Category: Blogs

A Rotten State of Affairs in America

By Harlan Ullman

To paraphrase Hamlet, “something is rotten in the state of America.” This isn’t a matter of American decline — a question that has been overrated and exaggerated. As global power diffuses, absolute, as opposed to relative, U.S. power will decline. Unfortunately, a certain malaise, to use a familiar phrase, may be much more prevalent inside […]

Top News: Brotherhood Calls for Demonstration to “Protect the Revolution”

By Mara Revkin

The Muslim Brotherhood’s Secretary-General Mahmoud Hussein announced that the group will participate in a million-man demonstration in Tahrir Square on April 13 aimed at "protecting the revolution” from attempts to restore power to the former regime.

Afghan security forces to shrink by 80,00 after 2014 due to $4 billion drop in allied funding

By Thom Shanker and Alissa J. Rubin, the New York Times

From Thom Shanker and Alissa J. Rubin, the New York Times:  Afghanistan’s defense minister said Tuesday that his government and the international coalition paying for the war effort had agreed in principle that Afghan security forces would undergo a significant reduction

Clinton: ‘a strong America is welcoming new powers into an international system’

By Hillary Clinton, the Department of State

From Hillary Clinton, the Department of State:  [W]e’re not turning away from our old friends and interests in other parts of the world. Our relationships with European and NATO allies who are, after all, our partners of first resort, remain indispensable

Putin blesses NATO’s role in Afghanistan: ‘God give them good health’

By AFP

From AFP:  President-elect Vladimir Putin called NATO a "relic of the Cold War" today but said Russia still welcomes the Western military bloc’s presence in Afghanistan.

Rogozin: ‘Rumors about NATO base in Russia – a provocation’

By Russia Today

Disarmament by Timetable

By Andrew Wilson

Britain’s nuclear weapons—and its international relationships—are under challenge.

Obama and NATO should act before the Syria crisis spreads further

By Simon Tisdall, the Guardian