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President Barack Obama and Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt

NATOSource

Sep 4, 2013

US and Sweden Agree on Key Security Issues

By Barack Obama and Fredrik Reinfeldt, White House

Excerpts from Joint Statement by President Obama and Prime Minister Reinfeldt of Sweden

European Union International Organizations

MENASource

Sep 4, 2013

Top News: Police State Not Coming Back, Says Egypt’s Interim President

By EgyptSource

In his first television interview since his installment as Egypt’s interim president, Adly Mansour rejected claims that the Mubarak regime is making a comeback after the ouster of Mohamed Morsi in July.

North Africa

MENASource

Sep 4, 2013

Morsi’s Failures in Sinai: A Cautionary Tale

By Sarah El-Rashidi

After the January 25 revolution, a security vacuum permeated the Sinai Peninsula impacting the region. A rise in terrorism and illicit activity, often associated with the underground tunnel network leading into Gaza, were immediate by-products of the vacuum. When former President Mohamed Morsi took office, Egyptians hoped that stability would return to the turbulent rugged […]

MENASource

Sep 4, 2013

Syria’s War and Washington’s Drama: The Path to Policy?

By Anthony Elghossain

Washington’s on the move—sort of. The Assad regime used biological and chemical weapons (BCWs) to kill thousands of people in rebel-held areas around Damascus on August 21. Having resisting the impulse to intervene for more than two years, the Obama administration has now committed itself to act—again, sort of.

Syria
Baltic Air Policing

NATOSource

Sep 4, 2013

Belgian Jets Begin Baltic Air Policing Mission

By ERR and Lithuania Tribune

From ERR:  Today [9/3/13], the French air force will hand over its duties in patrolling the Baltic airspace to Belgian fighters.

NATO Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Sep 3, 2013

Obama in Stockholm: A Missed European Opportunity

By Fran Burwell

Don’t get me wrong — Sweden has been an exceptional partner to the United States. Although technically not an ally, Swedish soldiers have stood with ours in Afghanistan and Kosovo, and the Swedish air force played a serious role in enforcing the no-fly-zone during the Libyan revolution. Sweden is also a strong supporter of a […]

New Atlanticist

Sep 3, 2013

Why the US Should Use Cyber Weapons against Syria

By Jason Healey

If the Obama administration does conduct military strikes against Syria, as seems likely, it should use military cyber weapons at the earliest possible moment to show the upside of military cyber power. Though this is risky, as it puts the focus on the U.S. militarization of cyberspace, it is likely worth doing to show that […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Sep 3, 2013

Syria, Obama, and the Value-Interest

By Julian Lindley-French

President Obama’s 31 August decision to authorize but delay a military strike against Syria’s Bashar al-Assad’s regime in the wake of the alleged use of chemical weapons is an important moment. Taken together with the 29 August decision of Britain’s Parliament to deny Prime Minister Cameron permission to use force two changes are apparent.

Syria
F-16 Fighting Falcons

NATOSource

Sep 3, 2013

Due to Sequestration, Most US Air Force Frontline Jets Not Combat-Ready

By Leon Panetta, Washington Post

In my last days as defense secretary earlier this year, I made one final effort on Capitol Hill to persuade the leadership of Congress not to let sequestration happen.

MENASource

Sep 3, 2013

Top News: Syrian Neighbors Brace for Refugees Fleeing US strike

By MENASource

Syria’s neighbors are bracing for an influx of refugees fleeing their country in fear of US-led military action, compounding what the United Nations has branded a “disgraceful humanitarian calamity.”

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