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New Atlanticist

Mar 7, 2012

Why Wars Are Won

By Harlan Ullman

Last week’s column explored the questions of why wars start and why wars are lost. Flawed assumptions, miscalculations and misperceptions, ideologically driven assertions and the failure to examine potential consequences are among the better explanations.

New Atlanticist

Mar 7, 2012

Europeans’ Dilemma and Putin’s Pledge

By Ioan Mircea Pascu

From the three “tenets” of Lord Ismay – NATO has been created to keep the Americans in, the Germans down and the Russians out – the most important one has proven to be the first: to keep the Americans in!

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Mar 7, 2012

Obama mulls giving Moscow data on missile defense

By Jim Wolf, Reuters

From Jim Wolf, Reuters:  The Obama administration disclosed on Tuesday that it is considering sharing some classified U.S. data as part of an effort to allay Russian concerns about a controversial antimissile shield.

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New Atlanticist

Mar 7, 2012

In Honour of Britain’s Afghan Fallen

By Julian Lindley-French

Today it was announced that six British soldiers serving in Afghanistan are missing presumed dead. Five of them were serving with The Yorkshire Regiment, my own county regiment, and the other with the Duke of Lancaster Regiment. My heart goes out to the family and friends of the fallen. They were part of a sustained […]

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MENASource

Mar 7, 2012

Top News: Brotherhood Close to Endorsing Presidential Candidate

By Mara Revkin

Sources close to the Brotherhood report that the group is likely to back either former Information Minister Mansour Hassan or Islamist candidate Mohamed Selim al-Awa for the presidency.

NATOSource

Mar 7, 2012

For first time in centuries, Asia’s military spending overtakes Europe

By Peter Apps, Reuters

From Peter Apps, Reuters:  Asian military spending will top that of Europe in 2012 for the first time in centuries, a global defence survey said on Wednesday, pointing to high regional economic growth and an increasingly ambitious China.

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Mar 7, 2012

Lawmakers criticize Air Force for mothballing $3.8 billion worth of UAVs

By Andrea Shalal-Esa, Reuters

From Andrea Shalal-Esa, Reuters:  Lawmakers on Tuesday called top Air Force officials to task over recent acquisition missteps and raised concerns about their budget plans for fiscal 2013, which calls for cancellation of Northrop Grumann Corp’s unmanned Global Hawk plane.

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MENASource

Mar 7, 2012

Parliament Divided Over Criteria for Constituent Assembly

By Salem Mostafa Kamel

Now that the dust has settled after Egypt’s months-long parliamentary elections, the country’s political forces are turning their attention to the next battleground: choosing the 100 members of the constituent assembly that will draft Egypt’s next constitution. But liberals and Islamists are far from reaching a consensus on criteria for membership in the committee, or […]

NATOSource

Mar 7, 2012

Turkey calls for ‘immediate opening’ of humanitarian corridors in Syria

By Emre Peker and Tony Capaccio, Bloomberg

From Emre Peker and Tony Capaccio, Bloomberg:  Turkey called for an “immediate opening” of humanitarian aid corridors in Syria as Russia rebuffed efforts to revive a United Nations Security Council condemnation of President Bashar al-Assad.

United States and Canada

MENASource

Mar 7, 2012

US-Egypt Tensions Cloud Prospects for Future Trade Cooperation

By Mehrunisa Qayyum

As the United States threatens to terminate military assistance to Egypt over the controversial indictment of American NGO employees, fears over the future of bilateral security cooperation have crowded out an equally urgent concern: the possibility that the current diplomatic crisis could derail US-Egypt economic ties and prospects for future trade partnerships. While US and […]

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