Links 17-27 March 2014

The Obama Doctrine
Gary Sick on Obama's uber-realist (unrealistic?) MENA policyEgypt army extends power by taking charge of Gulf aidEgypt: The Revolution’s Last Stand - The Daily Beast
On student unrest.Petites guerres locales en Libye
Good piece on the difficulty of "reading" Libya.Meet Egypt’s next would-be president | Mada Masr
Reminds us that Sisi + army said he would not run.BBC News - Abdul Fattah al-Sisi: New face of Egypt's old guard
Long profile.Sisi 2014!
Steve Cook on the challenges facing Sisi.Occidental’s $8 Billion Deal Stalled by Brotherhood Row - Bloomberg
Fallout of GCC divide.Saudi Arabia: A kingdom on guard - FT
Long piece by Roula Khalaf on Saudi, Egypt, MB, GCC, etc.Report: Qatar's World Cup Expected To Take More Lives Than 9/11
What a headline.Time to Get Tough on Egypt - Shadi Hamid - POLITICOMeet Egypt’s next would-be president
So Sisi has announced...Between the Nuremberg Trials and the “Glorious” Egyptian Judiciary » CounterPunch
Number-crunching a judicial travestyBetrayed by Charles Simic | NYRblog
On crowds, power, double-standards.Egyptian army’s role expands as it gives land for homes - FT
Heba Saleh snags a rare interview with chief army accountant.L’Arabie saoudite, alliée objective du Qatar ?Egypt’s Miscarriage of Justice - NYT
"There is no way that the proceeding can be seen as anything other than a show trial with a preordained political outcome."Egyptian television celebrates mass death sentence | Mada Masr
Or the moral disintegration of Egypt's media elite.Lysenko's time | Mada Masr
Learned, lucid piece on regime charlatanism by @alaa.Qatar prepares for sanctions if Brotherhood dispute escalates - FTCarnegie roundtable on the "Egypt effect"AP : Libya's guns free-for-all fuels region's turmoilGood analytic piece.Turkey Goes Out of Control by Christopher de Bellaigue
"The Turkish miracle is over."Reconsidering the “Transition Paradigm” [PDF]
Fukuyama, Diamond, etc.The Candidate from a Different Planet
Libyan PM hopeful is married to a Bronfman.Gilead offers Egypt new hepatitis C drug at 99 percent discount | Reuters
But the army's koftagi will do it for less!The roots and future of sectarianism in the Gulf
Fred WehreyTurkey blocks access to Twitter - FT.com
Ridiculous and desperate.Stopping a Civil War in Libya
The Jedran problem.What Pakistan Knew About Bin LadenImam's arrest sparks debate in Tunisia
Salafi imam uses freedom of speech defense - but would he support it?Tunisia sex workers call for brothel to reopen in resort of Sousse
Prostitutes appeal to Ennahda MP for support.En Egypte, « un état d’urgence qui ne dit pas son nom »On rampant torture and brutality in EgyptEgypt, the wound in US-Saudi relations - Ahram Online
One would think the wound is 9/11, but nevermind.Qahera - a superhero
Comic about Muslim woman with sword and attitudeMehdi Jomâa estime "positive" la décision de l'Arabie saoudite de classer des organisations et partis comme "terroristes"
Jomaa praises Saudi move on MB, Ghannouchi stays quietThe mysterious journey of the Libya oil tanker
Love this story, good digging by Reuters.Don’t cancel sale of Apaches to Egypt, Israel urges U.S.SEALed and Delivered in Libya
Christian Caryl - largely agree with this.The Threat of Civil War in Libya
Mohamed EljarhLibya pays the price for its post-Gaddafi mistakes
Borzou DaragahiFive Ways You're Wrong About Libya
(the NATO intervention, that is)Erdoğan's top 15 insults world leaders don't usually make
Calls opponents perverts, atheists, terrorists, bloodsucking vampires..'Seni bilen hayran, bilmeyen dusman' or, Why Erdogan Remains so Popular
Good article in Jadaliyya on Erdogan's tactics and enduring appeal for his baseLeaked tapes prompt calls for Turkish PM to resign
Just catching up on this scandal. What is with leaked phone taps in the region lately?La région arabophone, entre changement progressiste et barbarie. Entretien avec Gilbert AchcarI’m an Egyptian Woman and I Like Being Sexually Harrassed
"I wake up every morning looking forward to getting sexually harassed in Cairo."William McCants | Saudi Arabia Takes on the Muslim Brotherhood | Foreign AffairsEgypt’s old regime backs Sisi for now - Al-Monitor
 overstates his caseSaudi’s Lonely, Costly Bid for Sunni-Shiite Equality