Category: Blogs

Liam Fox on NATO allies: “Too many are doing too little”

By the AP

From the AP :  The pressure on Germany, Poland, Spain, Turkey and Netherlands comes as the alliance continues with intensified airstrikes on Libya’s capital

US warship visiting Romania may be 1st phase of missile defense system

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  The U.S. Navy cruiser Monterey anchored in the Romanian southeastern Passenger Berth of the Port of Constanta on the Black Sea within the NATO European missile shield project, Romania news agency Actmedia said on Tuesday.

The Transatlantic Two

By James Joyner

Fresh from a week in Europe working to give a boost to the transatlantic partnership, President Obama brought the leader of Europe’s most important country to the White House to present America’s highest award. In an East Room joint press conference yesterday morning, Obama declared "Germany is one of our strongest allies" and observed, "We see our […]

Gates criticizes five NATO allies over Libya

By Peter Spiegel, the Financial Times

From Peter Spiegel, the Financial Times:  Robert Gates, the US defence secretary, criticised five European Nato members on Wednesday for not doing enough in the air war over Libya

Too Big to Fail or Too Big to Fix?

By Harlan Ullman

“Too Big To Fail” is about the financial crisis that hit global banking institutions in the late summer of 2008 nearly bringing down the whole system. It is instructive and cautionary in a much wider application. Too many problems and institutions may be too big to fail. And, as a corollary, are they also paradoxically […]

NATO examines cyber threats at conference in Tallinn

By AFP

From AFP:  Three hundred global cyber experts gathered in Tallinn Tuesday for a NATO Cyber Conflict conference focused on the legal and political aspects of national and global Internet security amid a rise in attacks.

Update: NATO activities in Libya on June 7

By NATO

Cyber group Anonymous sends message to NATO: “You stand in our way”

By Circle of 13

From Circle of 13:  Good evening, NATO.  We are Anonymous. It has come to our attention that a NATO draft report has classified Anonymous a potential "threat to member states’ security," and that you seek retaliation against us. It is true that Anonymous has committed what you would call ‘cyber-attacks’ in protest against several military […]