Category: Blogs

NATO Secretary General Responds to Obama’s New Defense Review

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  I welcome the announcement by President Obama of the US Defence Strategic Review. The announcement follows consultation with Allies. I appreciate the United States’ enduring commitment to European security, to preserving the strength and solidarity of our Alliance and to upholding our collective defence. In an unpredictable world,  the United […]

New US Defense Review claims NATO “is critical to the security of Europe and beyond,” but rebalances forces to other regions

By the Department of Defense

From the Department of Defense:  The United States has played a leading role in transforming the international system over the past sixty-five years.  Working with like-minded nations, the United States has created a safer, more stable, and more prosperous world for the American people, our allies, and our partners around the globe than existed prior to World […]

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By Mara Revkin

Obama: NATO is a force multiplier

By Barack Obama, the White House

Obama vows not to repeat mistakes of defense cuts after WWII and Vietnam: “Not on my watch”

By Barack Obama, the White House

From Barack Obama, the White House:  The United States of America is the greatest force for freedom and security that the world has ever known.  And in no small measure, that’s because we’ve built the best-trained, best-led, best-equipped military in history — and as Commander-in-Chief, I’m going to keep it that way.

US and Iran War of Words Calculated to Avoid Actual Conflict

By Barbara Slavin

The recent escalation in Iranian threats to blockade oil shipments and attack U.S. Navy vessels are meant to push up the price of oil and divert domestic opinion from an economic crisis but are not likely to lead to a war in the Persian Gulf, in the view of Iran experts.

Pentagon Cutting Warfighters to Prepare for Unlikely China War

By James Joyner

Later today, President Obama and the Pentagon’s senior leaders will unveil a new national security strategy as a harbinger to potential large cuts to the defense budget over the coming decade. Early reports are not promising.