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Oct 18, 2012

A Reactive Approach to Sectarianism: Displacement by Governmental Consent

By Basil El Dabh

Cairo witnessed an outpouring of support on October 9th, as thousands of Muslims and Christians marched to the state radio and television building in Cairo to commemorate the 28 Christian protesters who had been brutally killed one year earlier in the Maspero massacre. The scene was reminiscent of the aftermath of the bombing of a […]

MENASource

Oct 18, 2012

Top News: Official Denies Morsi’s Intent to Issue NGO Law

By Egypt Source

An official source at the Ministry of Insurance and Social Affairs denied rumors concerning President Mohamed Morsi decision law to approve and issue the new NGO law. 

NATOSource

Oct 18, 2012

NATO’s North Atlantic Council and Partners visit Afghanistan

By NATO

From NATO:  The North Atlantic Council, NATO’s highest decision-making body, and ambassadors from several partner nations are currently visiting Afghanistan. The visit is being led by NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen.

NATOSource

Oct 18, 2012

Russia Warns of ‘Technical Response’ to NATO Missile Plans

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  Russia may deliver a "technical response" to NATO over its plans to deploy a European missile defense program, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said on Thursday.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Oct 17, 2012

Canada doubles spending on cyber security

By Canada's Ministry of Public Safety

From Canada’s Ministry of Public Safety:  The Honourable Vic Toews, Minister of Public Safety, today announced funding to further implement Canada’s Cyber Security Strategy and strengthen Canada’s efforts to achieve a secure, stable, and resilient digital infrastructure.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Oct 17, 2012

NATO Secretary General to industry: Smart Defense or ‘no contract at all’

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  At Chicago we also embraced the concept of Smart Defence. This is all about multinational cooperation. Allies working together to deliver capabilities that would be too expensive for any of them to deliver alone.

Nobel Prize EU

New Atlanticist

Oct 17, 2012

The Glow of the EU’s Nobel Peace Prize Shines Also on America

By Sarwar Kashmeri

The nasty, prolonged economic downturn in Europe and its one-dimensional coverage in the non-European media would have one believe that the European Union is one of those haute couture creations from a season long past. Which is why the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to the EU was so timely and important: With its choice the […]

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Oct 17, 2012

Obama administration divided over ‘openly admitting that the United States has deployed a new cyber weapon’

By Thom Shanker and David E. Sanger, New York Times

From Thom Shanker and David E. Sanger, New York Times:  In advance of Mr. [Secretary of Defense Leon] Panetta’s speech in New York on Thursday, senior officials debated how much to talk about the United States’s offensive capabilities, assessing whether such an acknowledgment could help create a deterrent for countries contemplating attacks on the country.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Oct 17, 2012

U.S. suspects Iran behind wave of cyberattacks

By Thom Shanker and David E. Sanger, New York Times

From Thom Shanker and David E. Sanger, New York Times:  American intelligence officials are increasingly convinced that Iran was the origin of a serious wave of network attacks that crippled computers across the Saudi oil industry and breached financial institutions in the United States

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

MENASource

Oct 17, 2012

The Ministry of Culture: From the Chicken Coop to the Storage Closet /وزارة الثقافة المصرية: من زمن الحظيرة إلى غرفة الكراكيب

By Ahmed Naje

“The intellectuals have entered the chicken coop.” Former Minister of Culture Farouk Hosny’s iconic words are a fitting description of his Ministry’s role under former President Mubarak, a position Hosny occupied for over 20 years. Download the PDF