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Feb 23, 2013

Constitutional reform may increase the power of Turkey’s defense minister

By Murat Yetkin, Hurriyet Daily News

From Murat Yetkin, Hurriyet Daily News:  All attention in Turkish politics these days is focused on the Kurdish issue, but other important developments are taking place as well – especially behind the doors of the Parliamentary Constitution Conciliation Commission, which is tasked with drafting a new charter.

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Feb 22, 2013

The dawning of an age of permanent cyber warfare?

By David Rothkopf, Foreign Policy

From David Rothkopf, Foreign Policy:  When you drop a bomb on a country, it not only devastates its target — it also disintegrates. But when you launch a worm against a facility, that worm or its elements remain intact and discoverable and thus re-usable by the victim of the attack. In other words, while cyber […]

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Feb 22, 2013

The Defense Dividend

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Project Syndicate

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Project Syndicate:  Virtually every day brings fresh evidence that an arc of crisis – from terrorism and weapons proliferation to cyber-attacks and piracy – is spreading from the Middle East and the Sahel to Central Asia.

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Feb 22, 2013

Defense cuts jeopardize NATO’s effectiveness, Panetta warns

By Adrian Croft, Reuters

From Adrian Croft, Reuters:  European Defense cuts and U.S. budget gridlock are jeopardizing NATO’s effectiveness, outgoing U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned on Friday. Leaving his last NATO ministerial meeting in Brussels, Panetta joined those warning of the effects of deep Defense cuts in many Western countries and said it would be an "irresponsible act […]

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Feb 22, 2013

NATO Afraid Of Russian Snooping At Ulyanovsk?

By Nikolaus von Twickel, Moscow Times

From Nikolaus von Twickel, Moscow Times:  NATO and Russia pride themselves on cooperation over Afghanistan and the fight against terrorists and pirates, but a planned logistics hub to transport military hardware from Afghanistan is not taking off.

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Feb 22, 2013

Panetta, Germany differ on troop numbers in Afghanistan

By Lolita C. Baldor, AP

From Lolita C. Baldor, AP:  Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and his German counterpart offered conflicting accounts Friday of a discussion about how many U.S. and European forces would remain in Afghanistan after the anticipated end of combat after 2014.

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Feb 21, 2013

Defense minister says France’s lack of drones is ‘incomprehensible’

By Steven Erlanger, New York Times

From Steven Erlanger, New York Times:   “I had always been the boss of regional councils, but not in a situation to decide a war,” he [French Defense Minister  Jean-Yves Le Drian] said.

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Feb 21, 2013

Report: US expects NATO allies and partners to provide 10,000 trainers in post-2014 Afghanistan

By Matthias Gebauer and Christoph Schult, Spiegel

From Matthias Gebauer and Christoph Schult, Spiegel:  The United States envisions only a minimal presence of American troops in Afghanistan once the NATO mission comes to an end in late 2014.

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Feb 21, 2013

Even the home country of NATO’s Secretary General ignores his pleas to stop defense cuts

By Naftali Bendavid and Adam Entous, Wall Street Journal

From Naftali Bendavid and Adam Entous, Wall Street Journal:  Thursday’s meeting of North Atlantic Treaty Organization defense ministers was yet another sign that Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen is struggling to convince the alliance’s members to preserve military spending amid economic pressures.

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Feb 21, 2013

NATO to consider funding larger Afghan security force after 2014

By Lolita C. Baldor, AP

From Lolita C. Baldor, AP:  Senior NATO officials say the alliance is strongly considering a proposal to continue funding an Afghan security force of 352,000 troops through 2018

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