Category: Blogs

House caps European missile shield funds, demands cost-sharing deal with NATO

By Carlo Munoz, the Hill

From Carlo Munoz, the Hill:  If the Obama administration wants Congress to finance a new missile shield in Eastern Europe, it will have to first get NATO to agree to foot part of the bill. 

Forget Red Dawn, US inviting Russian paratroopers to first joint exercise in Colorado

By Eloise Lee, Business Insider

From Eloise Lee, Business Insider:  Russian paratroopers will meet up with American forces next month for an unprecedented military exercise in Colorado, according to RT News.

Top News: Islamists Divided Between Morsi and Fotouh

By Mara Revkin

44 percent of the members of the general assembly of al-Gama’a al-Islamiyya’s Building and Development Party are supporting Islamist candidate Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh in the presidential election, according to an opinion survey. Only 25.8 percent of members support the Brotherhood’s designated candidate, Mohamed Morsi.

A World in Transformation

By Brent Scowcroft

We are living in a world that we know and that has shaped our thinking, but that world is in a process of transformation. We are struggling with institutions and practices of an Old World when that Old World is fading. This issue explores this global transformation, and I commend to you the articles contained […]

Senior NATO official headed to Moscow for missile defense talks

By Nikolaus von Twickle, the Moscow Times

From Nikolaus von Twickle, the Moscow Times:  NATO Deputy Secretary General Alexander Vershbow will attend a high-level conference on missile defense in Moscow next week, a senior official for the Western military alliance said Monday.

NATO, Russia stage Arctic war games

By Ilya Kramnik, the Voice of Russia

Top News: Parliament Advances Bid to Withdraw Confidence From Cabinet

By Mara Revkin

After ten sessions of debate, a parliamentary majority voted to reject the Cabinet’s plan for managing the duration of the transition and decided to continue procedures for withdrawing confidence from the Prime Minister Kamal al-Ganzouri’s government.

President of Estonia: a democratic world needs a strong NATO

By the Office of the President of Estonia

The case for military intervention in Syria

By Kurt Volker, the Christian Science Monitor

From Kurt Volker, the Christian Science Monitor:  In 1993, US Secretary of State Warren Christopher began consultations with European allies to gauge their level of support for military force.