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NATOSource

Feb 28, 2013

EADS, ThyssenKrupp attacked by Chinese hackers: report

By Reuters

From Reuters:  Airbus parent EADS and German steelmaker ThyssenKrupp recorded major attacks by Chinese hackers in 2012, German magazine Der Spiegel reported, citing unidentified people within the two companies.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Feb 28, 2013

Arming Syria’s Rebels No Panacea

By Daniel Trombly

With an influx of Saudi-purchased arms and ideas floating for non-lethal aid to the Syrian rebels, irate supporters of directly arming the Syrian rebels are demanding more.

Iraq Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Feb 28, 2013

International Policy Must Consider Unintended Consequences

By Harlan Ullman

Unintended consequences often combine the most diabolical of dangers with the greatest of huge rewards. This Janus-like face of danger and reward is often unrecognized and even ignored in the taking of major decisions by states and leaders.

Syria United States and Canada

NATOSource

Feb 28, 2013

Russian army to create its own cyber command

By Andrei Lvov, Russia Beyond the Headlines

From Andrei Lvov, Russia Beyond the Headlines:  Experts say cyber viruses are no longer a threat only to home networks, but are increasingly being used as dangerous weapons aimed at state networks.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Feb 28, 2013

Turmoil in Tbilisi: Georgia’s Dream Imperiled

By Matthew Bryza

The culture of democracy in Georgia requires serious repair. Despite groundbreaking reforms over nearly a decade, and the freest and fairest election in the country’s history last October, mob violence recently made a near-comeback as Georgia’s primary tool of political change. 

Elections Politics & Diplomacy

MENASource

Feb 28, 2013

Maged Zaher: Building poetry between Egypt and the US [Faces of Egypt]

By M. Lynx Qualey

“I dream of writing a dual language poem,” Maged Zaher says. “But it needs to be for a reason – it can’t be just a gimmick.” The Egyptian poet, who published his first collection just a few years ago, has been attracting wider attention in English-language circles since the release of his third book, Thank […]

MENASource

Feb 28, 2013

Top News: Brotherhood mulls Cabinet shuffle, NSF rejects US pressure to run in elections

By Egypt Source

The Muslim Brotherhood’s Guidance Bureau discussed a proposal calling for a mandatory Cabinet shuffle ahead of upcoming parliamentary polls as a way to ensure the integrity of the electoral process in a meeting Wednesday. 

MENASource

Feb 28, 2013

The Politics of Libya’s Political Isolation Law

By Eric Knecht

Libya’s political isolation law is flawed at best and leaves significant room for improvement. The current draft lists 36 categories of individuals deemed unfit for political office given their ties to the previous regime. Category number 14, for example, includes anyone who “assumed the position of administrative manager, ambassador, or general secretary for [embassies] abroad,” […]

Libya

MENASource

Feb 28, 2013

The Saudi Scholarship Program Eight Years In: We Need to Do Better

Through the King Abdullah scholarship program, young Saudi women are seizing new opportunities, Saudi family dynamics are changing, and there is potential for the emergence of a new cadre of leaders in Saudi society.

Saudi Arabia

NATOSource

Feb 28, 2013

Kerry and Rasmussen discuss Afghanistan, partnerships, and the problem of burden-sharing within NATO

By NATO

From NATO:  NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen held talks with the new US Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday 27 February in Rome in the margins of a Transatlantic Dinner on global issues.

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