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NATOSource

Apr 6, 2013

France’s beleaguered president

By Economist

From Economist:  The French are not known for their optimism, but recently their morosité has been plumbing new depths.

NATOSource

Apr 6, 2013

Poland to join NATO drone project in 2014

By Polish Radio

From Polish Radio:  Minister of Defence Tomasz Siemoniak has announced that from 2014 Poland will participate in the NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) programme.

Drones Technology & Innovation

MENASource

Apr 6, 2013

This Week in Egypt – April 6, 2013

By Nancy Messieh

Catch up on the latest out of Egypt every week, with analysis, news updates, photos, videos, and more.

NATOSource

Apr 5, 2013

NATO must become as much knowledge nexus as military nexus

By Julian Lindley-French, New Atlanticist

From Julian Lindley-French, New Atlanticist:  H]ow can NATO address its most pressing emerging security challenge: how to close the strategy-austerity-capability gap?

NATO Security & Defense

NATOSource

Apr 5, 2013

David Cameron: We need a nuclear deterrent more than ever

By David Cameron, Telegraph

From David Cameron, Telegraph:  This week marks the completion of the 100th patrol by the Royal Navy’s Vanguard-class submarines, which carry our Trident nuclear missiles.

United Kingdom

NATOSource

Apr 5, 2013

First German ship integrated in U.S. carrier strike group

By U.S. Navy

From U.S. Navy:  The German Sachsen-class frigate Hamburg (F220) is the first German ship to fully integrate and deploy with an American carrier strike group, and April 3 marks her second week of operating in the North Arabian Sea with USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (IKE).

New Atlanticist

Apr 5, 2013

Hagel’s Three Questions

By James Joyner

Chuck Hagel recently delivered his first major public-policy address since becoming secretary of defense. While the bulk of his speech at the National Defense University focused on the need to overhaul our spending priorities radically, a nod to the military officers in the audience caught my attention:

National Security Security & Defense

MENASource

Apr 5, 2013

Mystery Meat at al-Azhar Shakes up Egypt’s Ideological Front Lines

By Kurt Werthmuller

Egypt’s social, political, and economic fabric appears this spring as fragile as it has ever been, between violent clashes near the Muslim Brotherhood’s Muqattam headquarters two weeks ago, repressive legal campaigns against Bassem Youssef and Ali Qandil, and a disturbing trend of radical Islamist vigilantism. Given this mess, it’s easy to overlook the messy aftermath […]

NATOSource

Apr 5, 2013

Russian bombers conduct practice strikes on U.S. missile defenses

By Bill Gertz, Free Beacon

From Bill Gertz, Free Beacon:  A Russian bomber recently carried out simulated cruise missile attacks on U.S. missile defenses in Asia, raising new questions about Moscow’s goal in future U.S.-Russian defense talks.

NATOSource

Apr 5, 2013

Cyber Necessity: Stopping companies from selling insecure software

By Marc Maiffret, New York Times

From Marc Maiffret, New York Times: Too much of the debate begins and ends with the perpetrators and the victims of cyberattacks, and not enough is focused on the real problem: the insecure software or technology that allows such attacks to succeed.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense