Category: Blogs

NATO Opens Major War Game; Russia Irked

By AP and NATO

From John-Thor Dahlburg, AP:  NATO this week is holding its biggest war game in years, and the Russians aren’t happy it’s happening so near their borders.

NATO Condemns Violence During Elections in Kosovo

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

I strongly condemn the attacks on polling stations in north Mitrovica.

The Role of the US Air Force in the French Mission in Mali

By Gabe Starosta, Air Force Magazine

France’s intervention in Mali earlier this year—helping its former colony defend against Islamic extremists—didn’t get the media attention lavished on the overthrow of Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi or the crisis in Syria. But the Mali mission has so far proved successful

The Week in Egypt – November 4, 2013

Catch up on the latest out of Egypt every week, with analysis, news updates, photos, videos, and more.

What Will a New Army Chief Mean for Pakistan and the Neighborhood?

By Shuja Nawaz

Since it was announced last month that Pakistan’s army chief, Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, would be retiring, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has kept the country dangling on his choice, creating a new parlor game for the chattering classes in the process. General Kayani has been characteristically mum, except for an unusual press release that said he was […]

Top News: Defiant Morsi Appears in Courtroom as Trial Adjourned to January 8

By EgyptSource

The trial of deposed Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi, and fourteen codefendants, on charges of inciting murder and violence, was adjourned on Monday, state media reported, just hours after it began. 

Top News: Egypt’s Mohamed Morsi on Trial, Adjourned to January 8

By MENASource

The trial of deposed president Mohamed Morsi and fourteen senior Islamist and Muslim Brotherhood leaders started at the Police Academy in New Cairo for defendants charged with incitement to murder and violence at the Ittihadiya presidential palace clashes in December 2012.

Congress Discusses the Future of US Aid to Egypt

By Mohamed Elgohari

During the House of Foreign Affairs Committee hearing Next Steps on Egypt Policy,” three US administration officials, Derek Chollet, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Ambassador Elizabeth Jones, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Near Easter Affairs, and Alina L. Romanowski, USAID Deputy Assistant Administrator for the Bureau for the Middle East, testified […]