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NATOSource

Feb 5, 2013

NATO building connectivity between Special Forces and partners

By NATO

From NATO:  Optimising the employment of Special Forces and building on the lessons learnt in current operations is crucial to improving Alliance capabilities.

NATOSource

Feb 4, 2013

Russia reverses course on defense imports

By Tom Kington, Defense News

From Tom Kington, Defense News:  Russia, after enthusiastically embracing defense imports such as Italian vehicles and French ships, appears to be slamming that door in favor of domestic manufacturers. Moscow’s decision to limit imports, recently espoused by generals and politicians, is due to foreign policy shifts and growing pressure from domestic manufacturers, observers have said. […]

New Atlanticist

Feb 4, 2013

Forget Asia: Time to Pivot to Europe

By Robert A. Manning

Don’t look now, but for all the buzz about the Obama administration’s “pivot” to Asia and the Trans-Pacific Partnership, momentum is building on both sides of the Atlantic for a U.S.-EU free trade agreement that could be at least as consequential in shaping the world order. In fact, considering the messy geopolitical landscape with few […]

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NATOSource

Feb 4, 2013

Rasmussen: What will NATO do next?

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  [W]hat will NATO do next?

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NATOSource

Feb 4, 2013

Map of Al Qaeda’s global network

By Max Fisher, Washington Post

From Max Fisher, Washington Post:  The map tells two big, important stories: First, there’s al-Qaeda’s global decline, apparently accelerated by an aggressive U.S.-led campaign against them

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NATOSource

Feb 4, 2013

NATO chief dismisses Russian missile defense worry

By David Rising, AP

From David Rising, AP:  NATO‘s secretary general said Saturday the alliance has no intention of backing down on its plans for a European missile defense system, despite ongoing criticism from Russia.

NATOSource

Feb 4, 2013

Rasmussen urges Russia to be open with NATO about its Baltic wargames

By Bryan Bradley, Bloomberg

From Bryan Bradley, Bloomberg:  Russia should share more information with NATO about military exercises the country conducts in the Baltic region, North Atlantic Treaty Organization Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said.

MENASource

Feb 4, 2013

National Dialogue According to Islamic Sharia

By Yussef Auf

In the midst of the inflammatory events that Egypt has witnessed since Friday January 25, 2013, the president called for a national dialogue in his speech Sunday night. The opposition, the National Salvation Front (NSF), declined this invitation for several reasons; the most important of which is that there is no assurance that the results […]

New Atlanticist

Feb 4, 2013

Libya’s Spheres of Bad Influence

By Karim Mezran

The tragic events unfolding in North Africa have brought to the attention of the West a reality that has been long underestimated and neglected: the rapid collapse of law and order in the countries that went through the revolts of the so-called Arab spring. Western countries have relied on the hope that new governments across […]

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MENASource

Feb 4, 2013

Top News: Egypt Opposition in Muddle over Call to Oust Morsi

By Egypt Source

Egypt’s main opposition alliance has got itself into a muddle by appearing to endorse a call for the overthrow of Islamist President Mohamed Morsi, then backing away.  

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