Category: Blogs

Enlightened Engagement: US-China Relations

By Victor Chu

It was Napoleon who said in 1803: “Let that sleeping giant sleep, for when he wakes up, he will shake the world.” Napoleon was, of course, referring to China. True enough, the rise (more correctly the renaissance) of China resulting from its remarkable, open-door economic structural reforms over the last thirty years has shaken the […]

NATO says security of Gulf partners of strategic importance

By KUNA

From KUNA:  Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Dr. Nizar Madani visited the NATO headquarters in Brussels Monday and met with Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. A NATO statement said discussions centered on the political dialogue and practical cooperation activities, which exist in the context of the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI). "Saudi Arabia is […]

NATO AWACS helping protect Euro 2012 Tournament

By NATO

From NATO:  Not many people would immediately associate NATO with the Euro 2012 Football Championship. But NATO’s "Eye in the Sky", the AWACS (Airborne Warning & Control System) will be playing an important role in the security of the European teams’ competition over the next three weeks.

Egypt: To Have or Not to Have an IMF Program?

By Mohsin Khan and Svetlana Milbert

Over this past weekend Egypt held presidential election runoffs with official results due on Thursday, June 21. But with more than 95 percent of votes counted, the Muslim Brotherhood claims their candidate Mohamed Morsy is the winner.  In the meanwhile, the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) issued a constitutional annex to its March […]

NATO Ties Bind as Greece Fights for Solutions to Remain in Euro

By Gregory Viscusi, Businessweek

From Gregory Viscusi, Businessweek:  While Greece struggles to stay in the euro, its membership in NATO is another story altogether.

Egypt’s State of Emergency Lives on Despite Law’s Expiration

By Salem Mostafa Kamel

The SCAF’s decision to issue a new Constitutional Declaration on June 17 confirms what human rights activists have suspected all along: The SCAF scored political points by allowing the Emergency Law to expire as scheduled on May 31, but has since been covertly building a legal foundation to justify martial law and subject citizens to […]

Saudi Minister visits NATO HQ

By NATO

SCAF Declaration Turns “Soft Coup” Into Hard Reality

By Ahmed Morsy

The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) has issued an addendum to the March 2011 Constitutional Declaration that human rights activists fear will institutionalize military dictatorship in Egypt. The SCAF’s decision to issue amendments to several articles on the eve of the announcement of the official presidential results was strategically timed to avoid accusations of […]

China Should Intervene in Syria, Not U.S.

By Niall Ferguson, Newsweek

From Niall Ferguson, Newsweek:  [W]hy should it be the United States that once again attempts to play the part of global cop?