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Nov 26, 2011

Russia’s Red Alert

By James Joyner, the New Atlanticist

From James Joyner, the New Atlanticist:  Russian President Dmitry Medvedev announced today that he would "immediately put the missile attack early warning radar station in Kaliningrad on combat alert" and take other aggressive steps to counter NATO’s missile defense system. In an official statement reprinted on NATOSource, Medvedev claims this step was taken after NATO and the […]

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NATOSource

Nov 26, 2011

21 NATO soldiers wounded in Kosovo clash

By Fatos Bytyci, Reuters

From Fatos Bytyci, Reuters:  Twenty-one NATO soldiers were wounded overnight, one seriously, when Serbs in Kosovo fought with peacekeepers trying to remove barricades erected against the country’s ethnic Albanian authorities, the alliance said on Thursday.

NATOSource

Nov 26, 2011

Turkey Unveils Changes to Military Obligations

By Joe Parkinson, the Wall Street Journal

From Joe Parkinson, the Wall Street Journal:  Turkey’s prime minister on Tuesday announced long-awaited reforms to military conscription, offering draftees over the age of 30 the chance to buy their way out of service and inching NATO’s second biggest army closer to becoming a professional force.

MENASource

Nov 25, 2011

Dispatch from Alexandria

By Tarek Radwan

As a Cairene surrounded by the intensity and dynamism of the second wave of mass Tahrir protests, one tends to forget that other parts of the country are fighting their own battles that, although, smaller in scale, are just as intense and significant to those residents fighting for their rights. After only three days in Alexandria, […]

MENASource

Nov 25, 2011

Is US Support for the SCAF Unconditional?

By Amy Austin-Holmes

The Egyptian street has erupted once again.  As before, people around the world are riveted by the surge of protests rocking Cairo, Alexandria, Assiut, Ismailia, Mahalla, Mansoura, Suez, and elsewhere. What is particularly breathtaking about the recent events is not only the rapid spread of the uprising, but the (previously unthinkable) demand to end 60 […]

MENASource

Nov 25, 2011

To Elect or Not Elect?

By Michele Dunne

The SCAF continues to insist that parliamentary elections will begin on time November 28.  Whether that actually happens or not might be determined by the size and character of the protest that is now beginning in Tahrir.  Revolutionary groups have promised a “millioniya” (million man march); that is hard, but not impossible, to carry off […]

MENASource

Nov 25, 2011

News Update: November 25, 2011

By Mara Revkin

The SCAF has appointed 78-year-old Kamal Ganzouri as Egypt’s new prime minister. Ganzouri previously served as Mubarak’s prime minister from 1996-1999. A military source said that Ganzouri will be tasked with forming a salvation government to replace Sharaf’s cabinet, which collectively resigned last week. Protesters have overwhelmingly rejected news of the appointment, with thousands rallying […]

MENASource

Nov 25, 2011

Is Kamal Ganzouri the Answer?

By Michele Dunne

The reported SCAF appointment of Kamal Ganzouri to head a new cabinet, replacing Essam Sharaf, is one of several steps the military leadership is taking to try to quell demonstrators’ anger without meeting their main demand:  that the SCAF relinquish power now.

MENASource

Nov 24, 2011

News Update: November 24, 2011

By Mara Revkin

Members of the SCAF and High Electoral Commission announced at a press conference that parliamentary elections will be held on schedule next week, despite escalating violence. The SCAF offered "regrets and deep apologies" for the deaths of protesters but is continuing to refuse calls for an immediate end to military rule. Meanwhile, fourteen political movements […]

New Atlanticist

Nov 24, 2011

Eurozone Crisis Hits Germany

By James Joyner

“The debt crisis is burrowing ever deeper, like a worm, and is now reaching Germany,” says Free Democrat Party backbencher Frank Schaeffler, a member of Angela Merkel’s governing coalition. Indeed, the country that all are looking to to save the Eurozone from collapse is now in big trouble. Germany fell short in its attempt to sell […]

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