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New Atlanticist

Oct 29, 2012

What the Cuban Missile Crisis Teaches Us About Iran

By Frederick Kempe

Bob Schieffer of CBS News struck the right note when he opened this week’s presidential debate on foreign policy by reminding viewers it was “the 50th anniversary of the night that President Kennedy told the world that the Soviet Union had installed nuclear missiles in Cuba, perhaps the closest we’ve ever come to nuclear war.” […]

Cuba Iran

New Atlanticist

Oct 29, 2012

Ukraine’s Paradoxical Election

By Adrian Karatnycky

Ukrainian voters elected a new parliament Sunday but already the initial results point to a modest rebuke for President Viktor Yanukovych and his ruling Regions Party.

Elections Politics & Diplomacy

MENASource

Oct 29, 2012

Top News: Constituent Assembly Will Be Reshaped If It Doesn’t Draft Constitution As Scheduled

By Egypt Source

President Mohamed Morsi said that he will reshape the Constituent Assembly (CA) if it did not draft the constitution within six months of its formation, expressing hope that the CA should finalize the constitution with a national consensus. 

NATOSource

Oct 29, 2012

Putin’s Russia: back in the USSR

By the Editors of the Guardian

MENASource

Oct 29, 2012

Photo Essay: Security in the Sinai

By Mosaab Elshamy

Army checkpoints on the road to Sinai are almost an indication of a region at war. The vast peninsula bordering Egypt with Gaza and Israel rose to the forefront of the new Egyptian government’s troubles after an army checkpoint was attacked by unknown militants last Ramadan, killing 16 soldiers. This was not the first attack […]

NATOSource

Oct 28, 2012

Karaganov: “NATO’s expansion was stopped… Russia’s military muscle in Georgia did it”

By Sergei Karaganov, Russia in Global Affairs

From Sergei Karaganov, Russia in Global Affairs:  The last threat of a military standoff existed before 2008, while the NATO’s expansion was fraught with the risk of taking over Ukraine.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Oct 28, 2012

Canada and the U.S. Announce Joint Cybersecurity Action Plan

By Canada’s Department of Public Safety

From Canada’s Department of Public Safety:  Canada and the United States announced the Cybersecurity Action Plan Between Public Safety Canada and the Department of Homeland Security, a key commitment under the Beyond the Border Action Plan for Perimeter Security and Economic Competitiveness.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Oct 26, 2012

Intervening in Syria the right way

By   François Heisbourg, Washington Post

From  François Heisbourg, Washington Post:  Politically speaking, the United States is likely to recover room to maneuver after Nov. 6, whether President Obama is reelected or a president-elect Mitt Romney is working in tandem with the incumbent. Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has been clamoring for active NATO support

United Kingdom United States and Canada

NATOSource

Oct 26, 2012

Army bests Navy in missile intercept test

By Sam Fellman, Navy Times

From Sam Fellman, Navy Times:  The final score: Army 3; Navy 1.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Oct 26, 2012

Poland joins NATO’s AGS drone system

By Poland’s Ministry of Defense

From Poland’s Ministry of Defense:  Minister of National Defence Tomasz Siemoniak declared Poland’s participation in AGS – NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance system at NATO ministerial in Brussels in October.

Drones Technology & Innovation