Category: Blogs

Lithuania Warns Russia It Might Block Access to Kaliningrad

By Reuters and RT

From Luke Baker and Justyna Pawlak, Reuters:  Lithuania could block Russia’s road and rail access to its enclave of Kaliningrad if Moscow keeps pressuring its neighbors over their ties to the European Union

NATO Envoy: Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict Deserves More International Attention

By Sara Rajabova, AzerNews

The Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh conflict deserves much more international attention, NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia, James Appathurai, said on his Facebook page.

Weighing Russia’s Syria Success

By Rajan Menon

Those who have bemoaned the acrimonious exchanges between the United States and Russia, watched with dismay as President Obama’s “reset” with Moscow (more of a marketing moniker than substantive policy) unraveled, and tried valiantly to insist that Russia remains a great power and ought to be respected and embraced by Washington as a partner have had their […]

An Eye on Egypt’s Amended Constitution: Military Articles

Continuing EgyptSource’s constitutional coverage, in this installment we look at the articles relating to the military, namely the debate over military trials in the constitution, the appointment of the minister of defense, and the armed forces’ budget. Keep up with all of EgyptSource’s constitution roundups  here.

NATO Secretary General Objects to Russia Building Fences ‘Within Georgia’

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

I note with concern the Russian Federation’s continued activity in erecting fences and other obstacles along administrative boundary lines within Georgia.

Rummy’s Reclama – Fixing a Broken Process

By Harlan Ullman

Donald Rumsfeld is on tour touting his newest book: Rumsfeld’s Rules, a compilation of lessons accumulated over fifty years of public service. Rumsfeld has the distinction of being both America’s youngest and oldest secretary of defense, presiding over three wars—winding down Vietnam and during the past decade, overseeing the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq. But […]

Time to Split the Cyber ‘Deep State’ of NSA and Cyber Command

By Jason Healey

Imagine if the commander of US Pacific Command were the leading source of information on the Chinese military threat, had the ear of Congress on China policy, ran covert military operations against China, and could decide what information on China was classified.

Britain’s Government Network Attacked By ‘400,000 Advanced Malicious Cyber Threats’ in 2012

By Reuters and BBC

From Reuters:  Britain will recruit hundreds of computer experts to defend its vital networks against cyber attacks and launch high-tech assaults of its own, Defence Secretary Philip Hammond said on Sunday.