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Sep 19, 2012

Individualism versus Community in the Egyptian Psyche

By Tarek Radwan

The protests that began in Egypt and spread to the far flung corners of the Muslim world reflect a very real disconnect in the basic philosophies and strategic interests that guide the actions of populations within these countries. Few recent analyses, if any, scratched deeper below the socio-political surface to expose the source of the […]

New Atlanticist

Sep 19, 2012

The Day We Lost Afghanistan

By James Joyner

That the war in Afghanistan has been unwinnable has been obvious to most outside analysts since well before the so-called surge of 2009. Now, the United States government has finally admitted the obvious in deeds if not words.

Afghanistan Security & Defense

NATOSource

Sep 19, 2012

ISAF General: Afghan ‘insider attacks’ aimed at weakening Western resolve

By Robert Burns, AP

From Robert Burns, AP:  A senior officer at the U.S.-led military command in Kabul says Afghan "insider attacks" on U.S. and allied troops are designed to shake Western resolve.

MENASource

Sep 19, 2012

Police Actions Legitimize Egyptians Taking Justice into their Own Hands

By Nancy Messieh

Alber Saber, a 27-year-old activist, was arrested from his home in Cairo a few days ago. Police charging into a man’s home and taking him into custody is certainly nothing new in both pre- and post-January 25 Egypt. In Saber’s case, however, a dangerous precedent has been set, one in which police actions have legitimized […]

NATOSource

Sep 19, 2012

SecGen Rasmussen: New measures to protect NATO troops in Afghanistan are ‘prudent and temporary’

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  NATO is fully committed to its strategy in Afghanistan despite recent challenges, Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen told journalists in Brussels on 18 September.

NATOSource

Sep 19, 2012

Deputy SecGen Vershbow: ‘Much remains to be done’ to diminish military capabilities gap in NATO

By Alexander Vershbow, NATO

From Alexander Vershbow, NATO:  The U.S. “pivot to Asia” reflects the growing challenges of that region. But it is also an opportunity. Better connectivity with Asia is not only in the United States’ interests. It is also in Europe’s interest. This “pivot” has raised questions about the European Allies’ ability to do more for their […]

United States and Canada

MENASource

Sep 19, 2012

Top News: Rights group: New Police Powers Law Recreates Mubarak-Era Emergency Regime

By Egypt Source

A controversial draft bill, named the ‘protecting society from dangerous people’ bill, replicates the worst features of the widely-misused and now defunct emergency law, according to a statement issued by the Egyptian Organization for Human Rights (EOHR).

Chinese oil rig in South China Sea

New Atlanticist

Sep 19, 2012

Deep-Water Oil Rigs as Strategic Weapons

By Martin N. Murphy

This, at least, is how Wang Yilin, Chairman of the China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), chooses to view them. He reportedly told an audience at CNOOC’s headquarters in Beijing in May that ‘large-scale deep-water rigs are our mobile national territory and a strategic weapon’.

China Energy & Environment

New Atlanticist

Sep 18, 2012

United States on a Path to Nowhere

By Arnaud de Borchgrave

The round-the-clock killing of U.S. military advisers by Afghan soldiers they are training coupled with some $200 million worth of jet fighters and attack helicopters destroyed in a heavily fortified allied base in Afghanistan by Taliban guerrillas disguised in U.S. military uniforms are the latest reminders that 11 years of fighting have strengthened rather than […]

Iran

NATOSource

Sep 18, 2012

NATO’s Article 5 and the Riga Test

By Julian Lindley-French, New Atlanticist

From Julian Lindley-French, New Atlanticist:  The Riga Conference is a jewel in the crown of security conferences. Yesterday I shared a panel with the Italian, Latvian and Norwegian defense ministers, together with Ambassador Sandy Vershbow, NATO’s US Deputy Secretary-General to discuss “NATO post-Chicago”. 

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