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MENASource

Feb 10, 2012

The Pitfalls of Protests Without Leadership تطوير الهجوم بلا قائد

By Magdy Samaan

In the past two months, public appearances by members of the ruling Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) have become increasingly rare, and they have grown accustomed to the insulting anti-military slogans emanating from persistent protests in public squares across the country.  This week, the revolutionary forces have decided to escalate their tactics by […]

NATOSource

Feb 10, 2012

Most French favor U.N. military action in Syria: poll

By John Irish, Reuters

From John Irish, Reuters:  A narrow majority of French people would back a U.N.-authorized military intervention in Syria, a poll showed on Friday, a higher percentage than those who had supported the NATO mission that helped oust Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi.

NATOSource

Feb 10, 2012

What’s Georgia Going To Get At The NATO Summit?

By Joshua Kucera, the EurasiaNet

From Joshua Kucera, the EurasiaNet:  Georgia’s prospects in NATO, after being more or less left for dead in the wake of the 2008 war with Russia, have lately appeared to be improving.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Feb 10, 2012

Yanukovych to meet with NATO Secretary General at Chicago summit in May

By Interfax-Ukraine

From Interfax-Ukraine:  Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych is to meet with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen at NATO’s Chicago summit in May 2012

MENASource

Feb 10, 2012

Top News: Muslim Brotherhood Calls for Dismissal of Cabinet

By Mara Revkin

The Muslim Brotherhood issued a statement on February 9 demanding that the SCAF allow the replacement of the current prime minister and cabinet with a new coalition government formed by Parliament, which would amount to an immediate transfer of power. PROTESTS: 1) Marches began to converge on the Defense Ministry building in Abbassiya after Friday […]

New Atlanticist

Feb 10, 2012

The Damning Merits of Invasion

By Daniel Trombly

As noted in yesterday’s installment, the prospects of solving the humanitarian crisis in Syria through air power alone are nil. Today, we assess the options from the ground.

Syria United States and Canada

MENASource

Feb 10, 2012

Will Egypt and the US Let the “Filul” Win?

By Denis Sullivan

Why is Egypt prosecuting American freedom and democracy activists? It’s baffling, no question about it.  Look first at the “who” is behind this. “Egypt” is not behind this attack on American civil society activists; instead, it starts with one woman, Fayza Aboul Naga, the Minister of International Cooperation (yes, believe it or not, that’s her […]

MENASource

Feb 10, 2012

Soccer, Egypt, and SCAF-Sponsored Hooliganism

By Sahar Aziz and Khaled Beydoun

Across the world, soccer occupies a sacred space that stirs up feverish nationalism and ardent fidelity to a team.  Team loyalties often mirror a nation’s social and political fault lines.  Egypt’s February 2 soccer game-turned-massacre, therefore, was the SCAF’s sinister manipulation of the sport to attack the revolutionary youth and terrify Egyptians into supporting their […]

NATOSource

Feb 10, 2012

Congressman seeks deeper reduction of US forces in Europe

By Mike Coffman, Office of Congressman Mike Coffman

From Mike Coffman, Office of Congressman Mike Coffman:  The place to begin is by making fundamental changes in the way we have based forces in Europe since the end of World War II.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Feb 10, 2012

NATO’s Baltic Air Policing Mission Becomes Permanent

By Ott Tammik, Estonian Public Broadcasting

From Ott Tammik, Estonian Public Broadcasting: NATO has decided to make permanent its Baltic air policing mission, in which larger member states patrol the region with their fighter jets on a rota basis.

NATO Security & Defense
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