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NATOSource

Apr 22, 2013

EU-U.S. trade deal seen reaping rapid benefit

By Philip Blenkinsop, Reuters

Economy & Business

NATOSource

Apr 22, 2013

Barroso: Alliance ‘between Europe and US is not against’ China

By Department of State

From Department of State:  Excerpt from remarks by European Commission President Manuel Barroso with Secretary of State John Kerry at meeting with European Commission Fellows.

NATOSource

Apr 22, 2013

Sweden’s Defense Minister sees shift in Russia’s military behavior

By Local (Sweden)

From Local (Sweden):  The revelation that Nato stepped in instead of the Swedish military during a Russian fly-by at Easter has left Swedish political commentators seething, while the defence minister has admitted a shift in Russia’s military behaviour.

MENASource

Apr 22, 2013

Despite Criminalization, FGM Persists in Egypt

By Mai El Sadany

In what was considered by many to be a legal and at least superficial victory, on February 3, 2013, Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court rejected a lawsuit challenging the illegality of female genital mutilation (FGM). The lawsuit was filed in 2008 to challenge a decision by the Ministry of Health in 2007 to criminalize the practice, claiming […]

New Atlanticist

Apr 22, 2013

Exercise Joint Warrior: At the Tip of the Spear

By Julian Lindley-French

Exercise Joint Warrior 2013 is certainly Europe’s, and possibly the world’s biggest maritime amphibious military exercise this year, and I am having the pleasure to observe and be sea-sick all over it.

Maritime Security Security & Defense

MENASource

Apr 22, 2013

Top News: Justice Minister Ahmed Mekki Resigns

By Egypt Source

 Egypt’s Justice Minister Ahmed Mekki has resigned in a letter protesting "an assault" on the judiciary by President Mohamed Morsi’s Islamist backers, a spokesman said on Sunday, underlining mounting tensions between the judiciary and the executive. 

NATOSource

Apr 22, 2013

Attack on NATO base shows how Taliban exploit security cutbacks

By Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Washington Post

From Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Washington Post:  The Taliban fighters who blew up a half-dozen U.S. Marine fighter jets on a sprawling NATO base last fall were able to walk easily onto the encampment because patrols of the perimeter had been scaled back and watchtowers left unmanned, according to senior military officials.

United Kingdom

NATOSource

Apr 22, 2013

SACEUR: Europe’s defense challenges

By James Stavridis, Allied Command Operations

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

MENASource

Apr 22, 2013

Libya’s Constitutional Process: Moving Forward?

By Karim Mezran and Duncan Pickard

The General National Congress (GNC) on April 10 finally issued a constitutional amendment declaring that Libya’s constitution-drafting committee would be elected directly, rather than appointed by the GNC. While this puts to rest a longstanding debate that has held up much of the assembly’s—and the country’s—other work, the GNC has now officially set the stage […]

Libya

NATOSource

Apr 22, 2013

NATO Air Forces Hone Skills in Baltics

By Allied Command Operations

From Allied Command Operations:  The fourteenth Baltic Region Training Event (BRTE XIV) took place on 16 and 17 April 2013 in the skies over the Baltic Region, Sweden and Poland to sharpen skills of aircrews and air controllers in responding to unexpected events in Alliance airspace. During the first day, a Lithuanian C-27J transport aircraft […]

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