Category: Blogs

China’s economic expansion in Europe raises security concerns

By Peter Apps, Reuters

Update: NATO activities in Libya on September 10

By NATO

Obama: US and allies have “put Al Qaeda on the path to defeat”

By AFP

From AFP:  US President Barack Obama declared on Thursday that the Al-Qaeda network is nearing total defeat, having failed to destroy the United States’ "unique" leadership role in the world.

NATO Secretary General on impact of 9/11 on transatlantic alliance

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  Ten years ago today in the United States, terrorists killed nearly three thousand men, women and children. Citizens of 25 NATO Allied and partner countries died that day.

Update: NATO activities in Libya on September 9

By NATO

Nearly 80 NATO troops wounded in attack in Afghanistan

By Ernesto Londono, the Washington Post

From Ernesto Londono, the Washington Post:  Two Afghans were killed and nearly 80 NATO soldiers were wounded after a truck packed with explosives hidden under firewood rammed into the entrance of a military base in eastern Afghanistan, military officials said Sunday.

Paying the Consequences of 9/11 Overreach

By Chuck Hagel

Every American who is at least 20 years old remembers where he or she was on that sunny September morning 10 years ago. Sept. 11, 2001, was one of the most transformative events in the history of America. And its consequences rippled across the globe. This historic attack on the United States set in motion […]

Deterrence for the post-9/11 era

By Barry Pavel & Matthew Kroenig

Eric Schmitt and Thom Shanker’s new book, Counterstrike: The Untold Story of America’s Secret Campaign Against al Qaeda, credits our role in developing the first US government-wide strategy for deterring terrorist networks. They write that we “crafted a briefing to make the case that a combination of efforts — economic, diplomatic, military, political, and psychological … could in fact […]

Europe’s debt crisis may be biggest threat to Obama’s re-election

By Desmond Lachman, the Wall Street Journal

From Desmond Lachman, the Wall Street Journal:  A European failure to contain its debt crisis would be a monumental electoral setback for Mr. Obama.