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Apr 5, 2013

First German ship integrated in U.S. carrier strike group

By U.S. Navy

From U.S. Navy:  The German Sachsen-class frigate Hamburg (F220) is the first German ship to fully integrate and deploy with an American carrier strike group, and April 3 marks her second week of operating in the North Arabian Sea with USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (IKE).

New Atlanticist

Apr 5, 2013

Hagel’s Three Questions

By James Joyner

Chuck Hagel recently delivered his first major public-policy address since becoming secretary of defense. While the bulk of his speech at the National Defense University focused on the need to overhaul our spending priorities radically, a nod to the military officers in the audience caught my attention:

National Security Security & Defense

MENASource

Apr 5, 2013

Mystery Meat at al-Azhar Shakes up Egypt’s Ideological Front Lines

By Kurt Werthmuller

Egypt’s social, political, and economic fabric appears this spring as fragile as it has ever been, between violent clashes near the Muslim Brotherhood’s Muqattam headquarters two weeks ago, repressive legal campaigns against Bassem Youssef and Ali Qandil, and a disturbing trend of radical Islamist vigilantism. Given this mess, it’s easy to overlook the messy aftermath […]

NATOSource

Apr 5, 2013

Russian bombers conduct practice strikes on U.S. missile defenses

By Bill Gertz, Free Beacon

From Bill Gertz, Free Beacon:  A Russian bomber recently carried out simulated cruise missile attacks on U.S. missile defenses in Asia, raising new questions about Moscow’s goal in future U.S.-Russian defense talks.

NATOSource

Apr 5, 2013

Cyber Necessity: Stopping companies from selling insecure software

By Marc Maiffret, New York Times

From Marc Maiffret, New York Times: Too much of the debate begins and ends with the perpetrators and the victims of cyberattacks, and not enough is focused on the real problem: the insecure software or technology that allows such attacks to succeed.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Apr 5, 2013

U.K., U.S. cooperation strong in Arabian Gulf

By Christopher P. Cavas, Defense News

From Christopher P. Cavas, Defense News:  British and American forces have long cooperated in a variety of endeavors, but here in the Arabian Gulf, where both navies maintain sizable mine countermeasures forces, the bonds are especially strong against a common enemy: the sea mine.

United Kingdom

MENASource

Apr 5, 2013

Lebanon’s parliamentary consultations: Political breakthrough or deadlock?

By Faysal Itani and Sarah Grebowski

Despite media warnings of a political vacuum in Lebanon following the resignation of Prime Minister Najib Mikati of Lebanon, many Lebanese politicians seem more relieved than worried. Although the government’s collapse does indeed raise the risk of destabilization as Lebanon grapples with the spillover effect of Syria’s war, the country’s current crisis is better described […]

Middle East

NATOSource

Apr 5, 2013

Bulgaria offers to host NATO cyber defense center

By Novinite

From Novinite:  President Rosen Plevneliev has spoken in favor of the creation of a NATO cyber defense backup center in Bulgaria.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Apr 5, 2013

Connecting NATO Forces…and Minds

By Julian Lindley-French

“A thorough examination of the way our military is organized and operates will…highlight our inherent strengths.  Our strategic planning must emphasize these strengths, which include leader development, training, mobility and logistics, special operations forces, cyber, space, research and development.”

NATO Security & Defense

MENASource

Apr 5, 2013

Top News: Fire Destroys Offices at South Cairo Criminal Court; Judge Says Fires Were Deliberate

By Egypt Source

A fire has severely damaged the prosecution offices at the South Cairo Criminal Court in Bab El-Khalq. The fire, which broke out early on Thursday morning, destroyed everything inside and caused the ceiling to collapse, al-Ahram Arabic news website reports. 

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