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Estonia "will have to be well integrated and rehearsed to interact with NATO"

NATOSource

Aug 13, 2013

Russia-Georgia War: Lessons for Estonia

By Mart Laar, Postimees

Within days, five years will have passed from the Russian-Georgian war. Much is written about it, a movie has been made. Still, many a question remains unanswered.

Cybersecurity NATO

NATOSource

Aug 13, 2013

Estonia: Russian Spy did not Know EU or NATO Secrets

By Andrew Reitman, EUobserver

An alleged Russian spy exposed in Estonia did not compromise EU or Nato secrets, Estonia’s intelligence chief has told EUobserver.

NATO Russia

NATOSource

Aug 13, 2013

Estonian Intelligence Official Confesses to Spying for Russia

By Estonian Public Broadcasting

The Estonian Internal Security Service (KaPo) has detained one of its own former officials, Vladimir Veitman, whom the agency suspects of having gathered classified information for years on behalf of a Russian intelligence service.

NATO Russia

New Atlanticist

Aug 13, 2013

Obama’s Red Lines

By Henry Johnson

President Obama’s tepid response to Bashar al-Assad’s use of chemical weapons illuminates how he might react to a decision by Iran to build nuclear weapons. In both cases, he has drawn red lines that are extremely costly to enforce.

Iran Missile Defense

MENASource

Aug 13, 2013

Graffiti that Cannot Be Erased: Sectarianism Lives On

By Mai El-Sadany

Since the ousting of Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi and the political standstill that has followed, both international and local news media dedicated countless hours and resources to analyses of whether the ousting was a coup, documentations of sit-ins and demonstrations, and interviews with political leaders and observers. While there is no doubt that the political […]

North Africa

MENASource

Aug 13, 2013

Top News: Egypt New Governors Sworn in Before Interim President

By EgyptSource

Twenty-five governors took the oath of office before Egyptian interim President Adly Mansour on Tuesday. The Red Sea and Mounifeya governors are not named yet. The post-Morsi regime reshuffling involved the appointment of twenty new governors and nine new deputy-governors, leaving seven in their positions from the previous government.

North Africa

MENASource

Aug 12, 2013

What Will it Take to Get Egypt’s Economy on the Right Path?

By Hoda Selim

More than two and a half years after the 2011 popular uprising, Egypt’s double transition, political and economic, remains complex. As the political uncertainty remains fluid and continues to unfold, the economy suffers. The time to act is now as economic challenges are a moving target. The new government must immediately develop a home-grown coherent […]

North Africa

MENASource

Aug 12, 2013

Top News: Egypt Postpones Dispersing Pro-Morsi Protest Camps, Presidency Against Dispersal

By EgyptSource

Egyptian police were expected to start taking action early on Monday against supporters of ousted President Mohamed Morsi who are gathered in crowded protest camps in Cairo, security and government sources said, a move which could trigger more bloodshed. 

North Africa
Commanders of Baltic States Land Forces

NATOSource

Aug 12, 2013

Baltic States Divided On Merging Armed Forces

By Jaroslaw Adamowski, Defense News

While budget cuts are jeopardizing acquisitions of new arms and equipment across Europe, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia are intensifying their military cooperation in line with NATO’s “Smart Defense” policy and collaborating on joint arms purchases.

NATO Security & Defense
E.M. Forster

New Atlanticist

Aug 12, 2013

In the Shadow of Forster’s Room

By Peter Haynes

What might the world look like a century from now? This is not an idle question: if we were able to forecast the ultra-long-term future with at least some degree of accuracy, our approach to policymaking would be very different. For example, if we consider federally funded R&D since World War II, much of it […]

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