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Secretary General and South Korea’s Foreign Minister discuss NATO Partnership

By NATO

Iceland would like to join NATO Cyber Defense Center

By Postimees

From Postimees:  At his meeting in Reykjavik with Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet, Icelandic Foreign Minister Össur Skarphéðinsson said that Iceland would like to join the NATO Cyber Defence Centre located in Tallinn.

Qatar to the Rescue—Again!

By Mohsin Khan

The flying visit of Prime Minister Hisham Qandil to Qatar on April 9 has apparently paid off. Today the Qatari Prime Minister Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani announced that Qatar would provide an additional $3 billion to Egypt, on top of the $5 billion that has been provided since the beginning of the Arab Spring […]

An independent Scotland would have to ‘support nuclear weapons’ to gain access to NATO

By Auslan Cramb, Telegraph

From Auslan Cramb, Telegraph:  Lord Robertson of Port Ellen, who as George Robertson was a Labour defence secretary, said the confirmation from Nato that a separate Scottish state would have to apply for membership had left the SNP facing a “huge dilemma.”

NATO warns that an independent Scotland would lose membership in the Alliance

By BBC

From BBC:  Nato has said that if Scotland was considered to be a "new state" it would need to reapply for membership.

No, It’s Not Too Soon to Judge Iraq War

By James Joyner

Paul Wolfowitz, a leading cheerleader for and planner of the Iraq War, says “it’s too soon to tell” how it turned out.

How to keep NATO strong

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Foreign Policy

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Foreign Policy:  [P]romoting our way of life is not enough. We also have to protect it — and sometimes defend it. The need for a strong military alliance between Europe and North America has never been stronger.

US to intercept North Korea missile if allies at risk: admiral

By AFP

From AFP:  A top US military commander said Tuesday he favored shooting down a North Korean missile only if it threatened the United States or Washington’s allies in the region.

Dealing with the North Korean Threats

By Harlan Ullman

More than a century ago, as this column noted, events in Europe were simultaneously described as serious but not yet desperate and as desperate but not fully serious. Given the antics of the Boy Sun King in Pyongyang, Kim Jung Un, it is hard to know how serious or desperate the current situation on the […]

Top News: Egypt’s Army Took Part in Torture and Killings, Report Shows

By Egypt Source

 Egypt’s armed forces participated in forced disappearances, torture and killings across the country – including in the Egyptian Museum – during the 2011 uprising, even as military leaders publicly declared their neutrality, according to a leaked presidential fact-finding report on revolution-era crimes.   GOVERNMENT & OPPOSITION Egypt’s army took part in torture and killings during […]