Category: Blogs

Russia: Missile defense ‘litmus test’ of West

By the AP

Top News: Islamists Poised to Dominate Constituent Assembly

By Mara Revkin

Clinton: U.S. on track for Afghan deal by NATO summit

By Arshad Mohammed, Reuters

From Arshad Mohammed, Reuters: The United States said on Wednesday it appears to be on track to sign a strategic partnership agreement with Afghanistan charting their future relations during or before a late May NATO summit.

NATO says Putin unlikely to attend Chicago summit

By Slobodan Lekic, the AP

From Slobodan Lekic, the AP:  Russian President Vladimir Putin is unlikely to attend NATO‘s summit in Chicago due to his busy schedule at home, the alliance’s top official said Wednesday.

Rasmussen: ‘Not much progress has been made’ on NATO-EU cooperation

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  Two years ago, at the EU Defence Ministers’ meeting in Palma de Mallorca, I made several proposals to address this problem. I said that the EU and NATO must have regular discussions, at all levels, on the entire spectrum of common security threats.

A Bodyguard of Lies

By Harlan Ullman

During World War II, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill said that truth was so important that it had to be protected by a “bodyguard of lies.” Hence, under Churchill’s leadership, Britain set up the Special Operations Executive to confuse, mislead and otherwise trick the Nazis about allied intentions and operations. The “man who never was” […]

Francois Hollande’s Alternative Defense Vision Worrisome

By Dan Kettinger

French Socialist presidential candidate François Hollande recently delivered his defense program in an underwhelming speech that vacillated between vague, grandiose assertions of France’s “independence” on the international stage and its need to act in concert with other countries in addressing common security threats.  

Russia considering establishing cyber-security command

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  The Russian government is considering setting up a dedicated cyber-security command, responsible for protecting the armed forces’ information systems, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said on Wednesday. "We are currently discussing the question of setting up a cyber-security command," said Rogozin, who has responsibility for Russia’s military-industrial complex. "This is in connection […]