Atlantic Council blogs

Update: NATO activities in Libya on June 25

By NATO

The Gulf of Sidra Irresolution

By the Editors of the Wall Street Journal

From the Editors of the Wall Street Journal:  The House’s confusion—failing to authorize the U.S. intervention but failing to shut it down too—shows that Congress as usual doesn’t want to take responsibility for its alleged convictions.

America is tired of war

By Lexington, the Economist

From Lexington, the Economist:  “I venture to say that no war can be long carried on against the will of the people.” Edmund Burke should be alive today. None of America’s several wars is popular.

Sarkozy rebuts ‘bitter words’ from Gates

By James Kanter, the New York Times

From James Kanter, the New York Times:  President Nicolas Sarkozy of France said on Friday that criticism by the departing United States defense secretary, Robert M. Gates, about European support for operations in Libya had been motivated by personal reasons and was grossly unfair.

Update: NATO activities in Libya on June 24

By NATO

China and Britain locked in cyber spy war

By Duncan Gardham, the Telegraph

From Duncan Gardham, the Telegraph:  As Wen Jiabao, the Chinese Premier, sips tea with the Prime Minister at Downing Street on Monday, both men will already know that their countries are in a state of undeclared war.

If Turkey refuses, Bulgaria offers to host radar for NATO missile defense system

By Novinite

From Novinite:  Bulgaria is likely to host elements of the US/NATO missile defense system in Europe instead of Turkey if Turkey refuses to host them, according to Bulgarian Deputy Defense Minister Avgustina Tsvetkova. Turkey’s position about hosting elements of the US and NATO missile shield, most likely its radar system, should be clear by the […]

Vondra: Computers in Prague will not strengthen our defense

By Alexandr Vondra, the Czech Foreign Ministry

From Alexandr Vondra, the Czech Foreign Ministry:  When I became the Minister of Defense of the Czech Republic almost a year ago, I inherited unfinished negotiations with the United States about the placement of the terminals of the Shared Early Warning System (SEWS) for the detection of launched ballistic missiles on our territory.

McKeon explains how White House lost Congress on Libya

By Josh Rogin, the Cable

From Josh Rogin, the Cable:  So how did we get here? On March 17 — the same day that Obama was pursuing the authorization for war at the United Nations and two days after he decided he wanted to attack Libya — the president had a 90-minute lunch with House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) but […]

NATO Cyber Defense: Moving Past the Summit

By Jason Healey, the New Atlanticist

From Jason Healey, the New Atlanticist:  Earlier this month, the Alliance’s defense ministers adopted a new Cyber Defense Policy and Action Plan, fulfilling and moving beyond the policy basics of the Strategic Concept from the 2010 Lisbon Summit.