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SouthAsiaSource

Jan 19, 2012

South Asia Predictions for 2012

By South Asia Center

The South Asia Center receives guidance and support from many experts throughout the world. Our senior fellows, guest-speakers, Center patrons, and visitors contribute heavily to the Center’s mission to “wage peace,” and engage the international community in the region. The Center asked our contributors the simple, but key question, “What you do expect in 2012?”

MENASource

Jan 19, 2012

Egypt’s Supreme Court Ruling on the Presidential Election Law: Road Block or Minor Speed Bump for the Military?

By Nathan Brown and Mara Revkin

Egypt’s route to political transition over the past year has been bumpy, confusing, and thus far guided by the roadmap laid out by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) in the interim constitution it unilaterally declared on March 30 of last year. But on January 18, the generals leading the country seem to […]

NATOSource

Jan 18, 2012

British and French troops train together in France

By Defpro

From Defpro:  The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 5th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland (5 SCOTS), have recently been training in France with the French Army’s 152nd Infantry Regiment. 

United Kingdom

NATOSource

Jan 18, 2012

Lockheed claims tailhook fix will allow F-35s to land on aircraft carriers

By Dave Majumdar, DefenseNews

United States and Canada

MENASource

Jan 18, 2012

Top News: Al-Azhar to Call for Speedy Power Transfer on Jan. 25

By Mara Revkin

Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh Ahmed al-Tayyeb will deliver a statement from Tahrir Square on January 25 to demand a swift transfer of power to civilians. Major political forces agreed after a meeting on January 18 that al-Azhar should be involved in drafting Egypt’s new constitution.

New Atlanticist

Jan 18, 2012

Worries Mount over Blowback of Israeli Attack on Iran

By Barbara Slavin

A former senior adviser on the Middle East to the last four US presidents says that “the negatives far outweigh the positives” of war with Iran and the United States should augment Israel’s nuclear weapons delivery systems to dissuade it from attacking the Islamic Republic. Bruce Riedel, who served on the White House National Security […]

New Atlanticist

Jan 18, 2012

Egyptian Style Democracy

By Arnaud de Borchgrave

U.S. democracy-building organizations — one Republican, one Democrat, both funded by the U.S. taxpayer — that have been telling Egyptians how to be good democrats, how to demonstrate peacefully and have truly free elections didn’t sit too well with the Egyptian military, which has ruled Egypt since 1952. The only real democracy Egyptians have known […]

North Africa

NATOSource

Jan 18, 2012

Turkey’s Ambassador ‘Disappointed and Concerned’ with Perry’s Remarks

By Ivan Watson and Yesim Comert, CNN

From Ivan Watson and Yesim Comert, CNN:  "I am disappointed and concerned that Turkey and its time-tested ties of alliance, partnership and friendship with the United States became the object of misplaced and ill-advised criticism during last night’s Republican candidates’ debate. Needless to say, the Turkey described in the debate simply does not exist,"

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jan 18, 2012

Perry defends controversial comment on Turkey

By Ashley Killough, CNN Political Ticker

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Jan 18, 2012

Why Britain Can Never Accept German Leadership

By Julian Lindley-French

Britain will never accept German leadership even though Germany will emerge from the economic crisis as Europe’s leading power. History is still far too close for that ever to happen. When I made that assertion in my in my blog of last week from the No Snow Meeting in Lithuania, with its heavy Churchillian overtones, […]

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