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MENASource

Nov 19, 2012

Photo Essay: In Remembrance of Mohamed Mahmoud

By Mosaab Elshamy

Faced with repeated violent crackdowns by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, Egyptian revolutionaries took to the streets one year ago today to voice their protest in what is widely regarded as the revolution’s second phase. The Mohamed Mahmoud clashes were to become Cairo’s bloodiest week since January 25. The violent dispersal of injured […]

MENASource

Nov 19, 2012

Top News: Morsi, Ahmadinejad Stress Need for International Consensus on Gaza

By Egypt Source

President Mohamed Morsy and his Iranian counterpart, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, stressed during a phone call the necessity of achieving international consensus to prevent continued Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip. 

NATOSource

Nov 19, 2012

NATO to weigh Turkey missile request as ‘matter of urgency’

By Hurriyet Daily News

From Hurriyet Daily News:  NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen today said the alliance would consider a request from Turkey to deploy Patriot anti-missile batteries along its border border with Syria "as a matter of urgency", AFP has reported.

European Union International Organizations

New Atlanticist

Nov 19, 2012

Obama Wise Not to Play Battleship

By Andrew L. Stigler

The 2012 presidential campaign, like most, was a frustrating one for national security.

National Security Security & Defense

NATOSource

Nov 19, 2012

German Defense Minister expects request today to deploy Patriot missiles to Turkey

By Reuters

From Reuters:  Turkey is expected to formally request on Monday that NATO missiles be placed on its border with Syria to defend against mortar rounds, Western defence officials said.

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Nov 19, 2012

The Incredible, Shrinking Modern Military

By Magnus Nordenman

While military forces have grown ever more sophisticated, their size and density have been on the decline for decades.

National Security Security & Defense

NATOSource

Nov 17, 2012

Video: Panetta says U.S. supports deployment of Patriot missiles to Turkey

By Voice of America

From Voice of America:  Another area of special concern for [Secretary of Defense Leon] Panetta is Syria, where cross-border attacks have prompted Turkey to ask NATO for Patriot missiles to place along the Syrian border.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Nov 17, 2012

Turkey will officially request deployment of NATO missiles on Monday: German daily

By Reuters

From Reuters:  Turkey will formally ask NATO on Monday to set up missiles on its border with Syria due to growing concern about spillover from a 20-month-old civil war in its neighbor, a German newspaper reported on Saturday.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Nov 16, 2012

The role of NATO’s Parliamentary Assembly in shaping the future of the alliance

By Jan Hamacek, New Atlanticist

From Jan Hamacek, New Atlanticist:  Through their participation in the NATO PA, parliamentarians become better equipped for national debates on issues relevant to the Alliance.

NATOSource

Nov 16, 2012

Who will be on Obama’s new foreign policy dream team?

By Jo Biddle, AFP

From Jo Biddle, AFP:  A week after winning re-election President Barack Obama has yet to reveal his new White House dream team amid fierce jostling for coveted posts key to shaping America’s foreign and defense policy.

United States and Canada