Category: Blogs

Update: NATO activities in Libya on June 24

By NATO

China and Britain locked in cyber spy war

By Duncan Gardham, the Telegraph

From Duncan Gardham, the Telegraph:  As Wen Jiabao, the Chinese Premier, sips tea with the Prime Minister at Downing Street on Monday, both men will already know that their countries are in a state of undeclared war.

If Turkey refuses, Bulgaria offers to host radar for NATO missile defense system

By Novinite

From Novinite:  Bulgaria is likely to host elements of the US/NATO missile defense system in Europe instead of Turkey if Turkey refuses to host them, according to Bulgarian Deputy Defense Minister Avgustina Tsvetkova. Turkey’s position about hosting elements of the US and NATO missile shield, most likely its radar system, should be clear by the […]

Vondra: Computers in Prague will not strengthen our defense

By Alexandr Vondra, the Czech Foreign Ministry

From Alexandr Vondra, the Czech Foreign Ministry:  When I became the Minister of Defense of the Czech Republic almost a year ago, I inherited unfinished negotiations with the United States about the placement of the terminals of the Shared Early Warning System (SEWS) for the detection of launched ballistic missiles on our territory.

McKeon explains how White House lost Congress on Libya

By Josh Rogin, the Cable

From Josh Rogin, the Cable:  So how did we get here? On March 17 — the same day that Obama was pursuing the authorization for war at the United Nations and two days after he decided he wanted to attack Libya — the president had a 90-minute lunch with House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) but […]

NATO Cyber Defense: Moving Past the Summit

By Jason Healey, the New Atlanticist

From Jason Healey, the New Atlanticist:  Earlier this month, the Alliance’s defense ministers adopted a new Cyber Defense Policy and Action Plan, fulfilling and moving beyond the policy basics of the Strategic Concept from the 2010 Lisbon Summit.

NATO Cyber Defense: Moving Past the Summit

By Jason Healey

Earlier this month, the Alliance’s defense ministers adopted a new Cyber Defense Policy and Action Plan, fulfilling and moving beyond the policy basics of the Strategic Concept from the 2010 Lisbon Summit. Though the details are still classified, this blog will discuss the basics of the new policy which seems to root NATO in the things […]

Cartoon: Obama’s GPS

By James Joyner

 Florida Today‘s Jeff Parker offers this take on President Obama’s Afghanistan "drawdown," which will culminate in getting American forces down to Bush era levels by the end of 2012.

Data breach from NATO-related website

By NATO

From NATO:  Police dealing with digital crimes have notified NATO of a probable data breach from a NATO-related website operated by an external company.