Category: Blogs

Russia, France to Jointly Build Armored Vehicle

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  Russia and France will jointly build a new armored infantry vehicle in the next 18 months, the Rosoboronexport arms export monopoly said on Friday.

Finland’s new Defense Minister rejects Russian pressure on NATO membership

By Eero Vassinen, Reuters

NATO SecGen on Syria crisis: ‘The international community has a duty to put an end to it’

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  Syria is still a matter of concern. We are following the situation closely.

Global Trends and International Security

By Derek Reveron

Understanding how the world works is key for developing a sound national security policy. The security environment provides the context for developing strategy and building forces to advance and defend national interests. At the same time, strategy shapes the security environment and is shaped by it. For example, a strategy that emphasizes global trade can […]

Stop Playing Games over Europe Mr. Cameron

By Julian Lindley-French

In an article yesterday in London’s Sunday Telegraph, British Prime Minister David Cameron hinted at a possible in/out referendum on Britain’s membership of the EU. “Let us start to spell out in more detail the parts of our European engagement we want and those we want to end”, Cameron urged.

Top News: Morsi Spokesman Backpedals on Dissolved Parliament and Abdel Rahman

By Tarek Radwan

Acting presidential spokesman Yasser Ali said that President Mohamed Morsy’s statement in his Cairo University speech on Saturday regarding the return of the “elected institutions” did not necessarily mean the return of the dissolved parliament. “It means the matter would be discussed in a legal framework, even if it means new elections,” he said. Ali […]

Managing the US Relationship with Egypt

By Michele Dunne

 This piece was first published in the Washington Post "On the basis of mutual respect” was how the White House characterized President Obama’s pledge to work with Egypt’s newly sworn-in president, Mohammed Morsi , in a phone call congratulating Morsi upon his election last month. It was a well-chosen phrase, one that undoubtedly resonated with Morsi and others in the […]

Syria’s Rebels Are Winning

By Michele Dunne

Distracted by the tumult caused by the Syrian shoot down of a Turkish F 4, few observers have noted that the Syrian conflict has turned a corner.  What I myself termed a “slow motion train wreck” of inexorable slaughter of civilians by government forces and militias just a couple of weeks ago has now shifted […]

Vershbow: ‘NATO has stood by Georgia, and we will continue to do so’

By Alexander Vershbow, NATO

From Alexander Vershbow, NATO:  NATO is based on shared values and principles – freedom, democracy, human rights, and the rule of law. 

NATO and Turkey: Moribund Alliances, Military Snares, and Unnecessary Wars

By Doug Bandow, CATO

From Doug Bandow, CATO:  NATO fulfilled its Cold War role by deterring rather than sparking conflict. Yet if Turkey and Syria come to blows, the transatlantic alliance could turn into a transmission belt of war for America.