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NATOSource

Oct 29, 2012

Putin’s Russia: back in the USSR

By the Editors of the Guardian

MENASource

Oct 29, 2012

Photo Essay: Security in the Sinai

By Mosaab Elshamy

Army checkpoints on the road to Sinai are almost an indication of a region at war. The vast peninsula bordering Egypt with Gaza and Israel rose to the forefront of the new Egyptian government’s troubles after an army checkpoint was attacked by unknown militants last Ramadan, killing 16 soldiers. This was not the first attack […]

NATOSource

Oct 28, 2012

Karaganov: “NATO’s expansion was stopped… Russia’s military muscle in Georgia did it”

By Sergei Karaganov, Russia in Global Affairs

From Sergei Karaganov, Russia in Global Affairs:  The last threat of a military standoff existed before 2008, while the NATO’s expansion was fraught with the risk of taking over Ukraine.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Oct 28, 2012

Canada and the U.S. Announce Joint Cybersecurity Action Plan

By Canada's Department of Public Safety

From Canada’s Department of Public Safety:  Canada and the United States announced the Cybersecurity Action Plan Between Public Safety Canada and the Department of Homeland Security, a key commitment under the Beyond the Border Action Plan for Perimeter Security and Economic Competitiveness.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Oct 26, 2012

Intervening in Syria the right way

By   François Heisbourg, Washington Post

From  François Heisbourg, Washington Post:  Politically speaking, the United States is likely to recover room to maneuver after Nov. 6, whether President Obama is reelected or a president-elect Mitt Romney is working in tandem with the incumbent. Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has been clamoring for active NATO support

United Kingdom United States and Canada

NATOSource

Oct 26, 2012

Army bests Navy in missile intercept test

By Sam Fellman, Navy Times

From Sam Fellman, Navy Times:  The final score: Army 3; Navy 1.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Oct 26, 2012

Poland joins NATO’s AGS drone system

By Poland's Ministry of Defense

From Poland’s Ministry of Defense:  Minister of National Defence Tomasz Siemoniak declared Poland’s participation in AGS – NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance system at NATO ministerial in Brussels in October.

Drones Technology & Innovation

NATOSource

Oct 26, 2012

Britain rejects US request to use UK bases in nuclear standoff with Iran

By Nick Hopkins, Guardian

From Nick Hopkins, Guardian:  Britain has rebuffed US pleas to use military bases in the UK to support the build-up of forces in the Gulf, citing secret legal advice which states that any pre-emptive strike on Iran could be in breach of international law.

United Kingdom United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Oct 26, 2012

Merkel’s Great Euro Deception

By Julian Lindley-French

In the run-up to D-Day in 1944 the British ran a superb deception campaign called Operation Fortitude to fool the Germans as to the real location of the invasion. It worked spectacularly. Today, the Germans are being fooled again, this time by their own government.

Economy & Business European Union

MENASource

Oct 26, 2012

Top News: Police Arrest Two Activists from Nasr City Checkpoint

By Egypt Source

A statement issued by the Youth for Freedom and Justice Movement on Thursday said a policeman at a checkpoint in Nasr City arrested one of its members, along with a member of the Popular Current’s executive board, early in the morning. 

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