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Feb 23, 2013

Ukrainian Defense Minister: Russia plans to rearm its Black Sea Fleet

By Interfax-Ukraine

From Interfax-Ukraine:  Russia plans to rearm its Black Sea Fleet and is seeking talks with Ukraine on customs aspects of planned deliveries of new weapons to the naval force, Ukraine’s defense minister said on Saturday.

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Feb 23, 2013

Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania to create joint peacekeeping force in 2013

By Interfax-Ukraine

From Interfax-Ukraine:  Ukraine, Poland and Lithuania are planning to create a joint peacekeeping team in 2013, the Defense Ministry of Ukraine has said.

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Feb 23, 2013

Japanese Prime Minister invites Britain and France to participate ‘in strengthening Asia’s security’

By Shinzo Abe, Project Syndicate

From Shinzo Abe, Project Syndicate:  The ongoing disputes in the East China Sea and the South China Sea mean that Japan’s top foreign-policy priority must be to expand the country’s strategic horizons.

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Feb 23, 2013

Mali mission spurs French interest in purchasing armed UAV

By Pierre Tran, Defense News

From Pierre Tran, Defense News:  France is deepening its interest in acquiring the Reaper UAV from the U.S., a move that would stir political sensitivities over purchasing a weapons-firing UAV, while Paris readies to cut its defense budget, government and industry sources said.

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Feb 23, 2013

Constitutional reform may increase the power of Turkey’s defense minister

By Murat Yetkin, Hurriyet Daily News

From Murat Yetkin, Hurriyet Daily News:  All attention in Turkish politics these days is focused on the Kurdish issue, but other important developments are taking place as well – especially behind the doors of the Parliamentary Constitution Conciliation Commission, which is tasked with drafting a new charter.

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Feb 22, 2013

The dawning of an age of permanent cyber warfare?

By David Rothkopf, Foreign Policy

From David Rothkopf, Foreign Policy:  When you drop a bomb on a country, it not only devastates its target — it also disintegrates. But when you launch a worm against a facility, that worm or its elements remain intact and discoverable and thus re-usable by the victim of the attack. In other words, while cyber […]

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Feb 22, 2013

The Defense Dividend

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Project Syndicate

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Project Syndicate:  Virtually every day brings fresh evidence that an arc of crisis – from terrorism and weapons proliferation to cyber-attacks and piracy – is spreading from the Middle East and the Sahel to Central Asia.

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Feb 22, 2013

Defense cuts jeopardize NATO’s effectiveness, Panetta warns

By Adrian Croft, Reuters

From Adrian Croft, Reuters:  European Defense cuts and U.S. budget gridlock are jeopardizing NATO’s effectiveness, outgoing U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned on Friday. Leaving his last NATO ministerial meeting in Brussels, Panetta joined those warning of the effects of deep Defense cuts in many Western countries and said it would be an "irresponsible act […]

New Atlanticist

Feb 22, 2013

Tunisia and the Clash Within Civilizations

By Rajan Menon

Earlier this month, Tunisian opposition leader Chokri Belaid was shot dead outside his home. Belaid’s death has shaken Tunisia, but it also illuminates larger trends in the post-revolution Arab world.

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New Atlanticist

Feb 22, 2013

“Let Freedom Live!”

By Julian Lindley-French

Seventy years ago today three young German students were led to a guillotine by the Gestapo in Stadelheim Prison and brutally executed. Siblings Hans and Sophie Scholl and Christoph Probst faced death with immense courage, something even the Gestapo acknowledged. As the blade began its death fall Hans Scholl shouted out “Let freedom live!” With […]

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