Category: Blogs

Putin appoints Deputy Foreign Minister as new envoy to NATO

By Moscow Times

Hazard, Outrage and Panetta’s Cyber Speech

By Jason Healey

Imagine if in early 1941, the government were warning Americans of an attack on Pearl Harbor but could not decide whether to declassify the fact that the Japanese had aircraft carriers and had conducted surprise naval attacks against rivals before. The military might fret that they were seen as vulnerable, despite millions spent on defense, and […]

Turkey Disappointed With Obama’s Syria Policy

By Jorge Benitez, U.S.News & World Report

Top News: Egypt’s Constituent Assembly Referred to High Constitutional Court

By Egypt Source

Egypt’s Administrative Court on Tuesday referred a lawsuit on the fate of the Constituent Assembly to the High Constitutional Court. The decision means the status of the constitution-drafting body remains uncertain. 

North Korea Improves Cyber Warfare Capacity, U.S. Says

By Tony Capaccio, Bloomberg News

From Tony Capaccio, Bloomberg News:  North Korea’s government has a “significant” cyber warfare capability that it continues to improve, the top U.S. commander on the Korean peninsula said.

Britain doubling its number of Reaper drones and activating 1st base in UK

By Telegraph

From Telegraph:  The deployment of the five armed Reaper aircraft, which are used for surveillance and combat operations, will double the number that Britain has available.

One down, one to go: 2 U.S. Army brigades leaving Europe

By Michelle Tan, Army Times

NATO’s plan is working in Afghanistan

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Telegraph

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Telegraph:  I have just returned from Afghanistan, having seen real progress which too rarely receives the attention it merits.

American officials: U.S. and Turkey discussing contingencies for no-fly zone in Syria

By Craig Whitlock, Washington Post

From Craig Whitlock, Washington Post:  The U.S. government is intensifying its intelligence sharing and military consultations with Turkey behind the scenes as both countries confront the possibility that Syria’s civil conflict could escalate into a regional war, according to U.S. and NATO officials.