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MENASource

Nov 1, 2013

Iraq’s Security Needs

By Ramzy Mardini

The dangerous interplay between growing domestic tensions and unstable regional dynamics is driving the rise in violence in Iraq, with levels unseen since 2008. The resurgence of Sunni militancy in Iraq—piggybacking off the sectarian, regional proxy war unfolding in Syria—has alarmed the Shiite community, leading Shiite militias to reactivate and play a role in defending […]

Middle East
UK Prime Minister David Cameron and NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, September 18, 2013

NATOSource

Nov 1, 2013

UK Prime Minister: 2014 NATO Summit will be in Wales

By South Wales Argus, Prime Minister's Office, and BBC

From South Wales Argus:  David Cameron said that a summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation is to meet at the Celtic Manor Resort in Newport next year.

NATO Security & Defense
"NATO has much added value even as it is hardly perfect"

NATOSource

Oct 31, 2013

Learning from Afghanistan: Multilateralism is Hard

By Steve Saideman, Political Violence @ a Glance

[W]hat can we learn from the Afghanistan effort?

Afghanistan International Security Assistance Force
Army paratroopers file into a C-130J Super Hercules

NATOSource

Oct 31, 2013

Too Much Crisis, Too Little Defense

By Jon Kyl and Joe Lieberman, POLITICO

The most obvious impact of the defense cuts on the economy is the loss of jobs in the private and public defense sector, but there are even greater negative economic effects that are less visible.

Europe & Eurasia Indo-Pacific

Trade in Action

Oct 31, 2013

What We’re Reading | October 31

By Garrett Workman

TTIP Action aggregates the latest news and best analysis from across the United States and European Union on the ongoing negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).

Economy & Business Trade and tariffs
President Vladimir Putin with Deputy PM Dmitry Rogozin and Director General Vladimir Popovkin

NATOSource

Oct 31, 2013

Putin Dissolves Task Force for Missile Defense Cooperation with NATO

By Global Security Newswire

Russian President Vladimir Putin has nullified a 2011 order that created an interagency working group inside the Kremlin that focused on fostering missile defense collaboration with NATO, the Voice of Russia reported on Thursday.

Missile Defense NATO

New Atlanticist

Oct 31, 2013

Georgian Presidential Election Sets Precedent for Progress

By Laura Linderman

Georgia’s October 27 presidential polls were historic and an important step toward strengthening democracy. Outgoing president Saakashvili was replaced through the ballot box by the ruling Georgian Dream coalition’s candidate, Giorgi Margvelashvili. In a remarkably calm and drama-free election, with the lowest voter turnout in a decade at 46.6 percent, Margvelashvili won with 62.11 percent […]

The Caucasus

MENASource

Oct 31, 2013

Top News: Protests and Arrests Continue Across Egypt’s University Campuses

By EgyptSource

Hassan Eissa, head of Ain Shams University, announced Wednesday that a protocol is expected to be signed Thursday between the Ministry of Interior and the Supreme Council of Universities (SCU) to tighten campus security nationwide. While Helwan University is the latest to witness pro-Brotherhood and pro-military demonstrations on Thursday, head of ambulance authority Ahmed al-Ansary announced that twenty-six were […]

MENASource

Oct 31, 2013

Ambassador Fred Hof’s Testimony on Syria before the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee on October 31, 2013

By MENASource

Chairman Menendez, Ranking Member Corker, Members of the Committee: I am deeply honored by your invitation to testify today on the situation in Syria.  It is a situation for which the word “appalling” barely suffices.  The crisis in Syria has, for more than 30 months, been destroying a country of 23 million people. 

Syria

MENASource

Oct 31, 2013

Top News: Tunisia’s New Prime Minister to be Announced Saturday

By MENASource

The name of the new prime minister will be announced on Saturday and the election of nine members of the Independent Higher Authority for Elections Council (ISIE) could take place early next week, Ettakatol Party member Mouldi Riahi said on Wednesday, as the ISIE selection committee began reexamining candidacies for the electoral board.

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