Category: Blogs

NATO Secretary General Condemns Attacks in Turkey

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  I condemn today’s deadly attacks in Hatay province, which have led to many dead and injured. These despicable acts show total disregard for the life of civilians.

Jordan’s Economy and Prospects for Stability

By Mohsin Khan and Svetlana Milbert

Two years after the Arab Spring transformed the social and political realities in the Middle East, it appears that Jordan has thus far weathered the wave of revolutions that toppled the authoritarian regimes in Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, and Yemen. When demonstrations reached the Hashemite Kingdom in January 2011, Jordanians called for reform of the political […]

NATO Secretary General Honors Stavridis with Medal

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  Admiral, Jim [Stavridis], you are the first naval officer to have served as NATO commander in Europe. But you have navigated these uncharted waters with great skill.

Justice Conference: A Step Toward Reform or a New Crisis?

By Yussef Auf

With a volatile and tumultuous environment surrounding the relationship between the judicial authority and the ruling regime, a Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) delegation visited President Mohammed Morsi on April 28. This visit came amid tension caused by the introduction of amendments to the Judicial Authority Law (JAL). During the visit, they presented a proposal to the president […]

Turkey would Support U.S.-Led No-Fly Zone in Syria, Report

By Reuters

Turkey’s PM Erdogan: Syria has Crossed Red Line, Used Chemical Weapons (Video)

By Tracy Connor, NBC News

From Tracy Connor, NBC News:  Turkey’s prime minister is charging that the Syrian government has used chemical weapons against its people and has called on the U.S. to take stronger action

Breedlove Takes Command of EUCOM

By Claudette Roulo, American Forces Press Service

From Claudette Roulo, American Forces Press Service: Air Force Gen. Philip M. Breedlove took command of U.S. European Command here today during a ceremony at the command’s headquarters with Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter presiding.

Swedish Angst as Russia Mocks its Defense Capabilities

By Richard Milne, Financial Times

Europe’s Defense Double Dutch

By Julian Lindley-French

On this anniversary of the 1940 Nazi invasion of the Low Countries it is perhaps appropriate to consider the state of Europe’s defense. Two events highlighted the essential contradiction between resources and commitments that bedevils European defense.  On 29 April the French published their first defense review in over twenty years.  Full of Parisian sophistry it failed […]

Defense: And What Will Europe Do?

By Sven Biscop

The debate about European defense tends to focus on the need to spend more and deploy more. One deceptively simple question is usually ignored: why? Americans seem to assume that more European capabilities will be deployed where it is convenient for the United States. Europeans just seek to avoid the difficult debate that it would […]