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ISW: ISW Releases New Study on Russian Naval Base in Syria
By Abigail Barnard, Institute for the Study of War, August 9, 2012 ISW Senior Naval Analyst Christopher Harmer sheds light on Russia’s naval base in Syria in his latest Backgrounder, “Russian Naval...
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CFR: Scandinavia and the Jews
Op-Ed: By Elliot Abrams, Council on Foreign Relations, August 8, 2012 Originally published in the Weekly Standard Scandinavia is boring. People living there apparently have little to do. And as...
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Carnegie Inst: Redefining Europe’s Role in Syria
By Sami Moubayed, Carnegie Institute If the EU remains noncommittal in its approach to the conflict inWhen protests broke out against the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in the spring of...
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GMFUS: Turkey and Russia in the Arab Spring: Straining Old Rifts Further?
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ISW: Threat And Response – Israeli Missile Defense
By Christopher Harmer, Institute for the Study of War, August 16, 2012 Today the state of Israel contends with the threat posed by state and non-state actors who possess short and medium range...
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Carnegie Inst: Turkey’s Syria Conundrum
By Sinan Ülgen, Carnegie Europe, August 24, 2012 Syria used to be the poster child for Ankara’s “zero problems with neighbors” policy. At the peak of their rapprochement, Turkey and Syria were holding...
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Israel, Iran, and the Military Option
Israel and Iran (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Bernard Gwertzman and Richard N. Haass, Council on Foreign Relations, August 28, 2012 Given that diplomacy to end Iran’s nuclear program has “come up empty,”...
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War in Iran may turn Caspian Sea region into arena of military operations
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Three Troubling Scenarios for Turkey and Transatlantic Partners
(Photo credit: Wikipedia) German Marshall Fund of the United States, September 2012 Almost two years on from the start of the Arab Spring, the situation across the Middle East and the Mediterranean...
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Turkey – the Economy and Relations with the Middle East and Europe
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