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MENASource

Apr 4, 2013

The Buck Dies Here: Why Egypt’s Interior Ministry Refuses to be Tamed

By Amro Ali

Ambushes, kidnappings, torture and murder have come to characterize Egypt’s security sector’s engagement with the Egyptian public in both pre- and post-revolution Egypt. This has left many asking: How did the interior ministry survive its pre-Mubarak incarnation given that one of the revolution’s key demands was police reform?  The issue is more complex than simply […]

NATOSource

Apr 3, 2013

Canada contributing over 900 sailors and aircrews to NATO’s largest tactical exercise in Europe

By Department of National Defense of Canada

From Department of National Defense of Canada:  More than 900 Canadian sailors, airmen and airwomen of the Canadian Armed Forces departed today to participate in Exercise Joint Warrior, a joint multinational NATO exercise taking place in the United Kingdom from April 15 to 25.

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NATOSource

Apr 3, 2013

Norway sees rise in Russian military jet activity

By Local (Norway)

From Local (Norway):  Norway said on Wednesday it had observed an increasing number of Russian military jets near its airspace last year, amid President Vladimir Putin’s massive rearmament plan.

Bacterial farm

New Atlanticist

Apr 3, 2013

Superbugs and Superproblems

By Pejman Yousefzadeh

Thomas Frieden, director of the US Centers for Disease Control, warns “nightmare bacteria” with a “fatality rate as high as 50 percent” and a high resistance to antibiotics could soon become a public health crisis. A coordinated international effort to prevent that outcome is imperative.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Apr 3, 2013

Hagel: U.S. ‘has grown weary of war and skeptical of foreign engagements’

By Chuck Hagel, Department of Defense

From Chuck Hagel, Department of Defense :  The United States is emerging from more than a decade of war in Iraq and Afghanistan, but the threat of violent extremism persists and continues to emanate from weak states and ungoverned spaces in the Middle East and North Africa.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Apr 3, 2013

Iran and the US: Deadly Embrace or Suicide Pact?

By Harlan Ullman

During the Cold War, the thermonuclear standoff between the United States and Soviet Union was often described as two scorpions in a bottle. The notion was that both scorpions would sting the other to death no matter which struck first. Of course, the prospect of the scorpions being of the opposite sex with options other […]

Iran National Security

MENASource

Apr 3, 2013

Libya Needs National Reconciliation, Not Retribution

By Karim Mezran

If a strong initiative is not undertaken rapidly by the Libyan government and its Western allies, the state of Libya risks implosion or a return to authoritarianism. The confluence of internal fragmentation, continued attacks against the central authorities in Tripoli, and ongoing human rights violations throughout the country is putting the very existence of the […]

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MENASource

Apr 3, 2013

Top News: Government Threatens to Shut Down Satellite Channel CBC

By Egypt Source

State body the General Authority for Investment (GAFI) has warned television channel CBC it will revoke its licence if prominent satirist Bassem Youssef’s weekly show ‘al-Bernameg’ does not comply with the standards of the media free zone, where the channel is based.

MENASource

Apr 3, 2013

Egypt’s Top Prosecutor: From the Court of Appeals to a Media Circus

By Nancy Messieh

Despite a court ruling on March 27, reinstating former prosecutor general Abdel Meguid Mahmoud after his dismissal by President Mohamed Morsi, the struggle between Mahmoud and his successor Talaat Abdallah continues. It is the latest in many collisions between the presidency and the judiciary, with many a politicized verdict preceding it.

NATOSource

Apr 2, 2013

Georgia against military solutions of territorial disputes

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  Georgia rules out any type of military solutions to the territorial disputes with its former republics of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, Georgian Defense Minister Irakly Alasaniya said on Tuesday.

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