Category: Blogs

Leveraging Europe’s Potential for Transatlantic Missile Defense

By Ian Brzezinski and Patrick O'Reilly

One of the most important initiatives concerning US and European security has been the Washington-led effort to build a transatlantic missile defense architecture to counter the growing threat posed by the proliferation of missile technologies. This threat includes Iran’s increasingly capable missiles that many project will be soon able to  strike the United States, as well […]

Libya: Nothing to Celebrate

By Mustafa Fetouri

Had it not been for the recent brief kidnapping of Libya’s prime minister Mr. Ali Zidan, Libya would not likely come up in the international news arena. The country has sadly dropped out of the spotlight, particularly in the West. Invited to speak to Amnesty International in Belgium, I asked my audience about the most […]

The Wrong War, Again

By Harlan Ullman

Last week, Washington roiled in revelations about the war on terror with reports of drone strikes in Pakistan secretly approved by that government; NSA tapping of the German chancellor and French president’s phone calls along with dozens of other heads of state; and what to do once the 2001 Authorization to Use Military Force ends […]

What We’re Reading | October 29

By Garrett Worman

TTIP Action aggregates the latest news and best analysis from across the United States and European Union on the ongoing negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).

The Geopolitical Contradictions of the NSA Scandal

By Jeffrey Lightfoot

Europe’s infatuation with Barack Obama started and ended in Germany. The European public fell head over heels in 2008, when then-candidate Obama addressed hundreds of thousands of adoring Germans at the Victory Column. His story was compelling and reminded Europeans of everything they loved about America. Best of all, candidate Obama spoke like a European, […]

Ebram Louis and the Contested Nature of Coptic Disappearances

By Jayson Casper

Maryam Milad disappeared in 2012. Last seen in the church of St. Anthony in Shubra, her father believes his now eighteen year old daughter has been kidnapped and perhaps married off to a Salafi Muslim somewhere. Police, he says, have been uncooperative.

Top News: Morsi Refuses to Recognize Egypt Court Due to Try Him; Judges Recuse Themselves

Egypt’s deposed president Mohamed Morsi has refused to recognize a court due to try him next week, declining to delegate lawyers to defend him over murder allegations. Judges presiding in an ongoing trial of Muslim Brotherhood spiritual leader Mohamed Badie and co-defendants on charges of incitement of murder have also recused themselves from the case.

Politicians Must Weigh the Cost of Tapping Allies’ Phones

By Ivo Daalder, Financial Times

As the US Ambassador to Nato for the past four years, I spent a good deal of time talking and listening to my colleagues trying to figure out the positions of, and divisions within, allied nations on many critical issues