Category: NATOSource

NATO intervention in Syria Wouldn’t be Easy

By Dan Nexon, Duck of Minerva

From Dan Nexon, Duck of Minerva:  That’s the takeaway from a new working paper by Brian Haggerty, a doctoral student at MIT.

UK spy agencies urged to wage war on cyber enemies

By the BBC

From the BBC:  Britain’s spy agencies and military have been urged by MPs to wage cyber warfare in the interests of national security.

Alliance problems in East Asia highlight unique value of NATO

By Stephen M. Walt, Foreign Policy

From Stephen M. Walt, Foreign Policy:  First, a May 2012 agreement to increase security cooperation and intelligence sharing between South Korea and Japan (a move that the United States clearly supported) has foundered in recent weeks

The push for a greater ‘Europe’ is also dividing Europe

By Julian Lindley-French, the New Atlanticist

From Julian Lindley-French, the New Atlanticist:  The current crisis has painfully exposed what is the great European divide

NATO Secretary General urges Ukraine to remove obstacles in relations with alliance

By Interfax-Ukraine

From Interfax-Ukraine:  NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has expressed the hope that Ukraine’s leadership will settle the issue of the politically motivated prosecution of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and former Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko

Scottish National Party considers NATO policy change

By the BBC

Syrian army defector urges limited NATO intervention

By DPA

From DPA:  A Syrian army defector said that the rebels controlled 60 per cent of the country and that all they needed was limited military intervention from NATO to help them topple President Bashar Assad

The American pivot depends on Europe to take care of its neighborhood

By Sven Biscop, the New Atlanticist

From Sven Biscop, the New Atlanticist:  Inadvertently or not, the United States is now demanding European strategic autonomy, at least regionally

Is running out of money Assad’s decisive weakness?

By Fareed Zakaria, CNN GPS

From Fareed Zakaria, CNN GPS:  Another telling indicator of dissent is the number of silent objectors in the army.