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NATOSource

Jun 22, 2012

Erdogan: Syria apologizes for taking down Turkish warplane

By Hurriyet Daily News

From Hurriyet Daily News:  Syrian authorities have apologized for taking down a military plane that had lost contact with the Turkish Armed Forces earlier today, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said. 

NATOSource

Jun 22, 2012

Armenia and NATO discuss partnership plan

By Armenian News Agency

From Armenian News Agency:  NATO+Armenia meeting took place at NATO Headquarters to discuss the 2011 report on Armenia-NATO Individual Partnership Action Plan (IPAP).  Foreign Affairs Ministry press service told Armenpress that the Armenian delegation was led by Armenian Deputy Foreign Minister Ashot Hovakimyan and Armenian Deputy Minister of Defense Davit Tonoyan. NATO+Armenia meeting was chaired by James Appathurai, […]

MENASource

Jun 22, 2012

Top News: Egyptians Pack Tahrir to Slam Military ‘Coup’

By Tarek Radwan

Thousands have packed Cairo’s iconic Tahrir Square to denounce a power grab by the ruling military, as the nation nervously awaited the results of the first post-Mubarak presidential election. Yet Egypt’s ruling military warned it would "deal firmly" with any attempt to harm the public interest, and blamed political divisions on the release of unofficial […]

New Atlanticist

Jun 22, 2012

Football: The Euro That Works

By Julian Lindley-French

Bill Shankly, the legendary manager of Liverpool FC, once famously said, “Football is not a question of life or death. It is more important than that.”

European Union International Organizations

New Atlanticist

Jun 22, 2012

Syria: Ethnonationalism and the New World Disorder

By Robert Manning

As the horrific tragedy in Syria continues to unfold amidst calls for intervention and growing fears of a region unraveling, it is useful to recall that a troubling proportion of conflict and disorder in the world is driven by the powerful force of ethno-nationalism.

Syria

MENASource

Jun 21, 2012

Top News: Election Results Postponed Until Sunday

By Tarek Radwan

The final results of the presidential runoff will be announced on Sunday, said Presidential Elections Commission (PEC) Secretary General Hatem Bagato. “There are nationwide vote-counting errors and after the appeals are considered we will recount the votes, and then the final result will be announced on Sunday," Bagato said in a phone call to media […]

NATOSource

Jun 21, 2012

C.I.A. Said to Aid in Steering Arms to Syrian Opposition

By Eric Schmitt, the New York Times

From Eric Schmitt, the New York Times:  A small number of C.I.A. officers are operating secretly in southern Turkey, helping allies decide which Syrian opposition fighters across the border will receive arms to fight the Syrian government

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Jun 21, 2012

How the Moscow Talks Are Like ‘Seinfeld’

By Barbara Slavin

Not to be cynical, but it really doesn’t matter that the latest talks with Iran came up empty. Outnumbered six to one, Iranian negotiators did a classic job in Moscow earlier this week (June 18-19) of defending past positions, raising old grievances and demanding concessions that they knew they would not get. US officials offered little […]

Iran

MENASource

Jun 21, 2012

Will Shafik Go Down Without a Fight?

By Mara Revkin

When Egyptians asked for genuinely competitive elections, the current stalemate between two candidates each claiming victory was certainly not what they had in mind. The Supreme Presidential Electoral Commission (SPEC) has delayed the announcement of final results until June 23 at the earliest, to allow time for reviewing the hundreds of allegations of fraud that […]

Europe After The Vote

Jun 21, 2012

Post-Electoral Greece

By Matthew Bryza

While markets in Europe and the United States breathed a collective sigh of relief with the victory of the sober Antonis Samaras and his New Democracy Party in last Sunday’s Greek parliamentary elections, the absence of a substantial market rally immediately thereafter reflected the seriousness of the work that lies ahead. Greece may have dodged […]

Elections Europe & Eurasia
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