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Dec 7, 2011

A Nuclear Option for Saudi Arabia?

By Arnaud de Borchgrave

Afghanistan expects U.S. aid to flow without interruption for six more years following the final U.S. troop withdrawal at the end of 2014 — three years hence. Nothing is less certain.

Afghanistan Nuclear Nonproliferation

NATOSource

Dec 7, 2011

Secretary General describes Russian countermeasures to NATO missile defense as a “waste”

By Anne Gearan and Slobodan Lekic, the AP

From Anne Gearan and Slobodan Lekic, the AP:  Russian countermeasures to NATO’s ballistic missile defense system would be a waste of money because they would be aimed at an "artificial enemy," NATO’s top official said Wednesday. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev threatened last month to deploy missiles to Kaliningrad and other areas of Russia to be […]

MENASource

Dec 7, 2011

Is Egypt Turning Islamist?

By Ahmed Morsy

In retrospect, it’s almost a miracle that last week’s elections went forward as planned with massive turnout and relatively few irregularities, despite predictions of violence and calls for postponing elections after a week of lethal clashes in downtown Cairo and other parts of the country.  While Egyptians are relieved that elections were conducted relatively fairly […]

New Atlanticist

Dec 7, 2011

Pearl Harbor: A Date Which Will Live in Infamy

By Julian Lindley-French

Seventy years ago today at 0600 hours Pacific Time on December 7, 1941 Captain Mitsuo Fuchida launched Operation Z from the Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier Akagi, flagship of the attack fleet.

Europe & Eurasia

MENASource

Dec 6, 2011

Brotherhood Denies Presidential Aspirations, Again

By Mara Revkin

As Egyptian liberals and U.S. policy-makers nervously eye the prospect of an Islamist-dominated parliament, the Muslim Brotherhood’s leaders are trying to assuage fears that the group aspires to hold a monopoly on political power. In a televised interview on December 6, Supreme Guide Mohamed Badie reiterated his previous pledge that the Brotherhood will not field […]

NATOSource

Dec 6, 2011

Germany calls for decade of engagement after Afghan troop withdrawal

By Deutsche Welle

From Deutsche Welle: Germany called on the international community on Monday to remain engaged in Afghanistan over the next decade even though NATO troops are scheduled to withdraw from the war-torn nation by 2014.

United States and Canada

MENASource

Dec 6, 2011

Poised for a Parliamentary Majority, Islamists Shed Restraint

By Magdy Samaan

For decades, Egyptians knew only fraudulent elections under the harsh constraints of Mubarak’s authoritarian rule. Faced with pervasive ballot fraud, violence and intimidation by the repressive security forces, they largely withdrew from the political process, choosing to boycott rather than casts ballots that had no hope of bringing about meaningful change. But in last week’s […]

New Atlanticist

Dec 6, 2011

No Russian Revolution, But Seeds of Opposition Growing

By Dean Jackson

The Russian parliamentary elections may not be the start of another Russian Revolution, but they do prove that something is rotten in the state of Russia, and the Russian people know it. What is to be done?

Elections Politics & Diplomacy

MENASource

Dec 6, 2011

News Update: December 6, 2011

By Mara Revkin

Voting for the 52 individual seats that were not decided in the first round continued for a second day on December 6. The second round of voting has brought out sharp divisions between rival Islamist parties, which are trading accusations of campaign violations. Twenty-four of the runoff races are between candidates from the Freedom and […]

NATOSource

Dec 6, 2011

Sen. Kirk Objects to Giving Missile Data to Russia

By Mike Tobin, Fox News

From Mike Tobin, Fox News:  Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., plans to present an ultimatum of sorts to the Obama administration.

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