Category: Blogs

Pentagon now has list of cyber-weapons to defend US in computer warfare

By Ellen Nakashima, the Washington Post

From Ellen Nakashima, the Washington Post:  The Pentagon has developed a list of cyber-weapons and -tools, including viruses that can sabotage an adversary’s critical networks, to streamline how the United States engages in computer warfare.

Pakistan Has a Mountain to Climb

By Shuja Nawaz

In an interview with Ullekh NP of The Economic Times, Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center Director Shuja Nawaz warns that attacks on soft targets are going to rise rapidly in the subcontinent.

Update: NATO activities in Libya on May 30

By NATO

Pentagon warns that destructive cyber attacks may prompt military retaliation

By Siobhan Gorman and Julian E. Barnes, the Wall Street Journal

From Siobhan Gorman and Julian E. Barnes, the Wall Street Journal:  The Pentagon has concluded that computer sabotage coming from another country can constitute an act of war, a finding that for the first time opens the door for the U.S. to respond using traditional military force.

NATO SecGen urges US to stick to current Afghan strategy

By James Blitz, the Financial Times

From James Blitz, the Financial Times:  The US must stick to its broad counter insurgency strategy in Afghanistan and reject calls for a narrower focus under which Washington would significantly reduce troop numbers, Nato’s senior diplomat has warned. In the aftermath of the killing of Osama bin Laden, some US politicians have argued that Washington […]

Time for Peace Talks

By Maleeha Lodhi

In more ways than one, Osama bin Laden’s death has changed the dynamic in the region and offered a new opportunity to pursue a political settlement to end the almost decade long war in Afghanistan. Bin Laden’s killing by a covert American mission has injected unprecedented strains in the long troubled Pakistan-US relationship. But in […]

Memorial Day message from Adm. Stavridis, SACEUR

By James Stavridis, U.S. European Command

From James Stavridis, U.S. European Command:  We have lost many brave men and women in Iraq.  Army Private First Class Diego Rincon of Georgia wrote his mother a “last letter home.” “Whether I make it or not, it’s all part of the plan.  It can’t be changed, only completed.  “Mother” will be the last word […]

Update: NATO activities in Libya on May 29

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Rasmussen warns of NATO struggles “to generate the right forces and the right capabilities””

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  Taking the political decision to deploy military force is never easy. But the rapid and careful application of force can often prevent a crisis from developing into a more serious one