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NATOSource

Jun 28, 2012

Uzbekistan quits Russia-dominated security pact, CSTO

By Vladimir Isachenkov, the AP

From Vladimir Isachenkov, the AP:  Uzbekistan has suspended its participation in a Russia-dominated security pact of ex-Soviet nations, officials said Thursday

New Atlanticist

Jun 28, 2012

US Strategy for the 21st Century Needed

By Harlan Ullman

All leaders are easily criticized for either having the “wrong” strategy or “no” strategy at all regardless of the issue. In politics, elections exacerbate these critiques without always offering an alternative. In 1968, trapped in Vietnam, U.S. President Lyndon Johnson’s (flawed) strategy was to continue the status quo of defeating the North Vietnamese army and […]

New Atlanticist

Jun 28, 2012

Former Turkish Official: Assad Fall May Lead to Chaos in Syria

By Barbara Slavin

Former Turkish Foreign Minister Yasar Yakis, one of Turkey’s longest-serving diplomats, said the situation between Turkey and Syria might actually get worse if President Bashar al-Assad leaves or is overthrown because chaos will hurt Syria first and Turkey second.

Syria

MENASource

Jun 28, 2012

Stop the Fear Mongering

By Nancy Messieh

With the announcement of Mohamed Morsi’s victory, we’ve gone from zero to fear mongering in 60 seconds. While there are certainly valid arguments to be made when speaking about a mistrust of the Muslim Brotherhood and their pattern of saying one thing, and promptly doing the complete opposite, it may well be worth our while […]

New Atlanticist

Jun 28, 2012

Euro Crisis Threatens Global Security

By Steven Grundman and A.J. Wilson

“Things fall apart; the center cannot hold,” wrote the Irish poet William Butler Yeats of the dark time he envisioned in the aftermath of World War I. Today, the converse of this proposition overshadows our future: if Europe fails to respond to the euro-zone crisis in a way that reinforces its center, things will begin […]

European Union International Organizations

MENASource

Jun 28, 2012

Top News: Egypt’s Tantawi to Remain Defense Minister

By Nancy Messieh

Egypt’s armed forces chief will keep his post as defense minister in a new cabinet to be formed by President-elect Mohamed Mursi, a member of the military council said. 

NATOSource

Jun 28, 2012

Report: Turkey secretly asks NATO to consider no-fly zone in the event of further Syrian aggression

By Michael Weiss, the Telegraph

From Michael Weiss, the Telegraph:  According to a US  government source privy to the Nato meeting called by Turkey on Tuesday, Ankara has requested that the alliance draw up contingency plans for a no-fly zone

NATOSource

Jun 28, 2012

Turkish military reveals details of the search for missing pilots

By Hurriyet Daily News

New Atlanticist

Jun 27, 2012

US Hardens Stance In Iran Nuclear Talks

By Laura Rozen and Barbara Slavin

Iran came to talks in Moscow last week (June 18-19) prepared to discuss stopping enriching uranium to 20% but refused two other conditions that could have led to a partial agreement in the nuclear standoff. Briefings by diplomats whose countries took part in the talks portrayed the meetings as a “dialogue of the deaf,” with […]

Iran Nuclear Nonproliferation

New Atlanticist

Jun 27, 2012

What the Arab Spring Taught the World about Supporting Dictatorships

By Benedetta Berti and Yoel Guzansky

Eighteen months ago, a sudden eruption of social and political protests across the Middle East took the world by storm. Despite widespread awareness that the mix of economic stagnation, sky-rocketing unemployment, demographic pressure, corrupt and inefficient government, and social and political repression represented a serious threat to the stability of the region few anticipated the […]

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