Category: Blogs

Limits of Military Power

By Derek Reveron

In its recent report titled “A Decade at War.” the Pentagon’s Directorate for Joint Force Development (J-7) observed that  the operations in Iraq and Afghanistan “were often marked by numerous missteps and challenges as the US government and military applied a strategy and force suited for a different threat and environment.”

Appointment of Hesham Kandil as Egypt’s Prime Minster Met with Mixed Reactions

By Nancy Messieh

One of the most common initial reactions to the appointment of Hesham Kandil as Egypt’s first Prime Minister following the election of President Mohamed Morsi has been to ask who he is. While relatively unknown to the general public, Kandil has already distinguished himself as the youngest Prime Minister to date. He is no stranger to […]

Top News: Irrigation Minister Hesham Mohamed Kandil is Egypt’s New Prime Minister

By Tarek Radwan

Water Resources and Irrigation Minister Hesham Mohamed Qandil is Egypt’s new prime minister, said the official Facebook page of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party Tuesday. Qandil was a senior bureaucrat in the ministry until he was appointed minister in July last year when former Prime Minister Essam Sharaf’s reshuffled the cabinet. 

Russia warns Syria against using chemical weapons

By the AP

Negotiating with Egypt’s Military Industrial Complex

By Mehrunisa Qayyum

Saying Egypt’s military is large and influential is pretty much like saying “It is what it is.” This type of complacency has survived because the military tends to assume an influential role in many large powerful countries boasting a military-industrial complex, such as Turkey, China, and even the United States.    Egypt has lived through […]

Assad names new national security team

By Albert Aji, the AP

From Albert Aji, the AP:  President Bashar Assad on Tuesday reshuffled the generals at the core of his regime’s highly secretive security apparatus after last week’s bombing that killed four top officials charged with fighting the tenacious rebellion rocking the country, an official said.

Video: How NATO’s Supreme Commander thinks about global security

By Allied Command Operations

From Allied Command Operations:  On 26 June 2012, SACEUR, Admiral James Stavridis, spoke at the TEDGlobal 2012 Conference in Edinburg, Scotland; title of his remarks "Open-Source Security."

75% of Scots support an independent Scotland in NATO

By Tom Peterkin, the Scotsman

From Tom Peterkin, the Scotsman:  Three-quarters of Scots believe that an independent Scotland should stay in Nato, according to a new poll published as the SNP considers ending its long-standing opposition to the nuclear defence alliance. The overwhelming popular support for Scotland remaining within the Nato fold after any break-up of the UK will boost […]

U.S. to offer multinational command training for senior European officers

By Steven Beardsley, Stars and Stripes

From Steven Beardsley, Stars and Stripes:  After years of training Europe’s soldiers in on-the-ground tactics, U.S. Army Europe is focusing several echelons higher, training Europe’s senior leaders in the concepts of multinational command.