GOVERNANCE IN ISLAM: CLASSICAL AND CONTEMPORARY APPROACHES #17 [This is the seventeenth in a series of my notes on the International Institute of Islamic Thought conference on Good Governance in Islam: Classical and Contemporary Approaches held in Herndon, VA. These notes have only been lightly edited and represent…
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New and Anaysis (11/27/13)
Egypt’s secularists were right to worry that the new laws, even more restrictive than those under Mubarak, were aimed at them as much as at the Muslim Brotherhood. Why didn’t they understand that so was the coup itself? Egyptian Secular Activists Arrested Under New Protest Law (Guardian) Is the U.S. government reviving the old tricks it…
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Global Governance and Good Governance in the Wake of the Arab Spring
NOTES FROM THE IIIT CONFERENCE ON GOOD GOVERNANCE IN ISLAM: CLASSICAL AND CONTEMPORARY APPROACHES #16 [This is the sixteenth in a series of my notes on the International Institute of Islamic Thought conference on Good Governance in Islam: Classical and Contemporary Approaches held in Herndon, VA. These notes have only been lightly edited and represent…
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News and Analysis (11/25/13)
The nuclear deal with Iran, its substance, its benefits and risks, its malcontents, and its secret history: Iran Nuclear Deal: A Temporary Freeze and Some Sanctions Eased (Christian Science Monitor) All Sides Declare Victory in Historic Iran Nuclear Deal (Christian Science Monitor) Iran Deal Could Affect Talks on Syria, Palestine (AP / abc News) Why Israel Sees…
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News and Analysis (11/22/13)
With the difference between Iran and its interlocutors narrowing … Iran Nuclear Deal Closer as Diplomats Gather in Geneva (Guardian) Kerry to Join Iran Nuclear Talks in Bid to Bridge Gaps (Reuters) Nuclear Talks: What Does Iran Have the ‘Right’ to Do? (Christian Science Monitor) Foes of an Iran Nuclear Deal Refocus on Containing the…
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News and Analysis (11/20/13)
As the differences between Iran and the U.S. narrow, the prospects for a deal grow, and attention turns to the danger of hardliners in either country spoiling the deal: Iranian Concession and Cameron Phone Call Raise Nuclear Deal Hopes (Guardian) World Powers, Iran Make New Attempt to Clinch Nuclear Deal (Reuters) As More Iran Talks…
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News and Analysis (11/18/13)
With Iran boasting that it has the capability to send air to surface missiles over Israel using its new drone and France signaling its commitment to the Israeli position on Iran’s nuclear program, Iran suggests a compromise in which it allows other nations to pretend it does not have a right to nuclear enrichment under…
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News and Analysis (11/5/13)
With the Rouhani administration’s bid for good will through a nuclear slowdown, and Iran’s FM showing optimism about negotiations, Israel may jeopardize its special relationship with the U.S. by overplaying its hand: Iran Putting Brakes on Nuclear Expansion Under Rouhani: IAEA Report (Reuters) Iran FM Hopeful on Next Round of Nuclear Talks (AP / abc…
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News and Analysis (11/13/13)
“Mohammed Ahmed Mohamed’s escape was an embarrassment. The alleged torture and rendition that came before it might just be a major scandal” involving issues of rendition and torture: The Real Question About the Terror Suspect Who Fled in a Burqa: Did MI5 Bring Him Here Illegally? (Guardian) “Much of what is followed today is the…
