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New Atlanticist

Feb 16, 2012

BHO Equals W on Steroids!

By Harlan Ullman

Ironic humor, fortunately, is never far from politics. Few may recall the so-called “freedom agenda” advanced by President George W. Bush a decade ago. Spreading democracy by muscular means would “transform” the Middle East as autocratic regimes crumbled. And it did but not the way Bush intended. Afghanistan and Iraq were the test cases and […]

NATOSource

Feb 15, 2012

Kosovo shows how the west can intervene in Syria

By Radwan Ziadeh, the Financial Times

From Radwan Ziadeh, the Financial Times:  A well-rounded intervention strategy would involve the following. First, as in Kosovo, the international community – be it a joint UN-Arab League mission or a coalition of “Friends of Syria” – must designate safe zones to be protected by air power.

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Feb 15, 2012

NATO to spend almost $4 billion on UAV program

By Justyna Pawlak, Reuters

From Justyna Pawlak, Reuters: NATO is to buy five U.S.-made unmanned drone aircraft capable of countering Afghan insurgents, hunting pirates off Somalia or monitoring arms embargoes, an alliance official said on Wednesday. . . . "The acquisition itself is plus 1 billion (euros)," a NATO official told reporters, speaking on condition of anonymity. The cost […]

Drones Technology & Innovation

MENASource

Feb 15, 2012

Top News: Brotherhood Claims US Funding “Destroying Egypt”

By Mara Revkin

The Muslim Brotherhood’s weekly statement claimed that the United States has spent over $105 million since the revolution on “destroying Egypt and its society.”

NATOSource

Feb 15, 2012

France presses for Syria aid corridors at U.N.

By John Irish, Reuters

From John Irish, Reuters:  France said Wednesday it wanted the U.N. Security Council to set up humanitarian corridors in Syria to alleviate civilian suffering and that it was negotiating with Russia on a new U.N. resolution on the conflict.

NATOSource

Feb 15, 2012

1.5 million Soviet/Russian soldiers involved in foreign interventions since WWII

By RIA Novosti.&n

From RIA Novosti. 

MENASource

Feb 15, 2012

29 Egyptian NGOs Echo U.S. Condemnation of Civil Society Crackdown

By Mara Revkin

On February 15, 29 Egyptian civil society organizations issued a scathing denunciation of the government’s "politically motivated" legal assault on 43 NGO employees, debunking the myth — put forward by Minister of International Cooperation Fayza Aboul Naga and other architects of the crackdown — that Egyptians overwhelmingly view foreign-funded NGOs as a threat to national […]

NATOSource

Feb 15, 2012

Vershbow becomes first American to serve as Deputy Secretary General of NATO

By NATO

From NATO:  Ambassador Alexander Vershbow takes office as NATO Deputy Secretary General. The NATO Deputy Secretary General is the Alliance’s second most senior international civil servant.

MENASource

Feb 15, 2012

Egypt’s Déjà-Vu: NGO Case Reminiscent of Previous Politicized Trials

By Michele Dunne and Mara Revkin

Egypt’s ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), catapulted from the barracks to the executive branch after removing Hosni Mubarak last year, has faced a steep learning curve in unfamiliar political territory. While the SCAF continues to display ineptitude in handling a series of crises, most recently the soccer-related violence in Port Said and […]

Europe After The Vote

Feb 15, 2012

Who Will Pay for Greece?

By Julian Lindley-French

“Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit”, Aristotle once famously wrote. He could have been talking of Greece today.

Economy & Business European Union
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