CSIS hosted a panel to discuss the 2012 defense budget's implications

President Obama speaks about winning the future through enouraging education.

Expert Raj Desai examines the underlying causes that have resulted in calls for reform, threatening autocratic regimes and breaking down the "authoritarian bargain" that sustains them.

Vali Nasr, Professor of International Politics at the Fletcher School, Tufts University, compares Egypt's 2011 uprising to the 1979 Iranian revolution and 2009 Iranian Green Movement.

Libya has warned Europe it will "suspend cooperation" in the fight against illegal immigration.

The Egyptian Museum and the Pyramids reopen as the nation hopes to recoup some of the tourism lost during recent unrest.

Incumbent Yoweri Musevini takes a huge lead in voting results amid allegations of election fraud.

Nearly 3,000 students protested at Sanaa University in the Yemeni capital on Sunday, calling for the country's president to step down. The Yemeni president appeared before thousands of cheering supporters, blaming the unrest on a foreign plot. (Feb. 20)

Anti-government protests continued in Bahrain's capital Manama on Sunday. Hundreds of protesters spent the night in Pearl Square after the withdrawal on Saturday of security forces, a day after firing on marchers trying to reach the site. (Feb. 20)

Japan says conservation groups have forced them to stop whaling expeditions for the rest of 2011.

London School of Economics analyst Fawaz Gerges explains why the protests in Libya are so volatile.

Unrest through the Middle East and North Africa is continuing to put pressure on the price of oil.

Protests are turning violent

From France to the United Kingdom, European leaders have condemned the violence in Libya.

Foreign Secretary William Hague says the way protests have been resisted by the Libyan authorities has been "dreadful" and "horrifying".

Protesters defied a ban on mass demonstrations Friday in Bahrain, holding funeral processions for those killed in clashes