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Nov 8, 2012

USN Chief: Partners Needed for Missile Patrols

By Christopher P. Cavas, Defense News

From Christopher P. Cavas, Defense News:  Preparations are continuing to base four U.S. Navy destroyers in Rota, Spain, beginning in fiscal 2014 — a move that will allow the ships to provide a near-continuous ballistic-missile defense (BMD) shield for Europe. And while the U.S. remains the only nation so far able to field a sea-based […]

Missile Defense Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Nov 8, 2012

For the Future Leaders of United States and China, a World of Difference

By Philip Haxel

Two days after US voters head to the polls, the People’s Republic of China will select its next generation of leaders, albeit in a less democratic fashion.

China Elections

NATOSource

Nov 8, 2012

Proposal to deploy Patriot missiles to enforce no-fly zone in Syria has “won advocates in the State Department”

By Tim Arango, New York Times

From Tim Arango, New York Times:  Turkey raised publicly for the first time on Wednesday the idea of stationing Patriot missile batteries along its southern border with Syria.

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Nov 8, 2012

Divided Government and America’s Bipartisan Africa Policy

By Peter Pham

After a bitterly fought campaign that was the most expensive in history, the American electorate voted to keep the divided government that many told pollsters was responsible for the gridlock that has seriously weakened the United States. President Obama won a second term, albeit by a far closer margin than his historic 2008 election. Democrats […]

Economy & Business

NATOSource

Nov 8, 2012

Turkish President says NATO mulling missiles for Turkey

By Jonathon Burch, Reuters

From Jonathon Burch, Reuters:  Turkish President Abdullah Gul confirmed on Thursday that Ankara was in talks with NATO about deploying a defence system on its soil to counter a potential missile threat from Syria.

MENASource

Nov 8, 2012

Top News: Ministry Drafts Harsher Police Torture Penalties

By Egypt Source

The Justice Ministry has drafted new legislation that would impose harsher punishments for police torture. The bill stipulates that in deaths resulting from police violence, the perpetrators will be charged with premeditated murder.

MENASource

Nov 8, 2012

In Sinai, Land Ownership Decree Overshadowed by Volatile Conditions

By Dalia Rabie

The decision to allow Sinai’s residents to own land in the peninsula was followed, and overshadowed, by a turbulent week of attacks on police forces, which left three policemen dead and one critically injured. At the end of October, Prime Minister Hesham Qandil announced that 80,000 acres will be allocated for agriculture and land reclamation […]

MENASource

Nov 8, 2012

Arming Syria’s Rebels: The Strategic and Humanitarian Imperative

By Alex Simon

As President Obama prepares to embark on his second term, Syria’s civil war looms as perhaps his most urgent foreign policy challenge. With the death toll climbing upwards of 35,000 and the number of refugees approaching 400,000, the Obama Administration has thrown its weight behind the “Seif Plan,” a political initiative taking place this week […]

Syria

New Atlanticist

Nov 8, 2012

For Obama, a Second Chance in South Asia

By Shuja Nawaz

With a second term assured, President Barack Obama has a shot at making a huge difference in greater South Asia, an opportunity that he failed to take in his first term.

Pakistan South Asia

NATOSource

Nov 8, 2012

What Germany Expects from Obama

By Severin Weiland, Spiegel

From Severin Weiland, Spiegel:  So what does Obama’s re-election actually mean for Germany? Will the president set a new tone in German-American relations in the coming four years?

United States and Canada
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