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  • FPI Overnight Brief: February 3, 2012

    R. Kagan: The world won’t stay the same if US power declines

    US and Israeli defense ministers: time running out to strike Iran

    US officials concerned by Israel statements on Iran threat

    UNSC reaches wobbly consensus on Syria resolution

    Krauthammer: Downfall of Assad regime geopolitically crucial

    Panetta: US will keep fighting, but Afghans will take lead

    Egyptian police face fallout from riots

    Richardson: 2012 will be a bad year to be a Chinese dissident

    Feaver: Republicans must sharpen their foreign policy critique

  • FPI Overnight Brief: February 2, 2012

    Panetta: US to end combat in Afghanistan next year

    Fred and Kim Kagan: Courting disaster in Afghanistan

    GOP senators to introduce plan to stop triggered defense cuts

    Diplomats continue to haggle w/Russia at UNSC re: Syria

    Levin, McCain: Egypt’s military aid really is in jeopardy

    Senate begins another push for sanctions against Iranian leaders

    Pakistan says Prime Minister was mailed anthrax spores

    North Korea issues list of strident demands to South

    Putin concedes he may not win 1st round of elections

  • FPI Overnight Brief: February 1, 2012

    West + Arab nations battle Russia in UNSC resolution on Syria

    Lynch: Arab League observers detail Syria mission’s failings

    Assad’s downfall could further undermine Iran

    Lake: Iran could be retaliating against US for covert campaign

    US military: Taliban set to retake Afghanistan after withdrawal

    Feinstein: Admin sugarcoating Afghanistan assessment

    Muslim Brotherhood blocks protest outside Egypt’s parliament

    Flournoy cites broad DoD support for new guidance

    Schake: The implausibilities of Panetta’s defense budget

  • FPI Overnight Brief: January 31, 2012

    Syrian regime presses against rebels outside Damascus

    WaPo: Saving Syria requires Russian cooperation

    US moves ahead with military equipment sales to Bahrain

    Defense Dept prepares for new military talks with Iraq

    Afghanistan officials consider their own talks with Taliban

    Travel ban on former Pakistan Ambassador to US lifted

    Chinese J-20 stealth fighter advances

    Fluornoy: US able to fight more than 1 war simultaneously

    Obama, Saakashvili discuss possible free-trade agreement

  • FPI Overnight Brief: January 30, 2012

    Syrian uprising reaches the edge of Damascus

    Egyptian military seeks advice on early transfer to civilian rule

    Pentagon: We’re going to need a bigger bomb for Iran

    Panetta: Iranian nuke in a year, deliverable in 2-3 years

    Sunni Iraqiya bloc ends boycott of Iraqi parliament

    Early French withdrawal leads to “rush to the exits” concerns

    RMG: Obama turning blind-eye to state sponsors of terror

    NATO allies deal with shrinking defense budgets

    Godson: US needs new type of foreign policy professional

  • FPI Overnight Brief: January 27, 2012

    White Paper: DoD’s Defense Budget Priorities and Choices (PDF)

    Fred Kagan: Military must invest in troops, not tech

    Israel senses bluffing in Iran’s retaliation threats

    AEI: The Iranian Nuclear Program: Timelines, Data, Estimates

    Dozens killed in fighting throughout Syria

    Shadi Hamid: West must consider intervention in Syria now

    Clinton: State Dept to start drawing-down in Afghanistan

    Afghan negotiators believe Taliban willing to soften

    Rebel militias still dominate Tripoli streets

  • FPI Overnight Brief: January 26, 2012

    SecDef Panetta to unveil details of budget cuts today

    Philippines in talks w/US on expanding military presence

    ISIS: Iran won’t move toward a nuclear weapon in 2012

    UNSC could vote on West-Arab resolution on Syria next week

    Egypt bars NGO employees, son of Cabinet member from leaving

    US base in Ethiopia demonstrative of new defense strategy

    Pakistan PM Gilani softens criticism of military leadership

    WaPo: Admin should hope Pakistan’s civilian leadership wins

    Fontaine: US must ensure relations w/India don’t fracture over Iran

  • FPI Overnight Brief: January 25, 2012

    Retaining nuke tech, knowledge likely outcome for Iran

    Gulf States withdraw monitors from Syria, urge UN action

    Western UN envoys slam Russia for arms sales to Syria

    Eaglen: Defense cuts final nail in coffin of our contract w/force (WSJ sub)

    Runde: India and the next US President

    Egyptians mark first anniversary of revolution

    US maintaining sizeable force in Persian Gulf region

    US shifts policy on Jordan, Vietnam nuclear fuel rights (WSJ sub)

    Poland fears US defense cuts will make it vulnerable to Russia

  • FPI Overnight Brief: January 24, 2012

    FPI’s Kagan and Fly assess Obama’s foreign policy in symposium

    Abrams: A forward strategy of freedom

    Treasury Department sanctions Iran’s 3rd-largest bank

    Egypt’s new parliament opens with chaotic start

    Admin considers repatriating non-Afghan prisoners at Bagram

    Eastern Afghanistan emerges as new focus of attention

    Cantor calls for replacing sequestration cuts to defense

    Media visits Syrian city in regime-sponsored tour

    Attack against McFaul demonstrates Russian apprehension

  • FPI Overnight Brief: January 23, 2012

    Syria rejects Arab League plan for Assad to step-down

    European Union agrees to new sanctions against Iran

    Accord between military, MB on new Egyptian constitution?

    Roy: No institutionalization of democracy in Egypt w/o MB

    Saleh leaves Yemen, bound for medical treatment in US

    Rising strife threatens Iraqi stability

    Diehl: Turkey’s government is the new normal in Mideast

    Donnelly: The Obama way of war

    Over 150 killed in Nigeria in wave of violence

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