Atlantic Council blogs

Top U.S. stealth jet has to talk to allied planes over unsecured radio

By David Axe, Danger Room

From David Axe, Danger Room:  For the first time, America’s top-of-the-line F-22 fighters and Britain’s own cutting-edge Typhoon jets have come together for intensive, long-term training in high-tech warfare. If only the planes could talk to each other on equal terms.

Obama’s Chance for a Legacy

By Frederick Kempe

President Barack Obama devoted just one sentence in last week’s State of the Union address to call for a new transatlantic trade and investment deal. However, if negotiated with sufficient ambition and presidential engagement, it is Obama’s best chance yet at leaving a positive foreign policy legacy.

Who will Obama nominate to be NATO’s new military commander?

By John Vandiver, Stars and Stripes

From John Vandiver, Stars and Stripes:  A review of the military’s current list of four-star commanders doesn’t reveal any obvious choices. Gen. Carter Ham, the current head of Africa Command, could be viewed as a no brainer, given his experience heading up a combatant command and deep roots in Europe, but he is slated to […]

‘No’ to Political Violence, Because…

By Jayson Casper

Cynics throughout Egypt could only smirk. Thousands of Islamists protested against the recent wave of political violence, answering the call of one of its most notorious perpetrators, the Jama’a Islamiya. Throughout the 1990s they led an armed campaign against the Mubarak regime, as well as targeting tourists in a bid to discredit the state. In […]

Top News: Shura Council Accuses SCC of Undermining Lawmakers

By Egypt Source

Members of the Shura Council accused the Supreme Constitutional Court on Tuesday of undermining lawmakers following its rejection of several elections law articles governing parliamentary polls.  

Bulgarian government resigns amid protests

By Joe Parkinson, Wall Street Journal

From Joe Parkinson, Wall Street Journal:  The European economic crisis felled its latest political victim on Wednesday as Bulgaria’s government resigned from office after days of nationwide protests against austerity, high electricity prices and official corruption.

Disarmed Europe will face the world alone

By Gideon Rachman, Financial Times

Belarus getting rid of Russian warplanes

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  Belarus’ Armed Forces will replace a Russian radar station with an indigenous one and get rid of Russian-made Sukhoi Su-27 fighters, Belarusian Defense Minister Yury Zhadobin said on Tuesday.

FJP and Ministry of Social Affairs: An Identical Vision for Civil Society in Egypt

By Mohamed Zaree

The Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood recently proposed a draft civil society law. Submitted by the Ministry of State for Administrative Development, led by Dr. Mohammed Ali Bashar, a Muslim Brotherhood and FJP leader, the draft would replace current law No. 84 of 2002. This coincided with the […]