Category: Blogs

Parliament: Cyber attack could fatally compromise British military

By U.K. House of Commons

Lessons Learned

By Yussef Auf

The thirty-two days between the 22nd of November and the 24th of December 2012 were unlike any in Egypt’s history. They began with President Mohamed Morsi’s “constitutional” declaration issued on the 21st of November and ended with the announcement of the official results of the referendum on the new constitution. These 32 days were punctuated […]

Lt. Gen. Campbell assumes command of U.S. Army Europe

By U.S. Army Europe

From U.S. Army Europe:  Lt. Gen. Donald Campbell Jr. formally assumed command of U.S. Army Europe in a ceremony on Clay Kaserne here, Jan. 9.

Can Anything Stop Europe Disarming?

By Julian Lindley-French

The world is playing stud poker, whilst Europe plays bad chess. Last week’s stern warning from US NATO Ambassador Ivo Daalder that Europeans should use the money saved by withdrawing from Afghanistan to reverse crippling defense cuts was surely just another tiresome American whinge? In fact Daalder is dead right.

Aid or Arrests? Qatar and UAE Go Separate Ways on Muslim Brothers

By Richard LeBaron

The ruling families of Qatar and the United Arab Emirates have staked out opposite poles in relation to Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood. The Egyptian press reported on January 8 that visiting Qatari Prime Minister Hamad Bin Jassim al-Thani announced additional economic support for Egypt: a new $2 billion deposit in the Central Bank (although it does […]

The Iranian Cliff

By Harlan Ullman

If 2012 turned out to be the year of the “Cliff Hanger,” what will 2013 bring? This column has written about the fiscal, strategic and civility cliffs. Alarmingly, the worst may yet to come: Consider the “Iranian cliff.”

Housing Co-operatives: The Future of Mubarak-Era Corruption in Morsi’s Government

By Alastair Beach

When the first of the 2.3 million stone blocks were lugged into place around 4,500 years ago, the great Pharaoh Khufu probably hoped his tomb would stand in glorious isolation for eternity. But four and a half millennia later, the Pyramids of Giza have almost been eaten up by the urban sprawl which over the […]