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Feb 21, 2013

Preparing for Egypt’s Parliamentary Elections: A Guide

By Nancy Messieh

Last updated: 2/21/2013  With Parliamentary elections slated for April, and President Mohamed Morsi adamantly stating that they will go on as expected, a few of Egypt’s political parties have begun to prepare for the ballot boxes.  With no date set as of yet, Morsi has until February 25 to announce the date, as per the […]

North Africa

NATOSource

Feb 21, 2013

Even the home country of NATO’s Secretary General ignores his pleas to stop defense cuts

By Naftali Bendavid and Adam Entous, Wall Street Journal

From Naftali Bendavid and Adam Entous, Wall Street Journal:  Thursday’s meeting of North Atlantic Treaty Organization defense ministers was yet another sign that Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen is struggling to convince the alliance’s members to preserve military spending amid economic pressures.

NATOSource

Feb 21, 2013

NATO to consider funding larger Afghan security force after 2014

By Lolita C. Baldor, AP

From Lolita C. Baldor, AP:  Senior NATO officials say the alliance is strongly considering a proposal to continue funding an Afghan security force of 352,000 troops through 2018

NATOSource

Feb 21, 2013

Air Force commander is likely candidate for top NATO post

By Thom Shanker, New  York Times

From Thom Shanker, New  York Times:  Senior NATO officials said on Thursday that Gen. Philip M. Breedlove, currently the commander of American Air Force units in Europe and Africa, was emerging as the likely candidate to be nominated by President Obama to be the alliance’s supreme military commander.

NATO Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Feb 21, 2013

The Pyongyang Persian Pickle

By Harlan Ullman

In English slang, “pickle” means a bad situation or a state of disorder. The provenance is Shakespeare’s “The Tempest.” And pickle well applies to the nuclear ambitions of North Korea, Iran and U.S. policy.

Korea Nuclear Nonproliferation

MENASource

Feb 21, 2013

Once Again: The Unconstitutionality of the Election Law

By Yussef Auf

As was expected, Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC) ruled many provisions of the proposed Elections Law and Exercise of Political Rights Law, as unconstitutional. This decision reflects the continuing state of disarray that colors the legislative process in Egypt, both in the constitutional drafting process and the passage of laws. The SCC found that amendments […]

MENASource

Feb 21, 2013

Top News: Egypt Passes Electoral Law, Paves Way for Elections

By Egypt Source

Egypt’s Shura Council, the upper house of parliament, adopted on Thursday an electoral law as amended by the Constitutional Court, clearing the way for President Mohamed Morsi to set a date for lower house elections.  

MENASource

Feb 21, 2013

United States Needs to Show Egypt Some Tough Love

By Michele Dunne and Robert Kagan

President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry need to pay attention to Egypt — now. The most populous Arab country, poster child of the Arab Spring, faces a looming economic crisis and a widespread breakdown in law and order, including increasingly prevalent crime and rape. Either will cripple Egypt’s faltering effort to become a stable democracy.

NATOSource

Feb 21, 2013

NATO may hold summit in June for heads of state

By Adrian Croft, Reuters

From Adrian Croft, Reuters:  NATO is considering holding a summit in mid-2013 to mark a milestone in the handover of security responsibilities in Afghanistan to local forces, alliance Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Wednesday.

United Kingdom

New Atlanticist

Feb 21, 2013

Israel Not Pushing Obama to Arm Syrian Rebels

By Barbara Slavin

A lack of Israeli pressure for the U.S. to intervene and Israel’s ability to go after sensitive targets in Syria on its own are factors in the Barack Obama administration’s reluctance to get more deeply involved in the Syrian civil war. Despite reports that the U.S. may be reconsidering its rejection of calls to arm […]

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