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MENASource

Jan 16, 2013

Top News: Eight parties form cross-ideological coalition for coming parliamentary elections

By Egypt Source

Eight opposition political parties and prominent figures have formed an alliance to contest the upcoming House of Representatives elections.

NATOSource

Jan 15, 2013

NATO: Assad regime has fired over 20 ballistic missiles in the last 30 days

By Adrian Croft, Reuters

From Adrian Croft, Reuters:  Syrian armed forces fired a short-range ballistic missile on Sunday, bringing to more than 20 the number launched in the past month, NATO said on Monday.

NATOSource

Jan 15, 2013

EU rules out sending combat mission to Mali

By Reuters

From Reuters:  The European Union ruled out taking any combat role in Mali on Monday and NATO said it had not received any French request for help, after France intervened against al Qaeda-linked Islamists in the north of the African state.

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Jan 15, 2013

NATO welcomes French action in Mali, but not asked to participate

By Hurriyet Daily News

From Hurriyet Daily News:  NATO said Monday it supported French efforts to turn back the terrorist threat in Mali but that the alliance had received no request for assistance and had not discussed the conflict, AFP has reported.

New Atlanticist

Jan 15, 2013

In Disputes Over Asian Seas, Winner May Take Zilch

By Robert A. Manning

It may be Asia’s 21st century equivalent of the assassination of Austria’s Archduke Ferdinand that sparked World War I. Growing tensions over territorial disputes in the East and South China Seas threaten to disrupt the oft-heralded Asian Century. Whatever the outcome, many see more than just competing nationalisms, the scars of national memory and the […]

China Japan

MENASource

Jan 15, 2013

The Growing Pains of Salafi Politics

By Jayson Casper

The Salafi political movement experienced massive transition in the past two weeks, enduring splits, recriminations, and leadership changes. Having long foresworn the political process, it is right and natural for growing pains to characterize their apparent embrace of democracy. Taking stock, three observations describe their current standing. The process is transparent, but is the result […]

New Atlanticist

Jan 15, 2013

Obama’s Team of Mentors and His Legacy

By Frederick Kempe

President Barack Obama has been commander-in-chief for four years, but the world only now will see the full flower of Obama foreign policy unfold. It likely will have less to do with any grand ambition to shape an increasingly dangerous world, and instead will be focused on avoiding new wars as he focuses on what […]

National Security Security & Defense

MENASource

Jan 15, 2013

Top News: Brotherhood blames Mubarak corruption for train disaster; NSF condemns govt

By Egypt Source

Nineteen Central Security Forces conscripts were killed and 120 injured when a train carriage derailed minutes before midnight on Monday in the town of Badrashin in Giza, the transport ministry said on Tuesday morning.  

New Atlanticist

Jan 14, 2013

Republican Foreign Policy in Name Only

By James Joyner

With exit polls showing that the country trusted him more to conduct U.S. foreign policy than his rival, Mitt Romney, Barack Obama set off a round of commentary about how the GOP could regain its advantage. His nominee for defense secretary, moderate Republican Chuck Hagel,* has re-energized that debate.

Congressional Relations

Jan 14, 2013

Obama: US aircraft part of French raid in Somalia, but no weapons fired

By White House

From White House:  On January 11, 2013, French forces conducted an operation in Somalia in which they attempted to rescue a French citizen being held hostage by al-Shabaab.

United States and Canada
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