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New Atlanticist

Apr 2, 2012

Joint Strike Fighter II: The Best is the Enemy of the Good?

By Julian Lindley-French

Today is the thirtieth anniversary of the 1982 Argentine invasion of the Falklands about which I will say more later in the week. Last week I wrote a piece about the spiraling out of control costs of the ‘Fifth Generation’ F-35 Lightning II all-singing, all-dancing multirole combat aircraft.

United Kingdom

MENASource

Apr 2, 2012

Top News: Brotherhood to Field Presidential Candidate

By Mara Revkin

The Muslim Brotherhood reneged on its pledge to refrain from nominating its own presidential candidate by choosing Khairat al-Shater as the group’s official nominee.

NATOSource

Apr 2, 2012

Dutch arrest Foreign Ministry official for spying for Russia

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  Police in the Netherlands arrested a 60-year old employee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who is suspected of taking bribes and transferring classified information to Russian spies, local media reported on Monday.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Apr 2, 2012

Experts suspect cyberattacks have taken major Al Qaeda websites offline

By Ellen Nakashima and Joby Warrick, the Washington Post

From Ellen Nakashima and Joby Warrick, the Washington Post:  Al-Qaeda’s main Web forums have been offline for the past 11 days in what experts say is the longest sustained outage of the sites since they began operating eight years ago.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

Congressional Relations

Apr 2, 2012

Senate aide: ‘The NATO security alliance remains the greatest combined force for good in world history’

Senate Resolution 395 expressing support for NATO and the upcoming summit in Chicago was passed by a voice vote. The resolution had four bipartisan co-sponsors, Sen. Richard Durbin [D-IL], Sen. Mark Kirk [R-IL], Sen. Jeanne Shaheen [D-NH], and Sen. Richard Lugar [R-IN].

New Atlanticist

Apr 2, 2012

The mess in Mali

By J. Peter Pham

In less than two weeks, the West African nation of Mali has gone from being a rare oasis of democracy and stability to a near failed state whose troubles threaten to ripple across the Sahel where the security situation, always delicate even in the best of times, is especially stressed in the wake of the […]

Conflict Politics & Diplomacy

NATOSource

Apr 2, 2012

Senate passes resolution supporting NATO and the Chicago summit

By the U.S. Senate

From the U.S. Senate:  Resolution expressing the sense of the Senate in support of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and the NATO summit to be held in Chicago, Illinois, from May 20 through 21, 2012.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Apr 1, 2012

Turkey’s PM: NATO radar could be dismantled if conditions not respected

By Today's Zaman

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Apr 1, 2012

A new doctrine of intervention?

By Henry A. Kissinger, the Washington Post

From Henry A. Kissinger, the Washington Post:  Not the least significant aspect of the Arab Spring is the redefinition of heretofore prevalent principles of foreign policy.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Mar 31, 2012

Ukraine considering role in NATO’s missile defense system

By Russia Today

From Russia Today:  The North-Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is holding talks with Kiev over Ukraine’s possible participation in the alliance’s planned missile defense system n Europe.

Ukraine
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