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MENASource

Dec 22, 2011

EgyptSource on Blogging Hiatus until January 4

By Mara Revkin

EgyptSource will be posting less frequently over the holidays until January 4.  Thanks for following EgyptSource and stay tuned for more coverage in the new year, Mara Revkin EgyptSource Editor

NATOSource

Dec 22, 2011

Public support in Finland for membership in NATO has “fallen sharply”

By Helsingin Sanomat

From Helsingin Sanomat:  Support for membership in the NATO military alliance has fallen sharply in the past year and a half. According to a poll commissioned by Helsingin Sanomat and conducted by TNS Gallup, more than two thirds of Finns (68 per cent) are against joining the alliance.

United States and Canada

MENASource

Dec 22, 2011

The Greatest Dangers Facing Egypt in 2012

By Michele Dunne

MENASource

Dec 22, 2011

It’s All About Fayza: A Satirical Proposal for Egypt’s New Constitution

By Mara Revkin

It’s nice to remember that even in times of turmoil and violence, Egyptians can be relied on for their razor-sharp political satire. Although the debate over Egypt’s new constitution has taken a back seat to more immediate concerns — the clashes in Tahrir Square and a mind-bogglingly complex three-stage electoral marathon to elect the lower […]

NATOSource

Dec 22, 2011

Will Libya be either democratic or pro-western?

By Max Hasting, the Financial Times

United Kingdom

MENASource

Dec 22, 2011

Gen. Kato Invokes International Law to Justify Violence Against Protesters

By Mara Revkin

Major General Abdel Moneim Kato has been making a lot of inflammatory statements lately, suggesting last week that protesters outside of the Cabinet should be "thrown into Hitler’s ovens.” And this from a man who serves as advisor to the Egyptian military’s Morale Affairs Department. No wonder the SCAF’s recent moves have been so ethically […]

MENASource

Dec 22, 2011

News: Brotherhood Looks for Presidential Candidate; Democratic Alliance Calls for Constitution Before Election

By Mara Revkin

NATOSource

Dec 22, 2011

NATO celebrates 20 years of outreach to partners

By NATO

From NATO:  NATO created the North Atlantic Cooperation Council as a forum for dialogue with its former Warsaw Pact adversaries on 20 December 1991. This marked the start of the Allies’ policy of cooperative security, now considered one of NATO’s three essential core tasks.

MENASource

Dec 22, 2011

From Tahrir to Trade: Gaining International Economic Support

By Danya Greenfield

The recent violence in Cairo and other parts of Egypt has sparked serious concerns about the direction of the country and the intentions of the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces. Not only does the lethal action the world has witnessed against unarmed demonstrators shift attention away from the electoral process and the political transition, […]

New Atlanticist

Dec 22, 2011

A (Slightly) Merrier Christmas in Mogadishu

By Peter Pham

While billions of people around the world join in Christmas celebrations this weekend, there will be few outward signs of holiday cheer, religious or otherwise, in the onetime Somali capital of Mogadishu.  

Somalia
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