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Mar 15, 2013

U.S. puts phase IV of NATO missile defense system on hold

By Chuck Hagel, Department of Defense

From Chuck Hagel, Department of Defense:  [W]e are restructuring the SM-3 IIB program.  As many of you know, we had planned to deploy the SM-3 IIB as part of the European Phased Adaptive Approach.

MENASource

Mar 15, 2013

Student Union Elections and the Brotherhood’s Electoral Mechanism

By Fady Salah

Throughout its history, student activism played a crucial role in Egypt’s political and social scene. Starting with their struggle against the British occupation of Egypt in the early decades of the 20th century, to the opposition of leftist student bloc to the capitalist policies of former president Anwar al-Sadat in the 1970s, all the way […]

NATOSource

Mar 15, 2013

U.S. beefing up West Coast missile defenses in response to threat from North Korea

By Anne Gearan, Washington Post

From Anne Gearan, Washington Post:  The Pentagon is beefing up West Coast missile defenses in response to escalating threats of attack from nuclear-equipped North Korea, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced Friday.

New Atlanticist

Mar 15, 2013

Power, Prejudice, and Paranoia

By Julian Lindley-French

“The ides of March have come” says Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. Standing in the Vatican’s Saint Peter’s Square Tuesday, watching on a big, incongruous screen the princes of the Roman Universal Church file into mass I was struck by the power of this moment when a new pope is chosen to lead the world’s 1.3 billion […]

China Europe & Eurasia

NATOSource

Mar 15, 2013

Livre blanc leaks: France soon to announce massive defense cuts

By Olivier de France, European Council on Foreign Relations

From Olivier de France, European Council on Foreign Relations:  Initial budget projections for France’s defence effort started leaking yesterday.

MENASource

Mar 15, 2013

On John Kerry’s Visit: A Perspective From the Ground

By Ahmed Maher

There is no denying that the political situation in Egypt is very complicated. Many of those who formerly supported President Mohamed Morsi and his party have since joined the ranks of the opposition, after seeing him ignore or break outright the promises he made on a number of issues.  Morsi and his party have maintained […]

MENASource

Mar 15, 2013

Top News: Muslim Brotherhood Warns Giving Women Some Rights Could Destroy Society

By Egypt Source

The Muslim Brotherhood warns that a UN declaration on women’s rights could destroy society by allowing a woman to travel, work and use contraception without her husband’s approval and letting her control family spending. GOVERNMENT & OPPOSITION Morsi promises justice for Port Said President Mohamed Morsi promised justice to the people of Port Said on Thursday after […]

NATOSource

Mar 15, 2013

Spain and NATO look to the future

By NATO

From NATO:  General Knud Bartels, Chairman of NATO’s Military Committee, paid an official visit to Spain, where he discussed with the Spanish Chief of Defence, Admiral Fernando García Sánchez, NATO defence priorities post-2014, particularly Smart Defence, and the Connected Forces Initiative.

NATO Security & Defense

NATOSource

Mar 15, 2013

Karzai speech ‘put NATO forces at risk’, commander warns

By Alissa J. Rubin and Rod Nordland, New York Times

From Alissa J. Rubin and Rod Nordland, New York Times:  The American commander in Afghanistan quietly told his forces to intensify security measures on Wednesday, issuing a strongly worded warning that a string of anti-American statements by President Hamid Karzai had put Western troops at greater risk of attack both from rogue Afghan security forces […]

NATOSource

Mar 15, 2013

Polish president’s network attacked by hackers

By Karolina Slowikowska and Dagmara Leszkowicz, Reuters

From Karolina Slowikowska and Dagmara Leszkowicz, Reuters:  Hackers broke into the computer network of the Polish president‘s [Bronisław Komorowski] office and attempted to spread a computer virus in the form of an email attachment, the president’s press office said on Thursday.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense
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