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Good News From Iraq

IN THIS ISSUE: Good news from Iraq, Russia expects missile shield 'flexibility' from reelected Obama, US says no deal with NATO to supply missiles to Turkey, Bushehr fully operational in two months, Pakistan's internal and external challenges, the Chinese Navy's hidden European past.

Published on November 8, 2012
 

Good News From Iraq

Pierre Goldschmidt and Toby Dalton | Carnegie Article

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Good news from the Middle East is rare these days. But Iraq's ratification of its Additional Protocol safeguards agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency is certainly something to celebrate.

At a time when the nuclear nonproliferation regime continues to suffer from extended compliance crises with Iran, Syria, and North Korea, this good news deserves to be highlighted. Additional Protocol ratification completes the turnabout in Iraq's nuclear program that began in the early 1990s.   Full Article



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RIA Novosti
Russia hopes that US President Barack Obama will demonstrate a greater willingness to compromise on NATO plans for a missile shield in Europe during his second term of office. "We hope that now, after his reelection, President Obama will be more flexible on the configuration of NATO missile defense," said Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin.     Full Article

Carlo Muñoz | Hill
Washington has not finalized any deal with NATO to provide advanced Patriot missile interceptors to Turkey despite recent claims by senior officials in Ankara, according to a U.S. official. "My understanding is ... we haven't had a formal request of NATO" for the U.S.-built missile system for Turkey, State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told reporters.     Full Article

Fars News Agency
Iranian Energy Minister Majid Namjou said that the country's first nuclear power plant in the Southern port city of Bushehr will go into operation with maximum power generation capacity within next two months. "The final tests of the Bushehr nuclear power plant have been conducted and I think that this power plant will come into circuit in the next one or two months."     Full Article

Sohail Mahmood | PakTribune
Pakistan faces multirole challenges, internal as well as external, of complex dimensions not easily resolvable. Internal challenges include a fractured state and society, bad governance, weakened institutions, extremism, weak economy, and visionless political leadership. Unprecedented corruption in Pakistan's government institutions with no end in sight.     Full Article

Iskander Rehman | European Geostrategy
By more closely enmeshing European countries-and their attendant strategic communities, within the ongoing debate over fraught issues such as China's naval rise, the United States' understanding of Beijing's concerns and ambitions will find itself both much enriched, and greatly enhanced.    Full Article
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