Category: Blogs

Russia vs. Ukraine: The Cyber Front Unfolds

By Jason Healey

Russia’s battle with Ukraine is being fought partly in cyberspace, where it may have greater room for escalation because nations increasingly accept covert cyber attack as a valid form of international pressure when more traditional options are too violent – or too visible. So far, the Ukraine cyber conflict appears to have pitted the strong […]

Finland Frets Over Russian Military Drills on Its Doorstep

By Alexander Smith, Alastair Jamieson, and Albina Kovalyova, NBC News

Russian military drills near neighboring Finland have provoked concern that northern Europe may be the next focus of Moscow’s seemingly renewed appetite for redrawing its borders.

Ajnad Misr Claims Responsibility for Cairo University Blasts

On Wednesday, three bombs went off at Cairo University, killing at least two, among them a police officer, and wounding five. The consecutive blasts were detonated remotely. Militant group Ajnad Misr (Soldiers of Egypt) claimed responsibility for the blast in a statement shared on Twitter, as pointed out by the Long War Journal’s David Barnett. 

Ukraine Crisis: Poland Calls for 10,000 NATO Troops on its Territory

By Financial Times, New York Times, Telegraph

From Financial Times:  The violation of Kiev’s security guarantees by Russia’s invasion of Crimea and the build-up of Russian troops on Ukraine’s borders has prompted Warsaw to ask for a deployment of two heavy brigades of Nato troops to Poland.

Top News: Three Explosions At Cairo University, At Least Two Dead

By MENASource

Three bombs have exploded at Cairo University, killing one policeman and injuring at least five others. A fourth device was deactivated. Two bombs killed Brigadier-General Tarek al-Mergawi and wounded five other security forces who had been guarding the facility, the interior ministry said.

Top News: Three Explosions at Cairo University; at Least Two Dead

By EgyptSource

Three bombs have exploded at Cairo University, killing two and injuring at least five others.

Can We Ever Move on from the Hostage Crisis?

By Barbara Slavin

After several weeks of consideration, the Barack Obama administration has expressed reservations to Iran about the tentative choice of a middle-aged career diplomat and close associate of President Hassan Rouhani as the country’s next ambassador to the UN. Hamid Aboutalebi, 56, a former Iranian ambassador to Australia, Belgium and Italy who currently serves as Rouhani’s deputy chief of […]

Russian Invasion of Ukraine Could Succeed in 3 to 5 Days: NATO General

By Adrian Croft, Reuters

Russia has massed all the forces it needs on Ukraine’s border if it were to decide to carry out an “incursion” into the country and it could achieve its objective in three to five days, NATO’s top military commander said on Wednesday.