Category: Blogs

Russia and Belarus Launch Strategic Military Exercise Zapad 2013

By ITAR-TASS and RIA Novosti

From ITAR-TASS:  The Zapad 2013 (West 2013) joint strategic exercise of the armed forces of Russia and Belarus will be launched in the two countries on Friday

UN Global Compact to Adopt “Global Rule of Law Business Principles”

LexisNexis® Legal & Professional—a Reed Elsevier business and a leading global provider of content and technology solutions— and the Atlantic Council formally presented the initial draft of the Global Rule of Law Business Principles to the United Nations Secretary-General at a special event Thursday night in NYC. The United Nations Global Compact will work to […]

Hundreds of Russians Fighting as Mercenaries in Syria – FSB

By RIA Novosti

Some 300 to 400 Russians are fighting in the Syrian civil war as soldiers of fortune, a senior official in Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) told reporters on Friday.

Episode 1: The Brotherhood I Know

By Mohammad Tolba

This is the first in a series of articles about Mohammad Tolba’s personal experience over the past ten years with the Muslim Brotherhood. Fajr Prayer, Spring 2000 This is how it all began. One of my friends passed away in a tragic car accident. I, like many people who experience this kind of loss, tried […]

Aegis Missile Defense System Successfully Intercepted Target Warhead

By Department of Defense

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA), U.S. Pacific Command, and U.S. Navy sailors aboard the USS Lake Erie (CG 70) successfully conducted a flight test today [9/18/13] of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system

Top US Diplomat for Europe Calls for a “Transatlantic Renaissance”

By John Kerry and Victoria Nuland, Department of State

Secretary of State John Kerry: [I]n Brussels, Toria helped guide NATO through a very critical and uncertain time when Article 5 was invoked in September of 2001

Secretary General Examines NATO’s Need for Capabilities, Burden Sharing, and Partnerships

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

We live in a world in transition. And transition often leads to turmoil and turbulence.

NATO Secretary General Condemns Slaying of EULEX Staff Member in Kosovo

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

I strongly condemn the attack on a EULEX convoy which led to the death of one Lithuanian staff member of the EU Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo. Such violence is unacceptable and will not be tolerated.

Can Germany Be a Civil Superpower?

By Julian Lindley-French

The Oxford English Dictionary defines ‘superpower’ as a “very powerful and influential nation.” On September 22, democratic Germany will go to the polls. Some commentators and politicians are posing what they believe to be a fundamental and existential question implicit in the election – a German Europe or a European Germany? The Economist in a […]