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Apr 1, 2013

The Salvation of the National Salvation Front

By Fady Salah

In June 2012, 13 candidates from across the political spectrum ran for the presidency of Egypt. Revolutionary candidates with similar ideological stances competed against each other, although the prospect of some of them winning the presidential seat was near impossible. A few months after President Morsi secured the seat and came out victorious, leaders of several […]

NATOSource

Mar 29, 2013

Vershbow: North Korean attack on US would activate NATO’s Article 5, collective action

By Voice of Russia

From Voice of Russia:  A hypothetical North Korean attack on U.S. military facilities would involve other NATO member countries joining in armed action against the communist state as prescribed by Article Five of the North Atlantic Treaty

NATOSource

Mar 29, 2013

Is Russia becoming China’s junior partner?

By Georgy Bovt, Moscow Times

From Georgy Bovt, Moscow Times:  Whenever high-level talks are held between Russia and China, it seems the media always says  Moscow’s foreign policy is focusing on the East. There is some basis for that, but it is also becoming increasingly evident that Russia is taking on the role as China’s junior partner. . . . Russian oil accounts for only 8 […]

Energy & Environment

NATOSource

Mar 29, 2013

Hollande: No cuts in French defense spending for 2014

By Nicholas Vinocur and Catherine Bremer, Reuters

From Nicholas Vinocur and Catherine Bremer, Reuters:  French President Francois Hollande said on Thursday there would be no cuts to the country’s 31-billion-euro annual defense budget next year despite pressure to save billions of euros in public spending.

New Atlanticist

Mar 29, 2013

Building BRICS

By Julian Lindley-French

They represent 25.9 percent of the world’s land mass, 43 percent of the population and 17 percent of global trade. The UN Development Program states that by “2020, the combined economic output of three leading developing countries alone Brazil, China, and India–will surpass the aggregate production of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, and the United States.”

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New Atlanticist

Mar 29, 2013

The Measured Madness of North Korea

By Rajan Menon

You’ve got to hand it to North Korea’s young leader Kim Jong-un: the man is a past master at panic promotion. He learned from the master, his dad, Kim “Dear Leader” Jong-il, whose tantrums, threats, and theatrics routinely rattled South Korea, Japan, and the United States. The reactions that followed were invariably the same: the […]

NATOSource

Mar 29, 2013

Obama ‘proud’ to announce Breedlove as new SACEUR and commander of EUCOM

By Barack Obama, White House

From Barack Obama, White House:  I am proud to announce my intention to nominate General Philip Breedlove as the next Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) and Commander of U.S. European Command.

NATOSource

Mar 29, 2013

Business is booming in the cyber arms trade

By Economist

From Economist:  It is a type of software sometimes described as “absolute power” or “God”. Small wonder its sales are growing.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

MENASource

Mar 29, 2013

Top News: Al-Azhar Asserts Role, Clashes with Brotherhood

By Egypt Source

  Al-Azhar said on Thursday its clerics must be consulted on a law allowing the state to issue sukuk (Islamic bonds), setting it at odds with the Muslim Brotherhood which drove the legislation through the Shura Council last week. It marks the first time Al-Azhar, a thousand-year-old seat of Islamic learning, has said its Senior […]

MENASource

Mar 29, 2013

The Curious Case of Old Politics in the New Libya

By Karim Mezran

The sudden arrest of prominent Libyan exiles in Egypt and their swift extradition raises questions about the legitimacy of both the Libyan and Egyptian governments’ behavior. The revolts that swept North Africa brought down some of the most brutal and corrupt autocracies of the world. In their wake, one would expect new democratic political systems […]

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