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Jan 23, 2013

A Security Vacuum in Obama Inaugural Address

By Kurt Volker

In his second inaugural address, President Obama offered these thoughts on winding down an age of conflict: “Enduring security and lasting peace do not require perpetual war.” And, he continued, “We will show the courage to try and resolve our differences with other nations peacefully – not because we are naive about the dangers we […]

United States and Canada

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Jan 23, 2013

Who are the Salafi-Jihadis?

By Jayson Casper

On September 11, 2012, Mohamed al-Zawahiri placed himself in the spotlight. He offered a ten year truce with the United States, preventing terrorist attacks in exchange for non-interference in Muslim affairs. As the brother of Ayman, the leader of al-Qaeda, he believed he was well placed to negotiate.Since then he has appeared periodically in the […]

New Atlanticist

Jan 23, 2013

Euro-Realism: Well Said, Prime Minister!

By Julian Lindley-French

In November 1942 Winston Churchill famously said, “This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end, but it is the end of the beginning.” For two years I have waited for Prime Minister Cameron to stand up and make a speech that establishes Britain’s Euro-Realist principles and gives the EU […]

European Union International Organizations

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Jan 23, 2013

Top News: Prosecutors summon six new defendants in Port Said massacre case

By Egypt Source

Judicial sources have said that prosecutors are summoning six new defendants in the Port Said Massacre case, in which 73 suspects stand accused of involvement in the violence that killed over 70 football fans following a Premier League match in Port Said Stadium last February.

NATOSource

Jan 23, 2013

German soldiers attacked by anti-Patriot protestors in Turkey

By Today's Zaman

From Today’s Zaman:  Seven German soldiers who are in Turkey as part of a NATO mission to install a Patriot missile system near the Turkish-Syrian border were attacked by a group of activists opposed to the deployment of the missile system in Turkey.

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Jan 23, 2013

ISAF commander Gen. John Allen cleared in misconduct inquiry

By   Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Washington Post

From  Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Washington Post:  The Pentagon’s inspector general has cleared the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan of wrongdoing following an investigation into whether he exchanged inappropriate e-mails with the same Tampa socialite involved in the scandal that prompted David H. Petraeus to resign as CIA director, U.S. officials said Tuesday.

United States and Canada

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Jan 23, 2013

Syria: Strategy for What?

By Frederic C. Hof

There has been no shortage of editorializing commentary laying out recommended strategies for the Obama administration to deal with the Syrian crisis since it began nearly two years ago. Although often well-written and soundly reasoned, many of these essays skirt the most pertinent definition of the word “strategy” offered by Webster’s: “the art of devising […]

Syria

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Jan 23, 2013

In Jordan’s Elections, Widespread Apathy but Also a Silver Lining

By Danya Greenfield

It is tempting to dismiss the January 23 parliamentary elections in Jordan as irrelevant given widespread voter apathy and the boycott by the largest opposition party (the Islamic Action Front), both due to the lack of substantive political reforms. The bright spot in this relatively bleak picture is that there is some value to holding […]

New Atlanticist

Jan 22, 2013

Malgeria: Pause, Think, Plan, Act

By Julian Lindley-French

It is being called the “soft underbelly of Europe”, an entire sub-continent from the Maghreb to the Middle East that stretches down to the transitional zone between Saharan and Sub-Saharan Africa known as the Sahel region and beyond to Nigeria.

National Security Sahel

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Jan 22, 2013

Austria bucks trend, votes to keep military conscription

By Deutsche Welle

From Deutsche Welle:  In a national referendum, Austrians have voted to keep military conscription, bucking the trend towards professional armies in the rest of Western Europe.

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