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New Atlanticist

Feb 23, 2012

Afghan Outrage: Burned Books, Mayhem, and Mass Murder

By James Joyner

At least nine people have been killed and dozens wounded so far in a series of riots across Afghanistan reacting to news that some Islamic religious materials were burned along with the trash by American troops. President Obama this morning added his “deep regret” and “sincere apologies” to a long list by other US and […]

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New Atlanticist

Feb 23, 2012

Where Next for US-China Relations?

By Banning Garrett

The change in leaders in China is perhaps less significant than a new administration taking power in the United States, especially if the new US administration is from the party previously out of power. Xi Jinping has been part of the ruling administration for years. There will be new faces taking Politburo and Standing Committee […]

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New Atlanticist

Feb 23, 2012

The World Depends on the Future of Greece and Iran

By Harlan Ullman

What a tense and chilling time internationally! Economically and financially, markets and bourses remain fixated on what happens, or doesn’t, in relatively tiny Greece. For the moment, bulls may be eclipsing bears in resolving the Greek debt crisis — but only for the moment.

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NATOSource

Feb 22, 2012

Russia tells Norway to keep Aegis BMD system off vessels

By Gerard O'Dwyer, Defense News

From Gerard O’Dwyer, Defense News:  Russia has warned Norway not to get pulled into a possible area of conflict by bowing to U.S. pressure to equip its naval vessels with Aegis ballistic missile defense system missiles.

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NATOSource

Feb 22, 2012

Estonia shaken by new Russian spy scandal

By David Martiste, Reuters

From David Martiste, Reuters:  Police in Estonia detained a senior security official and his wife on Wednesday on suspicion of spying for former imperial master Russia, the second espionage scandal in the NATO-member Baltic state in recent years.

NATOSource

Feb 22, 2012

Russia to Launch 100 Military Satellites in Next Decade

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  Russia is planning to launch at least 100 military satellites in the next 10 years to boost its reconnaissance and missile detection capabilities, head of Russian Space Agency Roscosmos Vladimir Popovkin said on Wednesday.

NATOSource

Feb 22, 2012

Russia to Field First Arctic Brigade in 2015

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  The first motorized rifle arctic brigade will be deployed in 2015, Russian Ground Forces Chief Col Gen Alexander Postnikov said on Tuesday. Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said in July 2011 that two arctic brigades would be established in “Murmansk or Arkhangelsk or some other place.”  (photo: Alexei Kudenko/RIA Novosti)

MENASource

Feb 22, 2012

Top News: Brotherhood Wants President With “Islamic Background”

By Mara Revkin

Supreme Guide Mohamed Badie said that the Muslim Brotherhood wants Egypt’s next president to have “an Islamic background.” "The candidate that we support will not be a candidate who belongs to a particular Islamist movement, or we would have run ourselves," Badie said, while noting that "the candidate must have an Islamic background.”

New Atlanticist

Feb 22, 2012

The Wrong Somalia Conference

By Peter Pham

British Prime Minister David Cameron is hosting a major international conference tomorrow involving senior representatives of some forty countries and multilateral organizations. The agenda that the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has laid out for the conferees is ambitious, to say the least: the mandarins of Whitehall are giving themselves all of five hours to get […]

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New Atlanticist

Feb 22, 2012

Smart Defense Requires Smarter Defense Education

By Julian Lindley-French

Because the Euro crisis is not only disconnecting European security from world security but also turning many European armed forces into little more than armed pensions, something radical needs to be done to bridge the abyss between strategy and austerity through which our armed forces are now falling.

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