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Nov 7, 2012

Turkey to make ‘imminent’ request for NATO to deploy Patriot missiles near Syria border

By Reuters

From Reuters:  Turkey is to make an "imminent" official request to NATO to station Patriot missiles along its 910 km (560 mile) border with Syria, a senior Turkish foreign ministry official said on Wednesday. From Suzan Fraser, AP:  A Turkish official says Turkey and its allies, including the United States, have discussed the possibility of […]

New Atlanticist

Nov 6, 2012

Status Quo Election

By James Joyner

Today, Americans elect the man who will be president for the next four years. From a foreign policy standpoint, at least, we’re likely in for the status quo–and not just because President Obama is likely to be re-elected.  Buried in the election eve Gallup poll, which headlines Romney’s microscopic 49 percent to 48 percent lead over […]

Elections Politics & Diplomacy

NATOSource

Nov 6, 2012

When is a cyberattack an act of war?

By Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post

From Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post:  On the night of Oct. 11, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta stood inside the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, housed in a former aircraft carrier moored at a New York City pier, and let an audience of business executives in on one of the most important conversations inside the U.S. […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Nov 6, 2012

Estonia hosting training exercise for NATO Response Force

By Allied Command Operations

From Allied Command Operations:  NATO will conduct exercise STEADFAST JUNCTURE 2012 (SFJE 12) from 1 – 8 November 2012. Estonia, as the host nation, will provide facilities and support for an operational level Joint Task Force Headquarters. 

United Kingdom

NATOSource

Nov 6, 2012

NATO Secretary General: ‘We stand ready to protect and defend Turkey’

By NATO

From NATO:  Excerpt from press conference by the NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen (NTV Turkey) Q:  Yes, Secretary General, two questions if I may.  My first question is with regard to Syria again.  I know that you made a statement prior to the defence ministers meeting saying that NATO is ready for all kinds […]

NATOSource

Nov 6, 2012

Putin Fires Defense Minister Linked to Corruption Investigation

By Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times

From Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times: President Vladimir V. Putin fired Russia’s defense minister on Tuesday after the police raided the offices and an apartment of a real estate company involved in the privatization of valuable ministry land near Moscow.

MENASource

Nov 6, 2012

After the Revolution: The Ministry of Interior Proposes Repressive Laws

By Ragab Saad

The Egyptian Ministry of Interior recently presented a number of draft laws it wishes to pass by presidential decree. The proposed drafts demonstrate that the ministry is neither willing nor ready to relinquish the tools of oppression that characterized the past few decades under the former regime.

New Atlanticist

Nov 6, 2012

Election Day 2012: Another UNIVAC Moment!

By Paul Saffo

On election night 60 years ago, CBS News used a UNIVAC I computer to predict that Eisenhower would win the 1952 presidential election by a landslide.

Elections Politics & Diplomacy

MENASource

Nov 6, 2012

Top News: Cabinet Protesters Excluded from President’s Prisoner Amnesty

By Egypt Source

Egyptian Prosecutor-General Abdel-Maguid Mahmoud on Monday finalised the list of political detainees to be given amnesties on orders of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, according to a spokesman for the prosecutor-general’s office. 

New Atlanticist

Nov 6, 2012

Israel and US – Divergent Views Over Iran’s Nuclear Threat

By Jonathan Paris

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the United Nations in September 2012 that Iran is between six and eight months away from having sufficient enriched uranium to make a bomb.

Iran Nuclear Nonproliferation
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