Atlantic Council blogs

Cameron deploys 10,000 more police to stop London riots

By Anthony Faiola, the Washington Post

From Anthony Faiola, the Washington Post:  Prime Minister David Cameron called Tuesday for an emergency session of Parliament and announced an almost tripling of police on London streets, after the capital and other British cities burned in this nation’s worst civil disturbances in decades.

Update: NATO activities in Libya on August 8

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Libyan Rebels Disband Cabinet

By Charles Levinson, the Wall Street Journal

From Charles Levinson, the Wall Street Journal:  Libya’s rebels disbanded the group’s de facto cabinet on Monday in an effort to ease the worst internal crisis following the assassination of their top military commander.

London Crisis: Riots, Looting and Arson

By Anthony Faiola, the Washington Post

From Anthony Faiola, the Washington Post:  Lawless looting and raging fires engulfed swaths of London on Monday as the wave of civil unrest that has gripped this sprawling capital escalated sharply, including riots in a neighborhood not far from that of the athletes’ village and shiny stadiums built for the 2012 Olympic Games.

Mugabe calls NATO a terrorist organization

By Gillian Gotora, the AP

From Gillian Gotora, the AP:  Zimbabwe’s president of more than 30 years warned Monday that "mad people in the West" are campaigning for regime change, pointing to the ongoing civil war in Libya where rebels backed by NATO forces are trying to oust that country’s longtime leader.

Turkey arrests more of its generals

By DPA

From DPA:  A Turkish court Monday handed down arrest warrants for seven generals and seven lower-ranking officers on charges of campaigning against the government via the Internet.

Balkan Ghosts

By James Stavridis, U.S. European Command

From James Stavridis, U.S. European Command:  Libya and Afghanistan seem to get all the headlines about NATO these days. But lately, I’ve been thinking and working on the Balkans. We need to make sure that the Balkan ghosts of violence from the 1990s don’t reappear.

National Security in an Age of Austerity

By Kurt Volker, the New Atlanticist

From Kurt Volker, the New Atlanticist:  We need a realistic strategy for what to do — how to advance our national security within our means. Not simply to retrench, not simply to keep pouring on the gas. Take Afghanistan: As U.S. ambassador to NATO, I argued strongly for more troops and more Allied contributions in […]