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Putin plans to spend $755 billion to modernize Russian military

NATOSource

Oct 4, 2013

Russia’s Military Is Back

By Nikolas K. Gvosdev, National Interest

One of the distinguishing characteristics of Vladimir Putin’s presidency has been his commitment to revitalizing Russia’s military.

Russia

New Atlanticist

Oct 4, 2013

National Security and the Shutdown

By Derek S. Reveron

When he was chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Mike Mullen forewarned “the single, biggest threat to our national security is our debt.” While not exclusively related to the $16.7 trillion debt, the government shutdown offers an unfortunate opportunity to see the impact on national security when the government lacks an operating budget.

National Security Security & Defense
UN Security Council meeting

NATOSource

Oct 4, 2013

France Calls for Major Powers to Voluntarily Limit Their UN Veto

By Laurent Fabius, New York Times

France is in favor of a more representative United Nations — in particular, through enlargement of the Security Council — but we are still far from reaching an agreement that would enable such progress.

France International Organizations
NATO Exercise Brilliant Mariner

NATOSource

Oct 4, 2013

NATO Warms Up for Europe Role After Afghanistan Pullout

By Jerome Rivet, AFP

As NATO prepares to pull out of its longest and most faraway war in Afghanistan, its focus is back on Europe with a multitude of exercises planned, notably in the Mediterranean.

Afghanistan NATO
SM-3 missile launch

NATOSource

Oct 4, 2013

Aegis Missile Defense Achieves Fifth Consecutive Successful Intercept Test

By Department of Defense

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA), U.S. Pacific Command, and U.S. Navy sailors aboard the USS Lake Erie (CG 70) successfully conducted an operational flight test of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system

Missile Defense Security & Defense

MENASource

Oct 4, 2013

Top News: Clashes Break out in Egypt, Brotherhood Supporter Killed

By EgyptSource

Clashes erupted in several Egyptian cities on Friday after thousands of supporters of deposed President Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood took to the streets to demand the end of army-backed rule, in defiance of a security crackdown.

MENASource

Oct 4, 2013

Top News: Russia Says Embassy Staff in Libya Evacuated After Attack

By MENASource

Russia evacuated embassy staff and their families from Libya after gunmen tried to storm its diplomatic mission in Tripoli. The decision was made after Libyan Foreign Minister Mohammed Abdelaziz visited the embassy and reportedly told the Russian ambassador that Libya is unable to guarantee the security of the diplomatic mission.

New Atlanticist

Oct 4, 2013

US: Anyone for Tea?

By Julian Lindley-French

All countries exist in a space between a mythical past and current reality. However, few permit past myth to destroy future hope. That is what twenty to thirty conservative Tea Party Republicans in Washington are effectively trying to do. In their minds, the Tea Party faction is standing up for the little guy in the […]

United States and Canada
FSA fighters cleaning their AK-47s in Aleppo

NATOSource

Oct 3, 2013

CIA Ramping Up Covert Training Program for Moderate Syrian Rebels

By Greg Miller, Washington Post

The CIA is expanding a clandestine effort to train opposition fighters in Syria amid concern that moderate, U.S.-backed militias are rapidly losing ground in the country’s civil war, U.S. officials said.

Syria United States and Canada
Turkey's decision to buy Chinese missiles is not yet final

NATOSource

Oct 3, 2013

Friction Between Turkey and NATO?

By Szymon Ananicz and Andrzej Wilk, OSW

On 26 September, Turkey’s Undersecretariat for Defence Industries, presided over by the country’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, resolved a tender for the delivery of long-range air defence systems. The winner was China’s CPMIEC

China Missile Defense
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