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NATOSource

Jan 29, 2012

The Presidential Campaign and America’s Strength Abroad

By David Ignatius, the Washington Post

From David Ignatius, the Washington Post:  The foreign policy theme that should dominate this year’s presidential campaign is “American renewal.”

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jan 29, 2012

Coalition leaders respond to Sarkozy’s new timetable for Afghanistan

By the AP

From the AP:  In a gentle rebuke to France, British Prime Minister David Cameron said in London on Saturday that withdrawals should be dependent on security conditions on the ground.

United Kingdom

NATOSource

Jan 29, 2012

NATO will settle for political declaration instead of concrete Smart Defense projects at Chicago Summit

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  I hope we will be in a position to adopt a political declaration on smart defence as a framework, as a political framework, for, I would call it a new way of doing business, in the coming years.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jan 29, 2012

NATO Secretary General urges France to stick to “agreed plan” for Afghanistan

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  First of all, let me stress that obviously I understand very well that recent events, where French soldiers were killed, have created a lot of concern in France.

MENASource

Jan 29, 2012

The Revolution Strikes Back

By Tarek Radwan

After a year of unrealized hopes to change the regime, to end military trials, to lift the state of emergency, and to transition to a civilian government in the post-Mubarak period, the revolutionary youth groups, leftists, and secular liberals have tried to reignite the spirit of the January 25th uprising with a series of protests […]

MENASource

Jan 27, 2012

Protesters Demand Justice and Power Transfer in Tahrir

By Mara Revkin

Protests in Tahrir Square continued as part of today’s "Day of Rage."

NATOSource

Jan 27, 2012

Sarkozy and Karzai want faster NATO exit from Afghanistan

By Jamey Keaten, the AP

From Jamey Keaten, the AP:  President Nicolas Sarkozy says France and Afghan President Hamid Karzai will ask NATO to hand over all combat missions in Afghanistan to Afghan troops in 2013 — a year earlier than planned.

NATO Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Jan 27, 2012

Deterring Iran: The Return to American Statecraft

By Julian Lindley-French

On the tomb of Tamburlaine, King of Persia, there is a dread inscription, “When I rise, the world will tremble”. Faced with Tehran’s seeming determination to develop nuclear weapons the march towards confrontation this week quickened. After threats from Iran to close the oil-vital Straits of Hormuz an American aircraft carrier was joined in the […]

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Jan 27, 2012

Two combat brigades in Germany being disbanded, not moved back to US

By Lolita C. Baldor, the AP

From Lolita C. Baldor, the AP:  Gen. Raymond Odierno, the Army chief of staff, says the Pentagon will take two heavy armor brigades out of Europe in 2013 and 2014 and eliminate them.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jan 27, 2012

The US declares peace in Europe, prematurely

By Tomas Valasek, the Center For European Reform

From Tomas Valasek, the Center For European Reform:  The Pentagon’s ‘strategic guidance‘, released on January 5th, makes three key changes

United States and Canada