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MENASource

Oct 16, 2013

Top News: Egypt’s Justice Ministry to Draft Anti-Terrorism Law, Egyptians Reject Protest Law

By MENASource

Egypt’s Ministry of Justice is due to start discussions with the National Council for Human Rights, as well as other rights groups, to draft an anti-terrorism law “specifying terrorism crimes and penalties facing the perpetrators,” state-owned Al-Ahram daily reported on Wednesday, as civil groups denounced Tuesday the draft protest law.

MENASource

Oct 16, 2013

The Struggle for the Public Sphere: The State versus Society

By Mohamed Elgohari

Since the foundation of the first republic in 1952, Egypt’s rulers, regardless of name or political orientation, have struggled to distance the Egyptian people from politics and strip its individuals from the ability to act independently from the state. To ensure its success, the state nationalized the public and political spheres, seeing to it that […]

New Atlanticist

Oct 16, 2013

What Next for Syria – Breakdown, Breakthrough, or Botched Opportunity?

By Harlan Ullman

The Obama administration is on the verge of botching an unprecedented opportunity. Prior to the remarkable joint US-Russian initiative that established a process to dispose of Syria’s chemical weapons arsenal, the outlook for the region was grim. The only certainty was continuing violence that will kill tens of thousands and displace many more hundreds of […]

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Finland sending two experts to NATO's CCDCOE

NATOSource

Oct 15, 2013

Finland to Join NATO’s Cyber Defense Center

By CCDCOE and ERR

From NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Center of Excellence:  Finnish Defence Minister Carl Haglund announced that Finland would like to become a Contributing Partner at the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence

Cybersecurity NATO
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, October 11, 2013

NATOSource

Oct 15, 2013

NATO Secretary General: ‘Defense Matters’

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

[W]e must shift the argument from the cost of defence to the cost of no defence.

NATO Security & Defense
The head of Turkey's Undersecretariat for Defense Procuremen Murad Bayar

NATOSource

Oct 15, 2013

Chinese Air Defenses in Turkey a ‘Virus’ for NATO

By Burak Bekdil, Hurriyet

Defense officials from NATO member states have described any potential Turkish effort to integrate China-made long-range air and anti-missile defense system into NATO’s overall air defense architecture as a “virus” within the allied system and a “possibly most futile effort.”

China Missile Defense

Trade in Action

Oct 15, 2013

What We’re Reading | October 15

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

MENASource

Oct 15, 2013

Top News: Latest Mediation between Islamists and Egypt Government Reaches Stalemate

By EgyptSource

Efforts by Islamist figure Ahmed Kamal Abul-Magd to mediate between the Muslim Brotherhood and interim government appear to have reached an impasse Ahram Online reported on Monday.

MENASource

Oct 15, 2013

Top News: Al-Qaeda Says September Attack Targeted Drone Base; Tuesday al-Qaeda Attack Kills Two

By MENASource

The Yemen-based branch of al-Qaeda said on Monday its attack on a Yemeni army base last month targeted an operations room used by the United States to direct drone strikes against militants, and it threatened more such assaults.

MENASource

Oct 15, 2013

The Week in Egypt – October 14, 2013

By Amira Mikhail

Catch up on the latest out of Egypt every week, with analysis, news updates, photos, videos, and more.

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