Category: Blogs

Finland’s Defense Minister: Budget cuts “increase the need to join” NATO

By YLE

From YLE:  Finland’s Minister of Defence, Stefan Wallin, has told the newspaper Savon Seudun Sanomat that all extra funding cuts planned in the defence forces increase the need to join NATO.

What Next in Libya?

By Derek Reveron, the New Atlanticist

From Derek Reveron, the New Atlanticist:  To be clear, NATO is assuming risk today by attempting to achieve particular desired ends without the available means.

Under NATO’s Flag: An Interim Assessment of the Mission In Libya (Part One)

By Vladimir Socor, the New Atlanticist

From Vladimir Socor, the New Atlanticist:  NATO had expected to fight for a few weeks; it set a three-month deadline for the combat and post-combat phases

Cameron deploys 10,000 more police to stop London riots

By Anthony Faiola, the Washington Post

From Anthony Faiola, the Washington Post:  Prime Minister David Cameron called Tuesday for an emergency session of Parliament and announced an almost tripling of police on London streets, after the capital and other British cities burned in this nation’s worst civil disturbances in decades.

Update: NATO activities in Libya on August 8

By NATO

Libyan Rebels Disband Cabinet

By Charles Levinson, the Wall Street Journal

From Charles Levinson, the Wall Street Journal:  Libya’s rebels disbanded the group’s de facto cabinet on Monday in an effort to ease the worst internal crisis following the assassination of their top military commander.

London Crisis: Riots, Looting and Arson

By Anthony Faiola, the Washington Post

From Anthony Faiola, the Washington Post:  Lawless looting and raging fires engulfed swaths of London on Monday as the wave of civil unrest that has gripped this sprawling capital escalated sharply, including riots in a neighborhood not far from that of the athletes’ village and shiny stadiums built for the 2012 Olympic Games.