Category: Blogs

Content

UkraineAlert

Sep 8, 2015

Kremlin Uses Minsk Protocol to Undermine Ukraine Government

By Alina Polyakova

In peacetime, September 1 is an eventful day for Ukrainian children—it marks the first day of school. But the war in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region, now in its second year, has put a dark stain on this usually festive occasion. This year, Ukrainian kids in Kyiv started school following violent protests outside Parliament. On August […]

Ukraine
Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, May 11, 2015

NATOSource

Sep 8, 2015

NATO Chief Concerned by Reported Russian Military Build-Up in Syria

By AFP

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg Tuesday voiced concern over reports of a Russian military build-up in Syria, warning that any support for Bashar Assad would escalate the bloody conflict.

NATO Russia

MENASource

Sep 8, 2015

Bustan Aquaponics: An Answer To Egypt’s Water Scarcity? [Video]

By Yara Enany

Bustan Aquaponics is Egypt’s first, and only, commercial aquaponics farm. Motivated by a changing landscape in a post-Mubarak Egypt, and by Egypt’s own water scarcity, Faris Farrag established the farm on the outskirts of Cairo in 2011.

North Africa
Dutch Panzerhaubitz in Afghanistan, Feb. 28. 2009

NATOSource

Sep 8, 2015

NATO’s 5 Most Lethal Weapons of War

By Kyle Mizokami, National Interest

Here are some of the alliance’s most lethal combat systems, each operated by two or more member states.

Germany NATO

MENASource

Sep 8, 2015

Top News: UK Drone Strike Kills Three ISIS Fighters

By MENASource

Britain killed two of its nationals fighting for the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) in its first air strike in Syria, said Prime Minister David Cameron.

MENASource

Sep 8, 2015

Top News: Outgoing Agriculture Minister Detained Pending Investigation Into Corruption Charges

By EgyptSource

Egypt’s outgoing Agriculture Minister Salah Helal was arrested in Cairo on Monday after being told to step aside in connection with an investigation into corruption at his ministry, judicial and media sources said.

MENASource

Sep 8, 2015

EconSource: Saudi Arabia to Cut Spending After Oil Price Decline

By EconSource

Saudi Arabia is cutting unnecessary expenses and delaying some projects to compensate for low oil prices, Finance Minister Ibrahim Alassaf said. His comments were the clearest official signal yet that Saudi Arabia is reducing expenditure in some areas.

MENASource

Sep 8, 2015

Terms of Engagement with the Saudis

By Richard LeBaron

President Barack Obama met Saudi King Salman in the Oval Office last Friday. The visit did not get much media attention, but one would not expect massive coverage of a meeting on the Friday afternoon of the US Labor Day extended weekend.

Iran Saudi Arabia
Russian President Vladimir Putin, August 17, 2015

NATOSource

Sep 7, 2015

Putin’s Gamble: An End to NATO and Restoration of Russian Might

By Stephen R. Covington, Newsweek

Putin is rearming Russia, remilitarizing Russia’s overall approach to security, changing Russia’s defense concepts, adopting continuous destabilization strategies against neighboring states

Europe & Eurasia NATO
Troops participating in NATO's Noble Jump Exercise, June 18, 2015

NATOSource

Sep 4, 2015

The Politics of 2 Percent: NATO and the Security Vacuum in Europe

By Jan Techau, Carnegie Europe

In 1990, the then 14 European members of NATO spent around $314 billion on defense collectively. In 2015, the alliance’s now 26 European members are expected to spend around $227 billion on defense.

NATO Security & Defense
Load More