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NATO AWACS E-3A Sentinel

NATOSource

Sep 12, 2013

NATO AWACS Arrives in Seattle for Major Upgrade

By DVIDS

A NATO Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft arrives at Boeing Field in Seattle on Aug. 1, 2013, in preparation for a flight-deck and avionics upgrade.

NATO Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Sep 12, 2013

Eye on Syria: UN To Say Assad Regime to Blame for Chemical Attack

News UN Report Will Point to Assad Regime in Massive Chemical Attack, Foreign Policy: The CableUN inspectors have collected a “wealth” of evidence on the use of nerve agents that points to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad using chemical weapons against his own people. US Weapons Reaching Syria Rebels, Washington PostThe CIA has begun delivering weapons […]

Syria

Libya Working Group

Sep 12, 2013

Washington Post Highlights Letter to Kerry on Libya

By MENASource

One year since the attack on the US Consulate in Benghazi claimed the lives of Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans, the Washington Post’s editorial board has cautioned against a US special forces raid in Libya to bring the perpetrators to justice.

Libya
Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany

NATOSource

Sep 12, 2013

Germany is a Vegetarian in a World Full of Carnivores

By Gideon Rachman, Financial Times

While the US, Britain and France are agonising about intervention in Syria, there is no agonising in Germany. A large majority of the electorate wants to stay out of the conflict – and all of the big political parties agree.

France Germany

MENASource

Sep 12, 2013

Syria: To Melt the Iceberg

By Fred Hof

For President Barack Obama and his national security team, the challenge of ending or mitigating the grave threat posed by a dying Syria to regional and global security will involve more than holstering, surrendering, and destroying an enormous chemical arsenal.

Syria

MENASource

Sep 12, 2013

Tunisia’s Questionable War on Terror

By Bassem Bouguerra

Tunisia’s democratic transition has been facing numerous obstacles such as a failing economy and the lack of a transitional justice system, but security has been its main impediment.

North Africa

New Atlanticist

Sep 11, 2013

Obama’s Goldilocks Syria Plan

By James Joyner

In a speech to the nation, President Obama warned that if the United States does not launch a punitive strike against Syria, Iran will pursue nuclear weapons, Al Qaeda will try to kill Americans, and bad men will do bad things.

Syria

MENASource

Sep 11, 2013

Nabil Salib Heads Egypt’s Supreme Electoral Commission

By Mohamed Elgohari

Egyptian interim president Adly Mansour issued a presidential decree forming the new Supreme Electoral Commission on September 11. The committee will supervise the post-June 30 referendum, as well as the subsequent presidential and parliamentary elections, to be held according to the July 3 road map announced by Defense Minister Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. According to the […]

North Africa

New Atlanticist

Sep 11, 2013

Fall of Our Discontent

By Harlan Ullman

On this anniversary of the attacks that leveled the Twin Towers in New York and part of the Pentagon a dozen years ago, a long, hot and wet summer in Washington risks metastasizing into a “Fall of Discontent.” Syria is the most incandescent and looming issue underscored by U.S. President Barack Obama’s speech last week. […]

United States and Canada

MENASource

Sep 11, 2013

No End in Sight for Libya’s Oil Drama

By Matthew M. Reed

Libyan oil production collapsed this summer after essential facilities were taken over by federalists and disgruntled workers. The country’s economic recovery has been jeopardized as a result. As the Libyan government struggles to control discontent and restore oil output, it reveals how little authority it actually commands.

Libya
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