Category: Blogs

Panetta talks cyber issues with Chinese, but experts see no decline in attacks out of China

By Lolita C. Baldor, AP

From Lolita C. Baldor, AP:  Despite several years of escalating diplomacy and warnings, the U.S. is making little headway in its efforts to tamp down aggressive Chinese cyberattacks against American companies and the government. U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, who is wrapping up three days of meetings with military and civilian leaders, said he has […]

Top News: New Constitution to Reduce Presidential Authorities, Morsi will Finish 4-Year Term

By Egypt Source

The Constituent Assembly has reduced, in the draft of the new constitution, the authorities of Egypt’s executive and given the right to parliament to hold the president accountable, said Salah Hassab Allah, member of the  System of Governance Committee, a body affiliated to the Constituent Assembly. 

Pictures prompt Russian defence ministry to confirm Eurocopter purchase

By Flightglobal

UK, Denmark suggest NATO meeting on Afghan attacks

By AP

From AP:  Britain and Denmark have called for a meeting of NATO countries to discuss how to tackle insider attacks against allied troops by Afghan forces. British Defense Secretary Philip Hammond said Thursday that such attacks, which have killed 51 international service members this year, will be addressed at a NATO defense ministers meeting Oct. […]

Russia Revamps Missile Defenses Around Moscow

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  Russia will reactivate mothballed ballistic missile silos around Moscow as part of deep modernization of a missile defense network protecting the Russian capital, former chief of the Russian Strategic Missile Forces, Col. Gen. (Ret) Viktor Yesin said on Monday.

Individualism versus Community in the Egyptian Psyche

By Tarek Radwan

The protests that began in Egypt and spread to the far flung corners of the Muslim world reflect a very real disconnect in the basic philosophies and strategic interests that guide the actions of populations within these countries. Few recent analyses, if any, scratched deeper below the socio-political surface to expose the source of the […]

ISAF General: Afghan ‘insider attacks’ aimed at weakening Western resolve

By Robert Burns, AP

From Robert Burns, AP:  A senior officer at the U.S.-led military command in Kabul says Afghan "insider attacks" on U.S. and allied troops are designed to shake Western resolve.

Police Actions Legitimize Egyptians Taking Justice into their Own Hands

By Nancy Messieh

Alber Saber, a 27-year-old activist, was arrested from his home in Cairo a few days ago. Police charging into a man’s home and taking him into custody is certainly nothing new in both pre- and post-January 25 Egypt. In Saber’s case, however, a dangerous precedent has been set, one in which police actions have legitimized […]

SecGen Rasmussen: New measures to protect NATO troops in Afghanistan are ‘prudent and temporary’

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  NATO is fully committed to its strategy in Afghanistan despite recent challenges, Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen told journalists in Brussels on 18 September.