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MENASource

Nov 21, 2013

Top News: Media Workers Targeted in Northern Syria

By MENASource

Syrian government troops are targeting media centers and news providers, Reporters Without Borders has warned after the killing of a citizen journalist and the destruction of premises belonging to two media centers within a week.

MENASource

Nov 21, 2013

EconSource Headlines- November 21, 2013

By EconSource

Follow the latest in economic news and developments about the Arab transition countries.

New Atlanticist

Nov 21, 2013

EU Needs to Rethink its Eastern Partnership Policy

By Taras Kuzio

The EU’s Eastern Partnership (EaP), unveiled four years ago to build better neighbourly relations with six former Soviet republics, is in crisis. The EaP was launched by EU members such as Sweden and Poland (with the backing of Britain) keen to promote enlargement into the former USSR. Although with this not possible due to widespread […]

Eastern Europe European Union

MENASource

Nov 21, 2013

Top News: Army Chief Sisi Does Not Rule out Presidential Bid

By EgyptSource

Egyptian army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, held open the possibility he might run for the presidency in an interview published on Thursday in a Kuwaiti newspaper.

MENASource

Nov 21, 2013

Military Trials for Civilians: Justice Denied

By Mai El-Sadany

With discussions up to the last minute, the fifty-member Constituent Assembly, tasked with re-writing Egypt’s Constitution, has made a final decision on one of the body’s most contentious issues: military trials for civilians.  On November 20, the Assembly voted in favor of maintaining military trials for civilians, despite the significant implications that such a decision […]

North Africa Political Reform
Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force for International Affairs Heidi Grant

NATOSource

Nov 21, 2013

Turkey’s Chinese Missile System Will Not Work with US, NATO Equipment – Pentagon Official

By Andrea Shalal-Esa, Reuters

If Turkey buys a missile defense system from China, it would not be able to integrate it with NATO or U.S. systems and would miss out on decades of training, support and upgrades that come with U.S. systems, a top U.S. official said at the Dubai Airshow.

China Missile Defense

New Atlanticist

Nov 21, 2013

Anxiety in the House of Saud

By Rajan Menon

You’d think that Saudi Arabia‘s ruling monarchy would have a lot to be happy about — and you’d be right, in part. The Saudi Kingdom has, barring some exceptions, been remarkably stable. It was left unscathed by the revolutionary wave that demolished longstanding authoritarian regimes from Tunisia to Egypt. The Saudi political system — being consensus-based and […]

Saudi Arabia

MENASource

Nov 21, 2013

Point/Counterpoint: Is the Polisario a Legitimate Broker in Western Sahara?

By Mehrunisa Qayyum & Nabil Ouchagour

On the eve of Moroccan King Mohamed VI’s visit to the United States, observers of Moroccan-US relations are keeping a close eye on the first high-level visit between the two countries’ leaders since US President Barack Obama took office.

North Africa
Senator Mark Kirk

NATOSource

Nov 20, 2013

US Senator Seeks to Prevent Use of Chinese Technology in NATO Missile Shield

By Rachel Oswald, Global Security Newswire

A measure proposed on Tuesday in the U.S. Senate would prohibit Washington from financially supporting the integration of a Chinese missile system with U.S. technology that is to play an essential role in an evolving NATO defensive shield.

China Missile Defense

New Atlanticist

Nov 20, 2013

US Maritime Power and Disaster Relief

By Derek S. Reveron

As post-typhoon operations in the Philippines illustrate, militaries do more than fight wars. Alongside the horrific photos from Tacloban, there are images of US cargo aircraft, helicopters, and service members delivering relief supplies and rescuing civilians.

Indo-Pacific United States and Canada
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