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Oct 15, 2012

Nobel Peace Prize for EU but not NATO?

By James Joyner, New Atlanticist

From James Joyner, New Atlanticist:  The Norwegian Nobel Committee surprised most observers with its award of the peace prize to the European Union for its contributions to "the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe.

European Union
International Organizations

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Oct 15, 2012

Arming Syria’s Rebels: The Least Bad Option

By Walter Russell Mead, Via Meadia

From Walter Russell Mead, Via Meadia:  The worst case for the United States in a post-Assad Syria would be that groups linked to al-Qaeda become dominant players either in the country’s government as a whole or in control of significant regions in a country that fragments.

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Oct 15, 2012

Canada’s pursuit of global allies

By Paul Wells, Macleans

From Paul Wells, Macleans:  In the 17 months since he became Foreign Affairs Minister after the 2011 election, [John] Baird has been working to improve Canada’s relationship with a handful of countries around the world.

Energy & Environment

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Oct 15, 2012

Syria is Obama’s greatest failure

By Jackson Diehl, Washington Post

From Jackson Diehl, Washington Post:  The deaths of Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans in Benghazi were a calamity — but those losses were mainly the result of poor security decisions by mid-level State Department officials, not policy choices by Obama.

United States and Canada

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Oct 14, 2012

Europe risks giving up on defense

By James Blitz, Financial Times

From James Blitz, Financial Times:  In June last year, Robert Gates, the then US defence secretary, made a speech in Brussels on Europe’s military capabilities.

United Kingdom
United States and Canada

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Oct 12, 2012

Panetta and US declaratory policy on preemptive cyber attacks

By Leon Panetta, Department of Defense

From Leon Panetta, Department of Defense:  Potential aggressors should be aware that the United States has the capacity to locate them and to hold them accountable for their actions that may try to harm America.

Cybersecurity
Security & Defense

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Oct 12, 2012

Panetta on cyber threats to the US: ‘ This is a pre-9/11 moment’

By Leon Panetta, Department of Defense

From Leon Panetta, Department of Defense:  [T]he greater danger facing us in cyberspace goes beyond crime and it goes beyond harassment.  A cyber attack perpetrated by nation states are violent extremists groups could be as destructive as the terrorist attack on 9/11.

Cybersecurity
Security & Defense

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Oct 12, 2012

U.S. task force in Jordan seen as prep for possible ‘operation to secure Syria’s chemical stockpiles’

By Jamal Halaby, AP

From Jamal Halaby, AP:  From the edge of a steep mountain overlooking a desert compound built into an old rock quarry, machine gunfire echoes just outside hangars where U.S. special operations forces are training Jordanian commandos. The Americans, who arrived in the kingdom a few weeks ago at the request of the Jordanians, are helping […]

United States and Canada

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Oct 11, 2012

Germans still have a uniquely complicated relationship with their soldiers

By the Economist

From the Economist:  Germany nowadays joins its allies in sending troops to trouble spots such as Kosovo or Afghanistan. Last year it ended the draft in favour of an all-volunteer army like America’s. It is also undertaking a big reform of the Bundeswehr, which consists largely of shrinking the army from 250,000 soldiers in 2010, […]

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Oct 11, 2012

US State Department: ‘We strongly support the Government of Turkey’s decision to inspect the plane’

By Department of State

From Department of State:  Excerpt from press briefing by State Department Spokesperson Victoria Nuland. QUESTION: Do you have any information on that plane allegedly carrying Russian arms that was stopped in Turkey? MS. NULAND: Well, I think you’ve probably seen the public statements from Prime Minister Erdogan just this morning asserting that they found Russian-made […]

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