Category: Blogs

Alliance and Partnership

By Kenneth Weisbrode, the New Atlanticist

From Kenneth Weisbrode, the New Atlanticist:  The language of partnership has become so popular, even contagious, that several, mainly American, officials have described the Atlantic Alliance itself as an important, if not the most important, partnership to the United States.

Spain to cut government ministries by 17%, Foreign Ministry by 54%

By Al Goodman, CNN

NATO: Member nations should share military systems

By the AP

From the AP:  NATO officials hope that, at a summit in Chicago this May, member nations will put aside concerns over sovereignty and agree in principle to create joint defense capabilities.

NATO’s Duty

By the Editors of the New York Times

From the Editors of the New York Times:  Tragic mistakes all too often accompany combat operations, even when the military objectives are humanitarian.

Russian intelligence chief accuses West over cyber security

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  Western special services are trying to compromise Russia’s cyber security, Army Gen. Sergei Smirnov, first deputy director of the Federal Security Service (FSB), said on Tuesday.

Alliance and Partnership

By Kenneth Weisbrode

NATO has made the strengthening of “global partnerships” a top priority. This is a good thing. They are better than the alternative: a polarized world of national, regional and even multinational rivals.

Pope Shenouda’s Departure Raises Copts’ Anxiety / رحيل البابا شنودة يزيد من قلق الأقباط

By Magdy Samaan

As liberal and minority groups voice concerns about the composition of an Islamist-dominated constituent assembly that will draft Egypt’s next constitution, hardly a sermon goes by at Coptic churches without references to rising fears among Egypt’s ten million Christians over the changes sweeping the country. The death of Pope Shenouda III, patriarch of the Coptic […]

NATO’s sea of troubles

By the Economist

From the Economist:  As preparations begin for NATO’s Chicago summit in May, the 63-year-old alliance is facing a perfect storm of problems.