Category: Blogs

Time has come for the West and the Arabs to intervene in Syria

By Economist

Turkey calls on major powers to intervene in Syria

By Simon Tisdall, Guardian

Turkey fires on Syria in retaliation incident: state TV

By Reuters

From Reuters:  Turkey’s army fired on Syria on Friday after two shells launched from Syria landed in Turkish territory, Turkish state broadcaster TRT reported, underlining how tension between the two neighbors remains dangerously high.

U.S.-German relationship on the rocks

By Ian Bremmer and Mark Leonard, Washington Post

From Ian Bremmer and Mark Leonard, Washington Post:  [W]hy does a widening divide between Berlin and Washington threaten the entire Western alliance?

Turkey’s leaders concerned about lack of Western support during Syrian crisis

By Alexander Corbeil, Foreign Policy Association

The EU Muppet Show!

By Julian Lindley-French

It’s the EU Muppet Show tonight…and it’s official! Der Spiegel, a German political magazine reputedly close to Chancellor Merkel, suggested that Angela has likened PR-Meister David Cameron and the British to the Muppet Show’s Statler and Waldorf. These are the two old blokes who heckle the Muppets from a theater box who think the show […]

Egypt’s Return of the Judiciary

By Tarek Radwan

Long in the making, the embers of a dormant showdown between President Mohamed Morsi and the Egyptian judiciary have started glowing hotter in the past few weeks. Observers smelled traces of smoke when Prosecutor General Abdel Meguid Mahmoud failed to convict 24 prime suspects in the Battle of the Camel, the February 2011 attack on […]

Cyber: The Navy’s newest warfighting imperative

By Kendall L. Card and Michael S. Rogers, Proceedings

From Kendall L. Card and Michael S. Rogers, Proceedings:  The opening shots of the next war will likely occur in cyberspace.