Category: Blogs

NATO intervention in Syria Wouldn’t be Easy

By Dan Nexon, Duck of Minerva

From Dan Nexon, Duck of Minerva:  That’s the takeaway from a new working paper by Brian Haggerty, a doctoral student at MIT.

Strategic Engagement with Russia 2013-17

By Thomas R. Pickering

Russia remains, in ‘Churchillian’ terms, an enigmatic mystery. In its post-Communist transition to a modern state, Russia has shed most of the impedimenta of Communism and begun to search for new directions. But the old conflict between “Slavophiles” and “Westernizers” has emerged in the streets in a new guise and the outcome remains uncertain. Although […]

Top News: Brawls in Egypt Court as Judges Meet on Constitution

By Tarek Radwan

Brawls broke out in an Egyptian courtroom as judges tried to debate rulings on Tuesday that could either bolster the country’s new Islamist President Mohamed Mursi, or undermine him in his power struggle with the military. Legal opinion is split on whether the Cairo administrative court will strike down Egypt’s constituent assembly, formed by an […]

UK spy agencies urged to wage war on cyber enemies

By the BBC

From the BBC:  Britain’s spy agencies and military have been urged by MPs to wage cyber warfare in the interests of national security.

Alliance problems in East Asia highlight unique value of NATO

By Stephen M. Walt, Foreign Policy

From Stephen M. Walt, Foreign Policy:  First, a May 2012 agreement to increase security cooperation and intelligence sharing between South Korea and Japan (a move that the United States clearly supported) has foundered in recent weeks

The push for a greater ‘Europe’ is also dividing Europe

By Julian Lindley-French, the New Atlanticist

From Julian Lindley-French, the New Atlanticist:  The current crisis has painfully exposed what is the great European divide

NATO Secretary General urges Ukraine to remove obstacles in relations with alliance

By Interfax-Ukraine

From Interfax-Ukraine:  NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has expressed the hope that Ukraine’s leadership will settle the issue of the politically motivated prosecution of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and former Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko

Scottish National Party considers NATO policy change

By the BBC

Syrian army defector urges limited NATO intervention

By DPA

From DPA:  A Syrian army defector said that the rebels controlled 60 per cent of the country and that all they needed was limited military intervention from NATO to help them topple President Bashar Assad