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New Atlanticist

Jun 21, 2013

Nostalgia Is Not Strategy

By Robert Manning

President Obama’s Berlin speech and trip to Europe came at a historical inflection point: The European Union (EU) has been in recession and financial crisis for more than four years. Youth unemployment is a staggering 25 percent. The very idea of Europe is being called into question. Moreover, NATO’s purpose leaves many scratching their heads, […]

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New Atlanticist

Jun 21, 2013

C-Castration

By Julian Lindley-French

Winston Churchill once famously said, “We can always count on the Americans to do the right thing, but only after they have exhausted all the other possibilities”.  Sadly, having just arrived in Washington I am not so sure. Dear old Johnny Yank seems to have invented an entirely new form of non-government called ’C-Castration’, or something such.  Now, […]

Economy & Business Politics & Diplomacy

MENASource

Jun 21, 2013

Top News: Tens of Thousands Gather for Islamist pro-Morsi Rally in Cairo

Tens of thousands have gathered in front of Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque in Cairo’s Nasr City to voice their support for President Mohamed Morsi.

NATOSource

Jun 21, 2013

NATO and Russian Naval Commanders Meet in the Gulf of Aden

By NATO

From NATO:  Commodore Henning Amundsen, who currently commands NATO’s counter-piracy effort, Operation Ocean Shield, welcomed Captain first rank Ivan Kovalyov, Commander of the Russian Federation Baltic Fleet Task Group, on board the NATO flagship HNoMS Fridtjof Nansen.

NATOSource

Jun 21, 2013

US Should Support Kosovo Joining NATO

By the Editors of the Washington Post

From the Editors of the Washington Post:  Hashim Thaci, onetime leader of the Kosovo Liberation Army and now the country’s prime minister, was in Washington last week to talk about an accord he reached with Serbian Prime Minister Ivica Dacic to normalize the two countries’ relations.

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Trade in Action

Jun 20, 2013

A New Declaration of Interdependence

By Garrett Workman

Commentary Frederick Kempe and Aart de Geus | National Interest  On July 4, 1962, US President John F. Kennedy declared “that the United States will be ready for a Declaration of Interdependence, that we will be prepared to discuss with a united Europe the ways and means of forming a concrete Atlantic partnership, a mutually […]

Economy & Business Trade and tariffs

MENASource

Jun 20, 2013

Where is the Egyptian Pound Headed?

By Mohsin Khan

On June 19, the Egyptian Pound fell to a low of 7.03 to the US dollar at the official foreign exchange auction. The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) sold $38.9 million at the auction but that did not prevent the rate from crossing the CBE’s implicit threshold level of EGP 7 against the US dollar. […]

NATOSource

Jun 20, 2013

President of Lithuania: Unilateral Nuclear Cuts Would Be Irresponsible

By 15min.lt

From 15min.lt:  The United States should not unilaterally reduce its arsenal of nuclear weapons or succumb to Russia during talks on the missile defense system in Europe, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė says.

United States and Canada

MENASource

Jun 20, 2013

Egypt’s Countdown to June 30

By Tarek Radwan

What began as a humble attempt to translate countrywide discontent with the way President Mohamed Morsi has governed Egypt, the Tamarod–or "Rebel" campaign–has mobilized millions of Egyptians for a protest that promises to be epic on the anniversary of Morsi’s inauguration. Although opposition forces initially kept the signature drive that demands Morsi’s removal from office and early […]

NATOSource

Jun 20, 2013

Let Europe Defend Itself

By Sarwar Kashmeri and Jolyon Howorth, U.S. News & World Report

From Sarwar Kashmeri and Jolyon Howorth, U.S. News & World Report:  Twenty years ago the EU set up its Common Security and Defense Policy to create an autonomous military capability for Europe.

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