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Jan 11, 2013

French troops in Mali; Hollande vows to stop Islamists

By Emily Alpert, Los Angeles Times

From Emily Alpert, Los Angeles Times:  French troops have joined the Malian military in their fight to stop Islamist fighters from extending their reach into central Mali, President Francois Hollande said in a statement Friday.

NATOSource

Jan 11, 2013

Top U.S. General: Stopping Assad from using chemical weapons is ‘almost unachievable’

By Lolita C. Baldor, AP

From Lolita C. Baldor, AP:  Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, acknowledged that it will be nearly impossible to prevent the Syrian government from using its chemical weapons, so the U.S. must rely on deterrence and continue warning Syria that using them would be unacceptable.

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MENASource

Jan 11, 2013

Reading into Cairo’s Cacophony of Newspapers

By Miriam Berger

“Egyptians read newspapers like they smoke cigarettes,” Ahmed, 57, a newspaper seller on Tala’at Harb Street off of Tahrir square told me—while smoking a cigarette. It is true that in today’s multimedia age print papers have undeniably lost their past hegemony; by all accounts, television is now the alpha medium in Egypt. But since the […]

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New Atlanticist

Jan 11, 2013

Glimpses of a Graying World: The Demographic Challenges of 2030

By Hanna Camp

Last month, the National Intelligence Council (NIC) unveiled its Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds report at a conference convened by the Atlantic Council. Previous reports sought to envision the world in 2025, 2020, 2015, and 2010.

NATOSource

Jan 11, 2013

Atlanticist nominations offer Europe a valuable opportunity

By Philip Stevens, Financial Times

From Philip Stevens, Financial Times:  Mr Obama’s nominations of John Kerry to the state department and Chuck Hagel to the Pentagon would fill these two top posts with politicians that Europeans should clamour to do business with.

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MENASource

Jan 11, 2013

Top News: PM Forms Committee to Prepare and Study Draft Laws

By Egypt Source

Prime Minister Hesham Qandil has moved to form a High Committee for Legislative Affairs that would prepare and study draft laws, presidential decrees and the prime minister’s resolutions.

MENASource

Jan 11, 2013

Morsi’s Dilemma: Political Ambitions Versus Economic Pragmatism

By Mustansir Barma

Egypt’s January 6 partial Cabinet reshuffle was commissioned by President Mohamed Morsi in a bid to address the country’s ongoing economic woes. Double digit unemployment, high inflation, dwindling foreign reserves, and a sliding currency are among the long list of macroeconomic challenges that Prime Minister Hesham Qandil’s Cabinet has to tackle while keeping in check […]

NATOSource

Jan 10, 2013

Security issues will test transatlantic co-operation in 2013

By Bruce Stokes, European Voice

From Bruce Stokes, European Voice:  Both Pew and GMF surveys show that Americans and Europeans continue to back NATO, but they want out of Afghanistan, currently a joint US-European military operation. How that disengagement is managed may shape future public support for NATO.

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NATOSource

Jan 10, 2013

Britain faces intense debate over its nuclear weapons

By James Blitz, Financial Times

From James Blitz, Financial Times:  [A]s London struggles to regain control of its finances, debate is stirring about the affordability of the independent nuclear deterrent.

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New Atlanticist

Jan 10, 2013

Afghanistan Better Off Than It Was in 2001; Still Not Good Enough

By James Joyner

While NATO is far from achieving the objectives in Afghanistan it set out more than a decade ago, more progress has been made than is widely understood. So say distinguished diplomats from the United States, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. Atlantic Council distinguished fellow Franklin Kramer hosted James Dobbins, former US ambassador to the European Union; Ambassador Riaz Mohammad Khan, former […]

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