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Mar 13, 2013

Report: US Should Become Aggregator of International Assistance to Egypt

By Nancy Messieh

The Atlantic Council’s Middle East Peace and Security Initiative released a new issue brief today: “A Strategy for US Engagement in the Middle East: Contain Threats, Embrace Dignity." 

NATOSource

Mar 13, 2013

Russia starts preparing Zapad-2013 war games against deployment of NATO missile shield

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  This week the Russian Defense Ministry will start  preparing for large-scale joint strategic military exercises with Belarus, scheduled for fall of 2013, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Monday.

NATOSource

Mar 13, 2013

Russian Navy to receive 24 submarines and 54 surface warships by 2020

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  The Russian Navy will receive 24 submarines and 54 warships of various classes by 2020, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Monday. “As a result of the implementation of the state rearmament program to 2020, the navy should receive eight nuclear-powered strategic submarines, 16 multirole submarines and 54 warships of various classes,” […]

NATOSource

Mar 13, 2013

Video: First European theater missile interceptor system achieves NATO interoperability

By NATO Communication and Information (NCI) Agency

From NATO Communication and Information (NCI) Agency:  On 6 March, the French/Italian SAMP/T surface-to-air missile system successfully engaged and destroyed a theatre ballistic missile target in a live-fire test at the French Firing Range in Biscarrosse and proved its ability to work with NATO’s interim Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) command and control system.

MENASource

Mar 13, 2013

Top News: Egypt Presidency Appeals Parliamentary Elections Suspension

By Egypt Source

The Egyptian State Lawsuit Authority (ESLA) has appealed a ruling made by the Administrative Court suspending parliamentary elections, which were called for by President Mohamed Morsi in February. 

New Atlanticist

Mar 13, 2013

Making History at the Vatican

By Frederick Kempe

I have covered far happier times for the Vatican. I reported on John Paul II’s pilgrimage through his native Poland some three decades ago, and I have been thinking about this while watching the Catholic Church’s 115 cardinal electors pray for divine inspiration on this historic day in Rome’s Sistine Chapel.

New Atlanticist

Mar 13, 2013

Hidden in Plain Sight

By Harlan Ullman

As U.S. President Barack Obama and his administration begin a second term, they face powerfully transformed political landscapes at home and abroad.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Mar 13, 2013

Pentagon creating thirteen teams to launch cyberattacks as threat grows

By Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post

From Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post:  The Pentagon’s Cyber Command will create 13 offensive teams by the fall of 2015 to help defend the nation against major computer attacks from abroad, Gen. Keith Alexander testified to Congress on Tuesday

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Mar 13, 2013

The transatlantic community needs a common vision

By Isabelle Francois, New Atlanticist

From Isabelle Francois, New Atlanticist:  Eminent American strategic thinkers indeed consider that their country is at a crucial juncture of human history and have advised the Obama administration to seize the opportunity towards collaborative partnerships with its most stalwart allies in Europe

Economy & Business European Union

NATOSource

Mar 12, 2013

The Netherlands will contribute to NATO Air Policing mission over the Baltic States

By Lithuania Tribune

From Lithuania Tribune:  In a meeting with the Ambassadors of the three Baltic States on March 11 in the Hague Defence Minister of the Netherlands Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert made a formal notification of the decision of the Netherlands to ensure security of Lithuania’s, Latvia’s and Estonia’s airspace by contributing to NATO’s Air Policing mission

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