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MENASource

Feb 28, 2012

Islamists Anxious over Constitutional Challenge to Election Results

By Salem Mostafa Kamel

The People’s Assembly or the “Revolutionary Council” as Egypt’s newly elected parliamentarians call themselves may be at risk of being dissolved as quickly as it was formed. In the weeks following the sweeping victory by Islamists – led by the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party and the Salafi Nour Party, which together hold around […]

MENASource

Feb 28, 2012

Ending the NGO Crisis: Can a Face-Saving Exit Strategy be Found?

By Denis Sullivan

Egyptian-US relations have been low before, but the current quarrel has taken on the absurdity of a grotesque political soap opera, not only to Americans but to many Egyptians as well.  Although this bilateral blowout is looking increasingly unfathomable, the significance of the current crisis over the trial of American NGO workers cannot be underestimated, […]

NATOSource

Feb 28, 2012

NATO’s first combat action occurred 18 years ago today over Bosnia

By history.com

From history.com:  In the first military action in the 45-year history of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), U.S. fighter planes [F-16’s] shoot down four Serbian warplanes engaged in a bombing mission in violation of Bosnia’s no-fly zone.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Feb 28, 2012

Koran burning leaves US with bleak options in Afghanistan

By Sarwar Kashmeri, the Huffington Post

From Sarwar Kashmeri, the Huffington Post:  Muslims believe the Koran is the very word of God. It is kept on top of book shelves and read by placing it on a wooden platform to prevent dirt from soiling it.

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Feb 28, 2012

Living With Putin Redux

By Ross Wilson

Few people think that the upcoming Russian presidential election will result in anything other than Vladimir Putin’s restoration to the Kremlin. No credible opposition figure exists – or can be allowed to exist given the logic of the Russian system. Putin may not get the 51per cent required for a first round win, but victory […]

Elections Politics & Diplomacy

New Atlanticist

Feb 28, 2012

Afghan War Fundamentals

By Arnaud de Borchgrave

The United States and its NATO allies are having have trouble coming to grips with the fundamentals of the decade-long Afghan war.

Afghanistan NATO

New Atlanticist

Feb 28, 2012

Reinventing the World Bank

By Ana Palacio

Robert Zoellick’s announcement that he will not seek reelection as President of the World Bank has focused attention on whether the tradition of putting an American in charge will or should endure. But, legitimate as that question is, it is just a minor aspect of the debate that is needed about the World Bank’s role […]

Economy & Business

NATOSource

Feb 27, 2012

Qatar PM calls for arming Syrian rebels

By Michael Peel and Abigail Fielding-Smith, the Financial Times

From Michael Peel and Abigail Fielding-Smith, the Financial Times:  The oil-rich Gulf state of Qatar backed arming Syrian rebels on Monday, echoing fresh calls from opposition figures for a military response to the relentless regime bombardment of anti-government strongholds. As Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani, Qatar’s prime minister, said opponents of President Bashar al-Assad should […]

European Union International Organizations

New Atlanticist

Feb 27, 2012

On to Chicago: Enter the European Union

By Sven Biscop

At the NATO Summit in Chicago a first assessment of the Alliance’s Smart Defense initiative is expected. As the European Union is invited, the first results of its Pooling & Sharing Initiative will be discussed as well. On the NATO side in particular there is a search for “flagship projects” substantial enough to present to […]

European Union International Organizations

New Atlanticist

Feb 27, 2012

The Rising Cost of Stupidity and Brutality

By Don Snow

The recent flaps concerning indiscretions by American troops in Afghanistan (urinating on Taliban corpses, burning copies of the Quran) and Syrian brutality against its own population have one very common and powerful thread: both were acts that were not intended for widespread public attention or scrutiny but have become, in the new vernacular, “viral.”

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