Category: Blogs

Is Somalia experience blocking deployment of ground attack aircraft?

By David Brunnstrom, Reuters

From David Brunnstrom, Reuters:  French officials and military analysts say the U.S. fleet of low-flying ground-attack A-10 aircraft and AC-130 gunships could help break the stalemate

NATO pounds Gaddafi regime command and control centers

By NATO

From NATO:  NATO conducted deliberate, multiple strikes against command and control facilities of the Qadhafi regime last night

“U.S. officials concede that some of their assumptions . . . may have been faulty”

By David Cloud and Ned Parker, the Los Angeles Times

From David Cloud and Ned Parker, the Los Angeles Times:  The failure of the international air campaign to force Kadafi’s ouster, or even to stop his military from shelling civilians and recapturing rebel-held towns, poses a growing quandary

A Core Question of German Foreign Policy

By Ullrich Fichtner, Spiegel

From Ullrich Fichtner, Spiegel:  The German abstention on the evening of March 17 was a mistake in the eyes of many UN observers and diplomats.

Russian Ambassador: Western allies in breach of UN Libya resolution

By RIA Novosti

The Libya stalemate

By the Editors of the Washington Post

From the Editors of the Washington Post:  The contradictions at the heart of U.S. policy in Libya are becoming more acute.

Blame Westerwelle?

By Klaus-Dieter Frankenberger, the International Herald Tribune

From Klaus-Dieter Frankenberger, the International Herald Tribune:  When Germany abstained from the U.N. Security Council vote on Libya last month, quite a few eyebrows were raised

Libya crisis reveals divisions on EU defense policy

By Judy Dempsey, the International Herald Tribune

The Dying Peace Constituency

By Mehreen Zahra-Malik

“Unless it starts to behave, why should India not treat Pakistan like the errant child that it is and simply ignore it?” thundered a journalist from The Hindu. “You can’t ignore it even if you tried,” a Pakistani security analyst said in challenge. “I can tell you from my experience as a parent that ignoring […]

Update: NATO activities in Libya on April 17

By NATO