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May 17, 2013

NATO Will Not Become a Global Organization: Alliance Legislator

By Xinhua

From Xinhua:  NATO would not seek to become a global security organization and its focus will remain in the traditional Euro-Atlantic region, NATO Parliamentary Assembly President Hugh Barley (sic) said on Friday.

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

May 17, 2013

Dambusters

By Julian Lindley-French

All of we Brits of a certain age remember the film.  Richard Todd coolly leading his elite squadron of Lancaster bombers into attack the Mohne, Eder, and Sorpe dams.  British stiff-upper lip and brilliant “bouncing bomb” technology combining against the backdrop of a stirring but peculiarly 1950s soundtrack to deal the Nazis a crippling blow.  Seventy years […]

United Kingdom

NATOSource

May 17, 2013

Russia Sends More Advanced Missiles to Aid Assad in Syria

By Michael R. Gorden and Eric Schmitt, New York Times

From Michael R. Gorden and Eric Schmitt, New York Times:  Russia has sent advanced antiship cruise missiles to Syria, a move that illustrates the depth of its support for the Syrian government led by President Bashar al-Assad

United States and Canada

NATOSource

May 17, 2013

Recent Reform Improving Effectiveness of 10,000 US Special Forces in Afghanistan

By Thom Shanker, New York Times

From Thom Shanker, New York Times:  As other troops are withdrawn, Special Operations forces are expected to make up almost one-third of the American military presence in Afghanistan by next February.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

May 17, 2013

Afghanistan: Worth the Cost (Video)

By Andres Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Andres Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  For eleven years, the International Security Assistance Force has carried out its responsibilities.

MENASource

May 17, 2013

Will Egypt Go Bankrupt?

By Ziad Daoud

The Egyptian president, Mohamed Morsi, has already answered the question in the title by declaring that “Egypt will never go bankrupt”. But judging by some of the recent headlines, skeptics are still unconvinced. What does it mean for a country to go bankrupt anyway? And is Egypt really on the brink of financial collapse? 

New Atlanticist

May 17, 2013

Challenges in Measuring Violent Conflict, Syria Edition

By Jay Ulfelder

As part of a larger (but, unfortunately, gated) story on how the terrific new Global Data on Events, Language, and Tone (GDELT) might help social scientists forecast violent conflicts, the New Scientist recently posted some graphics using GDELT to chart the ongoing civil war in Syria. Among those graphics was this time-series plot of violent events per […]

National Security Security & Defense

MENASource

May 17, 2013

Top News: Friday Marches Call for Early Presidential Elections

By Egypt Source

Opposition and revolutionary groups are organizing only two marches this Friday, as some figures saying they are reserving their organizational strength for a million-man protest planned for the anniversary of President Mohamed Morsi’s inauguration on 30 June. The main focus of the marches, however, is raising awareness for the Tamarod campaign. GOVERNMENT & OPPOSITION Judges […]

MENASource

May 17, 2013

Syria: Does the Threat of Sectarian ‘Cleansing’ Stay the West’s Hand?

By Frederic C. Hof

Arguments that the West should avoid arming Syrian rebels in order to forestall wholesale slaughter or forced exile of Alawites, such as that advanced recently by Joshua Landis, deserve careful consideration and also need to be placed into proper context. By responding in March 2011 with deadly force to what was initially peaceful, nonsectarian protest, […]

MENASource

May 16, 2013

Islameya Islameya: An Open Letter to the Egyptian People and the Egyptian Administration

By Mohammad Tolba

It is no coincidence that the people who believe TV ads marketing a so called: “magic patch” as a cure for every ailment or pain are the same people addicted to the ‘text-to-win’ contests that carry the promise of a trip to the holy land (‘Umra) in exchange for answering questions such as "What is […]

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