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NATOSource

Sep 4, 2012

Bulgaria, Romania Sign NATO Air Policing Agreement

By Sofia News Agency

From Sofia News Agency:  The Defense Ministers of Bulgaria and Romania, Gen. Anyu Angelov and Gen. Corneliu Dobritoiu, met in Sofia Tuesday for the singing of a Bulgarian-Romanian agreement under NATO’s Air Policing program.

New Atlanticist

Sep 4, 2012

An Emerging Transatlantic Rift on Energy?

By David Koranyi

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney recently unveiled his energy plans for the United States, which promises to fulfill the country’s four-decades’-old dream of energy independence. It has the potential to do so. But the price could ultimately be high: a breakdown in global climate negotiations and a rift in relations with Europe.

Energy & Environment Energy Markets & Governance

MENASource

Sep 4, 2012

Top News: Al-Sisi Decides on New SCAF Formation

By Egypt Source

General Abd Al-Fatah Al-Sisi, newly-appointed Minister of Defence and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, confirmed on Monday the composition of the revised Supreme Council of the Armed Forces.

New Atlanticist

Sep 4, 2012

The Rise of Afghan Fratricide

By Joshua Foust

The number of ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) soldiers killed by their Afghan counterparts has risen precipitously this year. So-called “green on blue” attacks have killed 42 soldiers, more than the 35 killed last year and twice as many as were killed in 2010. Officials are scrambling to figure out why.

Afghanistan International Security Assistance Force

MENASource

Sep 4, 2012

Rallying for Yemen in Riyadh

By Danya Greenfield

At the start of a major donor conference for Yemen in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on September 4 and 5, reports indicate half of Yemen’s twenty-five million people are on the verge of starvation, suffering a growing food crisis and lack of access to basic services. Despite the availability of food in the market, rising prices, […]

Yemen

NATOSource

Sep 4, 2012

French Defense Minister Le Drian trying ‘to move forward with the Europe of defense’

By Europolitics

From Europolitics:  French Minister of Defence Jean-Yves Le Drian believes that the ‘Europe of defence’ should move forward, namely because of the budget difficulties many countries are facing.

European Union International Organizations

MENASource

Sep 4, 2012

The Legitimacy of the President’s Constitutional Declarations / شرعية الإعلانات الدستورية الرئاسية

By Yussef Auf

President Mohamed Morsi’s constitutional declaration issued on August 12 has sparked an extensive debate on a number of legal and political points. A key question in the midst of this discussion is whether the president has the right to issue new constitutional declarations or amend existing decrees. Download the PDF

NATOSource

Sep 4, 2012

How will Turkey respond to possible chemical warfare with Syria?

By Barcin Yinanc, Hurriyet

From Barcin Yinanc, Hurriyet:  “This is exactly the time the Syrian regime has been preparing for in recent years, so it will fight until the very end,” a Turkish official told me six months ago.

NATOSource

Sep 4, 2012

NATO’s Baltic air policing mission changes command

By NATO

From NATO:  On 1 September, Poland handed over command of NATO’s air policing mission in the Baltics to the Czech Republic.

NATOSource

Sep 3, 2012

French Defense Minister Le Drian trying to relaunch European defense initiative

By Pierre Tran, Defense News

From Pierre Tran, Defense News:  French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian was due to meet European Union and NATO senior officials in a first visit to Brussels as part of France’s drive to relaunch a European defense initiative

European Union International Organizations