Category: Blogs

Content

New Atlanticist

Feb 15, 2013

Libya Must Be Stabilized

By Jason Pack and Karim Mezran

From Cairo on the Nile to Tunis on the Mediterranean, a political vacuum has descended across North Africa. The Arab Spring ushered in new freedoms, but it also weakened existing state structures and unleashed a cultural and political free-for-all, favorable to mobilization, assassinations and propagation of extremist ideology. The region’s newly elected governments are rapidly […]

Libya

MENASource

Feb 15, 2013

Learning to Stare at the Sun

By Alaa Al Aswany

Some years back the US press uncovered a scandal in which Catholic priests were abusing children at church. The US press fought to document the abuses until the church finally apologized and the accused priests went on trial. The church recently appointed a special investigator, Father Robert Oliver, to look into any sexual abuse within […]

New Atlanticist

Feb 15, 2013

Is China Choking on Success?

By Robert A. Manning

A popular app on smartphones in Beijing is the US Embassy’s Air Quality Index measurement. No wonder: Until last year, even as the air in China’s capitol has increasingly come to resemble that of an airport smoking area, its ruling elite have refused to make public its air-quality levels or even admit a problem.

China Energy & Environment

MENASource

Feb 15, 2013

Top News: NSF and Nour Party Agree – Qandil and Cabinet Must Go

By Egypt Source

The Salafist Nour Party met with members of the National Salvation Front (NSF) opposition umbrella group in a closed meeting on Thursday. The NSF and Nour Party agree on the importance of the resignation of Hisham Qandil’s cabinet.

NATOSource

Feb 14, 2013

Russian Navy warplanes start Arctic patrols

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti: Russian Northern Fleet aircraft have started patrolling the Arctic Ocean on a regular basis, Defense Ministry spokesman Capt. First Rank Vadim Serga said on Thursday.

NATOSource

Feb 14, 2013

US-EU free trade agreement ‘will be a game-changer’

By João Vale de Almeida, Christian Science Monitor

From João Vale de Almeida, Christian Science Monitor:  The most immediate way to boost our transatlantic relationship is to follow through on an EU-US free trade agreement.

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Feb 14, 2013

How to start a battalion in Syria (in five easy lessons)

By Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, London Review of Books

From Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, London Review of Books:  In the cramped living room of a run-down flat near the Aleppo frontline, two Syrian rebels sat opposite each other.

New Atlanticist

Feb 14, 2013

Drones and the Law: Restoring Checks and Balances

By Pejman Yousefzadeh

The Department of Justice has recently released a white paper detailing what it believes to be the scope of the president’s authority to kill Americans suspected of being members of al Qaeda—killings that are usually conducted via drones. The white paper argues that the killing of such suspects does not violate due process or the […]

Drones Intelligence

NATOSource

Feb 14, 2013

The World from Berlin: ‘It’s Worth Promoting Economic NATO’

By Daryl Lindsey, Spiegel

From Daryl Lindsey, Spiegel:  The European Union and United States say they will soon begin negotiations to create the world’s largest free-trade zone. German editorialists argue a deal is necessary if the West wants to help shape global politics and address the challenge of a rising China.

United Kingdom

New Atlanticist

Feb 14, 2013

Beyond Budgets: Legacies Impacting American Defense Policy

By Derek Reveron

In spite of more than a decade of combat operations, looming budget reductions, and a variety of social changes, the military remains a powerful tool for American presidents and they have not been loathe to use it. The military’s size, technology, equipment, and remarkable capabilities allow presidents to defend America and also to support friends, […]

National Security Security & Defense
Load More