Category: Blogs

Afghanistan gets veto power over NATO night raids

By Reuters

Russian Warship Patrols Syrian Waters

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  A Russian guided-missile destroyer that called in the Syrian port of Tartus last week left it to carry out unspecified tasks near the country’s shores, a military-diplomatic source said on Monday.

US ‘already committed to helping Assad fall’

By Doyle McManus, the Los Angeles Times

From Doyle McManus, the Los Angeles Times:  At a meeting in Istanbul last week, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced an escalation of U.S. aid to the opposition.

Alexander Grushko to become Russia’s new envoy to NATO

By Russia Today

Report: Russia deploys S-400 missiles near NATO border

By the AP

European Military Sales to Russia

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  Russia to Get First 57 Italian Armored Vehicles in 2012

Will Khairat al-Shater’s Presidential Bid Cost the Brotherhood Its Imperial Dream? / هل يكلف ترشيخ الشاطر الإخوان الحلم الإمبروط

By Magdy Samaan

The dream of the Muslim Brotherhood, as it has been articulated since the days of Hassan al-Banna, has been to build the individual Muslim, his family, community, and government in accordance with the principles of Islam. After decades of restraint, the Brotherhood’s bold decision to nominate Khairat al-Shater for the presidential election could unravel what […]

Number of jailed journalists nearly doubles in Turkey

By the Los Angeles Times

From the Los Angeles Times:  Turkey is jailing nearly twice as many journalists as a year ago, and sentencing them to as long as 166 years behind bars, according to a report from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe.

Syria and the Decline of NATO Military Clout

By Erik Brattberg, World Policy Institute

From Erik Brattberg, World Policy Institute:  Despite calls on Capitol Hill for international intervention as the Syrian crisis, NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has repeatedly ruled out the option of the Alliance involving itself in Syria, most recently at a conference in Brussels two weeks ago.