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Aug 27, 2012

ISAF Commander: We can build a durable peace in Afghanistan

By John Allen, the Washington Post

From John Allen, the Washington Post:  Most Americans do not get to see Afghans’ commitment to their country or the improving security that has emerged from our fight together. But I do.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Aug 27, 2012

Canada uncertain about joining NATO’s Arctic war games

By the Canadian Press

From the Canadian Press:  The administrative wing of Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s office worried about the optics of hundreds of Canadian troops taking part in a major NATO-sponsored Arctic war game in northern Norway earlier this year.

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MENASource

Aug 27, 2012

Morsi Reveals an Islamist-Dominated Advisory Team, Joined by a Few Technocrats

By Nancy Messieh

As President Mohamed Morsi’s team nears completion, Yasser Ali, presidential spokesman revealed the list of people on the advisery team. While more names expect to be added in the coming days, the initial list consists of four presidential aides and 17 advisers. The four presidential aides will be given office space in the presidential palace, […]

NATOSource

Aug 27, 2012

NATO closes over 200 bases in Afghanistan

By the AP

From the AP:  NATO has closed more than 200 bases in Afghanistan and transferred nearly 300 others to local forces, a concrete step toward its 2014 target of handing over security responsibility, NATO officers said Sunday.

MENASource

Aug 27, 2012

Top News: Vice President Confirms Overhauling Media Law

By Egypt Source

Egyptian Vice President Mahmoud Mekki has confirmed that the Justice Department is currently working on a framework for the establishment of an independent body to oversee media practices.

New Atlanticist

Aug 27, 2012

UK Support for Military Action in Syria not in America’s Best Interest

By Sarwar Kashmeri

The last time a British prime minister endorsed an American president’s plans for military intervention, it resulted in the US invasion of Iraq – one of the worst foreign policy blunders in recent American history. That is why last week’s endorsement by David Cameron of a warning by Barack Obama that even the threat of […]

United Kingdom

New Atlanticist

Aug 27, 2012

The Syria Bluff

By Julian Lindley-French

It is clearly intelligence-led. President Obama and Prime Minister Cameron have said that any recourse to chemical weapons by Damascus would be “completely unacceptable” and would lead the US and UK to “revisit their approach” to the crisis. According to Obama even moving the weapons would cross an American “red line” with “enormous consequences”. The […]

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NATOSource

Aug 24, 2012

Russia denies violating Finland’s airspace

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  The Russian Defense Ministry on Friday denied Russian planes violated Finnish airspace.

NATOSource

Aug 24, 2012

US military carried out cyberattacks against enemy in Afghanistan

By Raphael Satter, the AP

From Raphael Satter, the AP:  The U.S. military has been launching cyberattacks against its opponents in Afghanistan, a senior officer says, making an unusually explicit acknowledgment of the oft-hidden world of electronic warfare.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Aug 24, 2012

Should Canada participate in NATO missions not supported by US assets?

By Elinor Sloan, Canadian Defense & Foreign Affairs Institute

From Elinor Sloan, Canadian Defense & Foreign Affairs Institute: The clincher is the content of the generalized reference to “NATO” when we talk about a “NATO operation.”

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