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Dec 7, 2012

The Dublin Meeting and its Meaning for Syria

By Frederic C. Hof

Apparently sensing that the end game may be approaching in Syria, UN special envoy Lakhdar Brahimi went to Dublin to host a hastily arranged meeting between US Secretary of State Clinton and Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov. 

Syria

MENASource

Dec 7, 2012

Top News: Civil powers condemn Morsi’s speech, may boycott meeting

By Egypt Source

For live updates on protests around Egypt, click here. Despite the president’s attempts to calm the conflict, reactions to the speech by politicians and representatives of civilian groups have been broadly negative.

NATOSource

Dec 7, 2012

Canada cancels F-35 fighter purchase

By Michael Den Tandt, Ottawa Citizen

From Michael Den Tandt, Ottawa Citizen:  The F-35 jet fighter purchase, the most persistent thorn in the federal government’s side and the subject of a devastating auditor-general’s report last spring, is dead.

United States and Canada

MENASource

Dec 7, 2012

When Legitimacy and Sharia Overlap / الشرعية و الشريعة و مسائل أخرى

By Yussef Auf

The Muslim Brotherhood called for significant demonstrations last Saturday in “support” of President Mohamed Morsi’s recent decisions of President Morsi. Setting aside the many other issues surrounding these demonstrations, what gives me the most pause is the banner under which his supporters marched: “Legitimacy and Sharia.” The religious terms of the demonstrations resonated deeply, and […]

NATOSource

Dec 7, 2012

German Cabinet approves Patriot deployment in Turkey

By AP

From AP:  Germany’s Cabinet on Thursday approved sending German Patriot air defense missiles to Turkey to protect the NATO member against possible attacks from Syria, in a major step toward a possible Western military role in the Syrian conflict.

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Dec 7, 2012

It Is High Time for Congress to Focus on the ‘O’ in NATO

By Sarwar Kashmeri

As the U.S. Congress begins to trim the U.S. defense budget it should re-examine the structure of NATO and insist that the alliance’s bureaucracy reflect today’s geopolitical realities, not those prevailing at the end of World War II.

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Dec 6, 2012

It is high time for Congress to focus on the ‘O’ in NATO

By Sarwar Kashmeri, Huffington Post

From Sarwar Kashmeri, Huffington Post:  As part of trimming the U.S. defense budget Congress should insist that within 3-5 years the responsibility for the defense of Europe and its periphery be transferred to the EU.

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Dec 6, 2012

Gen. Lloyd Austin chosen to lead CENTCOM

By Army Times

From Army Times:  Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Lloyd Austin will be nominated to be the next commander of U.S. Central Command, the Defense Department announced Thursday. If confirmed by the Senate, Austin, who became the vice chief in February, would succeed Marine Gen. James Mattis. . . . “Lloyd Austin … is one […]

United States and Canada

MENASource

Dec 6, 2012

Morsi: Doomed to Repeat Mubarak’s Mistakes?

By Nancy Messieh

In a press conference addressing a room full of journalists, Vice President Mahmoud Makki used the expression "survival of the fittest" to describe the current state of Egypt’s political affairs. What the journalists listening to him didn’t know was that as Makki spoke, a group of pro-Morsi supporters had descended upon the anti-Morsi sit-in taking […]

New Atlanticist

Dec 6, 2012

Drone Strike on Democracy

By James Joyner

As a theoretical matter, remotely piloted vehicles are simply a tool of warfare, morally indistinguishable from manned aircraft. The more efficiently the United States can target and kill its enemies, the better. And drones are cheaper to operate, carry far less risk for American military personnel, and make it easier to collect operational intelligence than their manned […]

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