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NATOSource

Mar 28, 2012

Norway increasing its defense budget 7%

By Gerard O'Dwyer, Defense News

From Gerard O’Dwyer, Defense News: The Norwegian government’s white paper on long-term defense spending underscores the need to improve the armed forces’ operational capability

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Mar 28, 2012

EU announces new cyber crime center

By the European Commission

From the European Commission:  [W]orldwide, more than one million people become victims of cybercrime every day. The cost of cybercrime could reach an overall total of USD 388 billion worldwide. Today, the European Commission proposed to establish a European Cybercrime Centre to help protect European citizens and businesses against these mounting cyber-threats. The centre will […]

Cybersecurity European Union

MENASource

Mar 28, 2012

Is Egypt “Change Blind”?

By Ahmed Morsy

Political analysis alone cannot adequately explain the troubled state of Egypt’s transition.  The current crisis is rooted as much in social psychology as it is in politics. As Egypt’s political forces engage are polarizing around the volatile debates over the new constitution and Egypt’s next president, it appears that the population is collectively suffering from […]

New Atlanticist

Mar 28, 2012

America’s Number One Geostrategic Threat?

By James Joyner

Yesterday, likely Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney declared Russia “without question, our No. 1 geopolitical foe.”

Iran Korea

MENASource

Mar 28, 2012

News: SCAF Allows Ayman Nour to Run for Presidency

By Mara Revkin

Ayman Nour claims that the SCAF has issued a decision allowing him to run in the upcoming presidential election. His political rights have been suspended since 2005, when he was convicted of forging signatures for registration of the Nour Party in a case that was broadly condemned as politically motivated.

New Atlanticist

Mar 28, 2012

Seven Ideas to Boost the Arab Awakening

By Nickolay Mladenov and Hristiana Grozdanova

When a Tunisian fruit vendor set himself on fire in a small town’s public square, barely anyone expected this act to lead to a revolution in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and the Arab world. The fall of the three dictatorships initiated a new phase in a worldwide democratic wave that has been remaking the world since […]

European Union International Organizations

New Atlanticist

Mar 28, 2012

Draghi Rides to the Rescue

By Ben Carliner

Give Mario Draghi his due: he knows how to stop a bank run. Since the European Central Bank launched its Long Term Refinancing Operation for Eurozone banks, contagion has all but stopped in its tracks.

Economy & Business European Union

NATOSource

Mar 28, 2012

NATO: Afghans to take lead in majority of country

By Slobodan Lekic and Deb Riechmann, the AP

From Slobodan Lekic and Deb Riechmann, the AP:  Afghan forces will soon start taking charge of security for three-quarters of the nation’s 28 million people, NATO’s top military commander said Wednesday

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Mar 27, 2012

Modern Military Atrocity: The Case of Robert Bales

By Don Snow

The alleged rampage of Staff Sergeant Robert Bales in an Afghan village that ended with 17 dead Afghan civilians has caught the public attention because the acts attributed to the 38-year-old father of two were so brutal, ghastly, and repulsive. They are a textbook case of war crimes–more specifically crimes against humanity–and are, as such […]

Afghanistan

NATOSource

Mar 27, 2012

The west has lost in Afghanistan

By Gideon Rachman, the Financial Times

From Gideon Rachman, the Financial Times:  Five years ago the Americans were refusing to speak to the Taliban. Now the Taliban are refusing to speak to the Americans.

United States and Canada
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