Category: Blogs

France Remains a World Power and Key US Ally

By Nicholas Dungan, US News & World Report

Norway Wants Large NATO Exercises in High North, but not Foreign Bases

By Gerard O'Dwyer, Defense News

From Gerard O’Dwyer, Defense News:  After serving as Norway’s defense minister, Espen Barth Eide was named minister of foreign affairs Sept. 21.

First Impressions of the Constitutional Declaration

By Yussef Auf

Amid the furor and amidst much blood spilled on Egyptian soil, the anticipated constitutional declaration has arrived, five days after Egypt’s ‘great transformation’ at a historic time. Without a doubt, it is more than justified to have awaited the declaration with great anxiety. Many look forward to erasing the traces of the past two and […]

US Drone Base in Niger Plays Critical Role in French Operation in Mali

By Eric Schmitt, New York Times

From Eric Schmitt, New York Times:  Nearly every day, and sometimes twice daily, an unarmed American drone soars skyward from a secluded military airfield here, starting a surveillance mission of 10 hours or more to track fighters affiliated with Al Qaeda and other militants in neighboring Mali.

NATO Helps Ukraine Carry Out Radioactive Cleanup

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  Kiev and NATO have launched a joint project to rid Ukraine of radioactive waste left over from the Soviet era, Ukraine’s envoy to the North Atlantic alliance said on Thursday.

Obama’s Europe Envoy to Face Benghazi Questions

By Bradley Clapper, AP

From Bradley Clapper, AP:  President Barack Obama’s choice as chief American envoy for Europe [Victoria Nuland] faces the Senate Thursday in a confirmation hearing that could go far beyond issues of trans-Atlantic diplomacy to questions about the administration’s handling of the Benghazi attack and its plan to arm Syria’s rebels.

Top News: NSF Submits Proposal to Amend the Constitutional Declaration

The National Salvation Front (NSF) submitted a proposal to amend the constitutional declaration issued by interim President Adly Mansour. The proposal suggests articles to be added and others to be amended.   GOVERNMENT & OPPOSITION Egypt’s interim cabinet to be formed next week: PM Interim prime minister Hesham el-Beblawi, an economist and former finance minister, told […]

Top News: Syria Opposition Denies Russian Chemical Attack Allegation

The opposition Syrian National Coalition on Wednesday denied Russian allegations that rebel fighters fired a projectile laden with the nerve agent sarin at a suburb of Aleppo in March, saying United Nations inspectors should be allowed to investigate the attack.