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MENASource

Oct 3, 2013

MENASource Discussions: Gulf Security and the US-Gulf Relationship

By MENASource

Ambassador Richard LeBaron, senior fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East, recently held an online conversation with Dr. Greg Gause, professor of political science at the University of Vermont and nonresident fellow with the Brookings Doha Center.

Iran Middle East

Trade in Action

Oct 3, 2013

What We’re Reading | October 3

By Garret Workman

TTIP Action’s What We’re Reading 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
NATO Exercise Brilliant Mariner

NATOSource

Oct 3, 2013

NATO’s Naval Forces Conducting Important Missions Every Day

By Philip Breedlove, Allied Command Operations

This week I had the distinct pleasure to stand alongside my fellow military and civilian NATO leaders on the deck of the ITS Cavour to observe its highly trained crew demonstrating their remarkable capabilities.

Italy NATO

MENASource

Oct 3, 2013

Top News: Egypt’s Cabinet Decides Disrespecting National Flag and Anthem Can Lead to Prison

By EgyptSource

The Egyptian cabinet passed on Wednesday a law, proposed by the presidency, which criminalizes disrespecting the national flag and not honoring the national anthem. The crime carries with it a punishment of no more than six months in prison and a fine that does not exceed EGP 5,000 ($725).

Greek F-16 participating in Exercise Brilliant Arrow

NATOSource

Oct 3, 2013

NATO Response Force Put to the Test

By NATO

The NATO Response Force is being put to the test in a series of live exercises this autumn.

NATO Security & Defense

MENASource

Oct 3, 2013

Top News: Egypt’s Constituent Assembly to Write New Constitution

By MENASource

The constituent assembly has opted to write a new constitution, announced assembly head Amr Moussa during the body’s Wednesday meeting.

MENASource

Oct 3, 2013

Elections in Libya Will Signal Progress on Constitution

By Duncan Pickard

The General National Congress (GNC) of Libya made significant progress in the country’s slogging transition to democracy in July when it passed an electoral law to govern the elections of a sixty-member constituent assembly to draft a new constitution.

Libya
Turkish Minister of Defense Ismet Yilmaz, June 11, 2012

NATOSource

Oct 2, 2013

Turkey Defends China Anti-Missile System Talks

By AFP

Turkey on Wednesday defended its decision to enter talks with China to acquire its first long-range anti-missile system, in spite of protests from its ally Washington.

China Missile Defense
Five Iranian nuclear scientists have been killed since 2007

NATOSource

Oct 2, 2013

Iranian Cyber Warfare Commander Shot Dead in Suspected Assassination

By Damien McElroy and Ahmad Vahdat, Telegraph

Mojtaba Ahmadi, who served as commander of the Cyber War Headquarters, was found dead in a wooded area near the town of Karaj, north-west of the capital, Tehran.

Cybersecurity Iran
Turkey's decision may already be a "symbolic victory for Beijing"

NATOSource

Oct 2, 2013

For China, Turkey Missile Deal a Victory even if it Doesn’t Happen

By David Lague, Reuters

Turkey’s $4 billion order for a Chinese missile defense system is a breakthrough for China in its bid to become a supplier of advanced weapons

China Missile Defense
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