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New Atlanticist

Nov 1, 2013

Eurozone at the Crossroads

By Jordan Smith

For decades, European Union nations have walked a constitutional tightrope, refusing to make the ultimate choice between their core sovereignty and the merging of powers necessary to construct a viable European polity. The recent financial hurricane unleashed by the dangerous combination of poor regulation, too much debt, and weak leadership has brought Europe’s constitutional balancing […]

European Union International Organizations
Russian TOS-1 30-barrel multiple rocket launchers

NATOSource

Nov 1, 2013

Poland, NATO, and the Return of History

By John R. Schindler, National Interest

The reemergence of Russia as a traditional military power is now clear to all who wish to see.

European Union International Organizations

New Atlanticist

Nov 1, 2013

A New Honeymoon for the United States and Pakistan?

By Shuja Nawaz

A relationship that has been described as a rollercoaster ride or tagged as a deal between “frenemies” appears to have been rejuvenated with a fresh infusion of bonhomie. Some might describe it similar to the Liz Taylor-Richard Burton marriages: shouting and screaming matches followed by a quiet make-up. Is there another honeymoon in the making […]

Pakistan
About 7,000 troops will be involved in NATO Exercise Steadfast Jazz

NATOSource

Nov 1, 2013

NATO Stages Exercise as Rearming Russia Worries Some Allies

By Peter Apps, Reuters

When NATO forces start a major exercise in Latvia and Poland this weekend, they will be rehearsing how to oust an anonymous invading enemy from a fictional region.

NATO Russia

MENASource

Nov 1, 2013

EconSource Headlines- November 1, 2013

By EconSource

Follow the latest in economic news and developments about the Arab transition countries. 

New Atlanticist

Nov 1, 2013

Save the Children of Syria

By Barbara Slavin

While the United States, Russia, and the other parties interested in the civil war in Syria haggle over the ground rules for admission to a Geneva peace conference, Syrian children are succumbing to polio and other horrible diseases and losing precious years of schooling.

Syria

New Atlanticist

Nov 1, 2013

Three Reasons Turks Chose Chinese Missiles

By Ross Wilson

After long deliberation, Turkey announced September 26 its selection of China’s FD-2000 air and missile defense system over competitors from the United States (Patriot), Europe (SAMP/T), and Russia (S-400).

Missile Defense Security & Defense

MENASource

Nov 1, 2013

Top News: Figures Show Surge in Iraq Bloodshed Ahead of Maliki-Obama Talks

By MENASource

Violence in Iraq is at its worst level since 2008, figures showed Friday, as Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki was to appeal for President Barack Obama’s help to combat a spike in militancy. Figures released by the ministries of health, interior and defense showed that violence last month left 964 people dead (855 civilians, sixty-five […]

MENASource

Nov 1, 2013

Top News: US Secretary of State Kerry to Visit Egypt on Sunday

By EgyptSource

US Secretary of State John Kerry will arrive in Cairo on Sunday for his first visit to Egypt since the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi in July, state media said. 

MENASource

Nov 1, 2013

Iraq’s Security Needs

By Ramzy Mardini

The dangerous interplay between growing domestic tensions and unstable regional dynamics is driving the rise in violence in Iraq, with levels unseen since 2008. The resurgence of Sunni militancy in Iraq—piggybacking off the sectarian, regional proxy war unfolding in Syria—has alarmed the Shiite community, leading Shiite militias to reactivate and play a role in defending […]

Middle East