Category: Blogs

Time for a NATO-China Council?

By Jorge Benitez

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen recently expressed a desire for NATO and China to develop a deeper relationship, comparable to the NATO-Russia Council.   He observed that NATO has formal relationships with four of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council. The US, UK, and France are founding members of the Alliance and […]

US-UK Relationship Essential, Not Special

By Julian Lindley-French

President Obama has done Britain and Europe a huge favor. By recasting the ‘special’ relationship as an essential relationship the president has released London from the shackles of an increasingly hollow ‘specialness.’

Update: NATO activities in Libya on May 24

By NATO

U.S. missile defense in Europe “real threat” to Russia – General Staff

By RIA Novosti

NATO’s air war in Libya is “grinding down the regime”

By Eric Schmitt, the New York Times

From Eric Schmitt, the New York Times:  As Tuesday’s heavy airstrikes in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, underscored, NATO is escalating the pace and intensity of attacks on Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi’s forces

Internal memo reveals cyber attacks against NATO cause “wide-scale disruption”

By Spiegel

From Spiegel:  An internal NATO memo obtained by SPIEGEL shows just how worried the alliance is about cyber threats and how it plans to confront them "head-on." It also warns members that, if their shared defenses are to be robust and secure, each one needs to bolster their national defenses. NATO is increasing pressure on […]

Update: NATO activities in Libya on May 23

By NATO

Bringing a Gun to a Knife Fight: Striking Back in Cyber Conflict

By Jason Healey

If you pull a knife on a gunslinger, don’t be surprised if you get shot. This is one of the messages of the President’s new International Cyber Strategy.

Obama worried about UK leaving Afghanistan, Cameron worried about US leaving Libya

By Anthony Faiola, the Washington Post

From Anthony Faiola, the Washington Post:  Obama arrives as Britain is attempting to balance financial constraints against a still ample desire for global influence — an influence bought in large part through its strategic and military alliance with the United States.

“The Libyan operation has been a strategic shock to Europe”

By Roger Cohen, the New York Times

From Roger Cohen, the New York Times:  The Libyan operation has been a strategic shock to Europe — and here we get to the careful-what-you-wish-for side of un-slavishness.