United States and Canada

The United States has enjoyed an unparalleled period of peace and prosperity since the end of the Second World War, due to its construction of a rules-based international order and maintenance of close alliances and partnerships. Canada has been a key partner for the United States, both due to their close economic links and their shared border, the world’s longest at 5,525 miles. Canada is also a key NATO ally for the United States and is active in international diplomacy around the world.

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Nov 28, 2012

China’s Arctic Aspirations

By Linda Jakobson and Jingchao Peng, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

From Linda Jakobson and Jingchao Peng, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI):  Although several non-Chinese observers have described China’s actions in the Arctic as ‘more assertive’, China’s Arctic policies are still in a nascent stage of formulation.

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Nov 28, 2012

NATO, searching for Patriot missile sites, visits military facilities in southeast Turkey

By AP

From AP:  A NATO team assessing possible sites for Patriot missiles to protect Turkey’s border with Syria inspected military installations Wednesday in southeast Turkey, the state-run news agency reported.

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Nov 27, 2012

Rasmussen says Patriot missiles in Turkey will be under NATO command

By Today's Zaman

From Today’s Zaman:  NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen has said the Patriot missiles to be deployed on the Turkish-Syrian border to counter threats from Syria will be under NATO control.

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Nov 24, 2012

As cyberwarfare heats up, allies turn to U.S. companies for expertise

By Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post

From Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post:  In the spring of 2010, a sheik in the government of Qatar began talks with the U.S. consulting company Booz Allen Hamilton about developing a plan to build a cyber-operations center.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

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Nov 23, 2012

NATO Allied Land Command activating next week in Turkey

By John Vandiver, Stars & Stripes

From John Vandiver, Stars & Stripes:  A new NATO land command headquarters, restructured to streamline costs and decision making, will be activated next week in Turkey as the new home for planning how infantrymen from the 28-nation alliance fight together.

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Nov 22, 2012

If NATO approves Patriot missiles for Turkey, deployment could still be weeks away

By AP

From AP:  Even if NATO quickly approves Turkey’s request for the deployment of Patriot missiles on its border with Syria, winning parliamentary approval, selecting sites for the air defense batteries and transporting them there means they probably wouldn’t be operational for weeks.

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Nov 21, 2012

United States can’t pivot away from Middle East

By Robert Kagan, Washington Post

From Robert Kagan, Washington Post:  No one was suggesting the United States could or ought to have all the answers, but among this gathering of Arab, North African, South Asian and European diplomats and international civil servants, the overwhelming consensus was that the superpower is AWOL. The only question was whether the absence is temporary […]

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Nov 21, 2012

Fixing the Flaws in the Pivot to Asia

By Harlan Ullman

U.S. President Barack Obama is underscoring the administration’s “strategic pivot” to Asia with a trip to the Pacific. This column has criticized this pivot and the botched public diplomacy campaign that managed to irritate friends, allies and, of course, China.

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Nov 21, 2012

US rejects claims it participated in hacking of French presidential staff

By Jamey Keaten, AP

From Jamey Keaten, AP:  The U.S. Embassy in Paris on Wednesday "categorically" denied claims in a French magazine report that the U.S. government was behind a hacking attack against computers in the French president’s palace earlier this year.

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Nov 21, 2012

NATO Secretary General: Turkey has officially requested deployment of Patriot missiles

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  Statement by the NATO Secretary General on Patriot Missile Deployment to Turkey

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