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Dec 19, 2012

US Plans to Indict State-Sponsored Cyber Attackers

By Aram Roston, Defense News

From Aram Roston, Defense News:  In an intriguing push against the ever-increasing number of foreign-governments sponsored cyber attacks against U.S. companies, the U.S. Department of Justice intends to turn to its roots with an old-fashioned tactic that has worked against the mafia, drug traffickers and white collar crime: criminal prosecutions.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

MENASource

Dec 19, 2012

Top News: Morsi May Draw Shura Council Nominees from Non-Islamist Groups

By Egypt Source

President Mohamed Morsi is set to appoint non-Islamist members to the Shura Council, which will begin legislating if the new constitution is approved. According to the Constitutional Declaration of 2011, the upper house of Parliament is to be composed of two-thirds elected members and one-third presidential appointees. 

MENASource

Dec 19, 2012

IMF Program for Egypt: Yet Another Delay

By Mohsin Khan and Svetlana Milbert

 The IMF Executive Board was due to consider the program for Egypt on December 19, 2012.  Once it was formally approved by the Executive Directors, as it was expected to be, the first tranche of the $4.8 billion loan would have been made available to Egypt immediately. However, on December 11 the Egyptian Minister of […]

North Africa

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Dec 19, 2012

Congress passes bill to ban funding for MEADS missile defense system

By Andrea Shalal-Esa, Reuters

From Andrea Shalal-Esa, Reuters:  House of Representatives and Senate negotiators on Tuesday defied the White House and passed a defense budget bill that bans funding for the final year of a joint ground-based missile defense program with Italy and Germany. The lawmakers prohibited a final U.S. payment of $400.9 million for development of the Medium […]

United States and Canada

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Dec 19, 2012

German troops arrive in Turkey for deployment of Patriot missiles

By Andalou Agency

From Andalou Agency:  A plane carrying German troops who will work on the deployment of Patriot aid defense systems in Turkey has arrived in the southern province of Adana on Monday.

MENASource

Dec 18, 2012

Egypt’s Referendum Abroad: A Mixed Affair

By Nahla Samaha

Despite a growing polarization between Morsi’s supporters and the opposition as a result of controversy surrounding the draft constitution, Egyptian expats have already completed their vote, and results have begun to emerge. The expat referendum vote, originally scheduled to begin on Saturday December 8th, was postponed as a result of violent clashes that broke out […]

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Dec 18, 2012

NATO in the Pacific?

By Julian Lindley-French, New Atlanticist

From Julian Lindley-French, New Atlanticist:  NATO’s role in the Pacific I hear you ask?

United States and Canada

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Dec 18, 2012

America’s second chance at global leadership

By Fred Kempe, Reuters

From Fred Kempe, Reuters:  Read between the lines of the U.S. intelligence community’s quadrennial global trends report, a document released this week that has significant influence on White House thinking, and the message to President Obama is clear.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Dec 18, 2012

America, Allies, & the Arctic: NORTHCOM Commander Talks Polar Strategy

By Robbin Laird and Ed Timperlake, AOL Defense

From Robbin Laird and Ed Timperlake, AOL Defense:  The opening of the Arctic changes the global dynamic in three main ways

Energy & Environment United States and Canada

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Dec 18, 2012

NATO Secretary General warns Russia against using energy as foreign policy weapon

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Interfax

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Interfax:  . I take it very seriously to actually move forward towards a true strategic partnership between NATO and Russia. I think it’s in our mutual interest. And in the word strategic partnership also lies the notion that we can disagree on certain areas while we move forward in other areas.

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