Category: Blogs

Hillary Clinton: Don’t Let Greatest Alliance in History Slide into Irrelevance

By James Joyner

Former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton declared that NATO is “just as important in the 21st century as it was in the 20th” and warned, “We can’t afford to let the greatest alliance in history slide into irrelevance.”

Georgia’s Prime Minister: We will get NATO MAP in 2014

By Joshua Kucera, Bug Pit

A Law Safeguarding Women Against Violence: The First Step

By Sarah El-Rashidi

While women in Egypt are habitual victims of sexual harassment in its various forms, the law does little to protect them or guarantee their rights. A survey conducted by the Egyptian Center for Women’s Rights (ECR) in 2008 indicates that 83% of Egyptian women and 98% of foreign women have been subjected to harassment. “The […]

NATO Secretary General: Striking a new transatlantic deal

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

Top News: Six Ministers to Change in Egypt Cabinet Reshuffle

By Egypt Source

Egypt’s cabinet reshuffle will see six ministers replaced, al-Ahram Arabic news website has reported, citing a government source. President Morsi had intended to replace ten ministers, the source added, but the number was trimmed to six because he could not persuade enough replacements to join his cabinet.    GOVERNMENT & OPPOSITION Six ministers to change […]

Canada should hear U.S. out on missile defense system

By the Editors of the Calgary Herald

From the Editors of the Calgary Herald:  The Pentagon announced its intention in March to place 14 new ground-based missile interceptors in Alaska by 2017

Iraq’s Dangerous Relapse Needs US Attention

By Ramzy Mardini

The month of April marked the tenth anniversary of the fall of Baghdad, the third provincial election of the post-Saddam era—the country’s first without the presence of US troops—and seven years since a relatively unknown Nouri al-Maliki emerged as the prime minister of Iraq. Nevertheless, after a period of relatively low violence and another election […]

Europeans should encourage U.S. to offer Russia legal guarantees on missile defense

By Clara Marina O'Donnell, Real Clear World

From Clara Marina O’Donnell, Real Clear World:  [S]o far, the Obama administration has refused to give Russia legal guarantees. The US has made such commitments in the past.

Should the EU develop a joint European Strike Force?

By Olivier de France and Nick Witney, European Council on Foreign Relations

From Olivier de France and Nick Witney, European Council on Foreign Relations:  [T]he European Council needs to shake up the system by itself demanding that blueprints be produced for one or two major, exemplary, integrative projects.

Russia plans to add 20 ships to its Black Sea Fleet

By ITAR-TASS