Category: NATOSource

The more Russia and NATO need each other, the better

By Sergei Oznobishchev, Valdai Club

From Sergei Oznobishchev, Valdai Club:   On setting up a NATO transshipment base in Ulyanovsk The decision is important in geopolitical and strategic terms, as it bolsters Russia’s partner relations with the United States and the North Atlantic alliance. There have been ups and downs in the Russia-NATO relationship, with downs prevailing. Russia has repeatedly frozen […]

Syria: The moral urge to intervene is countervailed by the moral responsibility for the consequences

By Maria Lipman, BBC

From Maria Lipman, BBC:  "A villainous leader brutally killing his adversaries should be stopped." At first sight the moral clarity of this statement cannot be called into doubt.

Would Bashar use chemical weapons against a NATO military intervention?

By Bruce Riedel, BBC

From Bruce Riedel, BBC:  Syria’s embattled President Bashar al-Assad is sitting on a powder keg of angry citizens who want his brutal regime to end.

Clinton: ‘I don’t think any country believes that it should act unilaterally’ in Syria

By CBS News

From CBS News:  Excerpts from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton interview with Margaret Brennan

Confrontation in the Med? EU to enforce arms embargo against Syria

By Slobodan Lekic, the AP

Taking the Cyberattack Threat Seriously

By Barack Obama, the Wall Street Journal

From Barack Obama, the Wall Street Journal:  [T]he cyber threat to our nation is one of the most serious economic and national security challenges we face.

The ‘pivot to Asia’ strategy takes a pounding

By Chris Carroll, Stars and Stripes

Time to stop waffling on Syria

By the Editors of the Washington Post

From the Editors of the Washington Post:  The Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad has suffered a series of blows in recent days

UK Defense Chief To NATO: Pull Your Weight In Europe While US Handles China

By Otto Kreisher, AOL Defense