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Jan 27, 2012

Deterring Iran: The Return to American Statecraft

By Julian Lindley-French

On the tomb of Tamburlaine, King of Persia, there is a dread inscription, “When I rise, the world will tremble”. Faced with Tehran’s seeming determination to develop nuclear weapons the march towards confrontation this week quickened. After threats from Iran to close the oil-vital Straits of Hormuz an American aircraft carrier was joined in the […]

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Jan 27, 2012

Two combat brigades in Germany being disbanded, not moved back to US

By Lolita C. Baldor, the AP

From Lolita C. Baldor, the AP:  Gen. Raymond Odierno, the Army chief of staff, says the Pentagon will take two heavy armor brigades out of Europe in 2013 and 2014 and eliminate them.

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Jan 27, 2012

The US declares peace in Europe, prematurely

By Tomas Valasek, the Center For European Reform

From Tomas Valasek, the Center For European Reform:  The Pentagon’s ‘strategic guidance‘, released on January 5th, makes three key changes

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Jan 27, 2012

Interview with Judge Zakaria Abd al-Aziz on Egypt’s Constitutional Dilemma

By Mara Revkin

Tahrir Square has been a great place for fortuitous chance encounters this week. On January 26, I noticed Judge Zakaria Abd al-Aziz, former head of Egypt’s powerful Judges Club and a longtime advocate for judicial independence, looking – I imagine – just as dignified outside of the Hardee’s fast food chain restaurant on the perimeter […]

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Jan 26, 2012

Video: Setting the Stage for Another “Day of Rage”

By Mara Revkin

Walking through Tahrir Square on January 26, tensions were building with every busload of protesters converging on this 490,000 square foot political hotplate in downtown Cairo.

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Jan 26, 2012

US should give NATO the Global Hawks it plans to mothball

By Jorge Benitez, Atlantic Council

The Department of Defense announced today that it is terminating its purchase of the Block 30 variant of Northrop Grumman’s RQ-4 Global Hawk. The Block 30 Global Hawk is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and “multi-intelligence platform” designed to simultaneously carry imagery and signals intelligence.

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Jan 26, 2012

Signs of a Looming Constitutional Crisis on Display in Tahrir

By Mara Revkin

Over the past 48 hours, Tahrir Square has morphed into a melting pot of political and social forces – optimists, skeptics, champions of the revolution, and critics of the torpid pace of democratic reform.

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Jan 26, 2012

Secretary General’s Annual Report: ‘For NATO, 2011 was one of the busiest years ever’

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  Many will remember 2011 as a year of austerity. But it has also been a year of hope. The international community united in its responsibility to protect. Much of the Arab world took a new path forward. And the European Allies showed they were willing and able to lead a […]

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Jan 26, 2012

Withdrawal of US troops from Europe may not save taxpayers money

By John R. Deni, the New Atlanticist

From John R. Deni, the New Atlanticist:  The recent announcement that the Obama administration plans to cut two of the four remaining US brigade combat teams (BCTs) in Europe came as no surprise to those tracking the ongoing debate over the future size of the American military and the Army in particular.

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Jan 26, 2012

Haditha Marine Sentence Triumph of Rights Over Justice

By James Joyner

When Marine Staff Sergeant Frank Wuterich was handed a suspended sentence of three months on Wednesday for his role as squad leader of a group that massacred 24 unarmed Iraqis in Haditha six years ago, it naturally sparked an outrage. To many here in the U.S., in Iraq, and in the Muslim world writ large, […]

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