Category: Blogs

Turkey says Gaddafi must step down

By the AP

Hungary has the EU’s last functioning embassy in Tripoli

By EurActiv

From EurActiv:  Of all EU countries’ embassies in Libya, only Hungary has a diplomatic presence in Tripoli and provides information to the EU.

US, Romania announce plan for missile defense site

By Alison Mutler, the AP

From Alison Mutler, the AP:  Romania’s president said Tuesday his country will host missile interceptors as part of a planned U.S. shield over Europe.

NATO mine-hunters sweep approaches to Misrata harbor

By NATO

The Pakistan Dilemma

By Shuja Nawaz

 U.S. President Barack Obama’s announcement yesterday about Osama bin Laden’s death in Abbottabad, Pakistan raises questions about the health of the U.S.-Pakistani relationship. Pakistan seems to have helped the United States track down bin Laden’s lair, as Obama acknowledged. But it is unclear whether Pakistan was involved in planning the mission that brought U.S. Special […]

Is Britain a Pocket Superpower or Super-Belgium?

By Julian Lindley-French

Oh no, not again! The BBC’s Robert Peston has discovered that the two currently under construction and now infamous British aircraft carriers, HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales will cost more than originally envisaged. One outlier estimate has the cost as high as £10bn, rather than the £3.9bn budgeted for. This is apparently […]

Cartoon: Osama Hiding Where?

By James Joyner

Cartoonist John Cole of the Scranton Times-Tribune offers this cartoon as commentary on yesterday’s big news

After Bin Laden: The Future of the US-Pakistan Relationship

By Shuja Nawaz

"Over the years, I’ve repeatedly made clear that we would take action within Pakistan if we knew where bin Laden was. That is what we’ve done. But it’s important to note that our counterterrorism cooperation with Pakistan helped lead us to bin Laden and the compound where he was hiding. Indeed, bin Laden had declared […]

Update: NATO activities in Libya on May 1

By NATO

Justice for Osama bin Laden’s NATO victims

As the leader of Al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden authorized attacks which killed more civilians of NATO members than any other threat against the alliance.