Category: Blogs

Atlantic Update: 2/3/11

By Jason Harmala

The EU gears up for Friday’s summit in Brussels.

WikiLeaks: NATO briefed on al-Qaeda plans for a dirty bomb

By Heidi Blake and Christopher Hope, the Telegraph

The Mubarak Legend

By Arnaud de Borchgrave

President Hosni Mubarak has been at the top or near the top of the Egyptian pyramid since 1975 when he was appointed vice president by his friend and mentor President Anwar Sadat. A fighter pilot, he was trained at the Soviet air force academy at Bishkek, then Soviet Kyrgyzstan. And as chief of staff of […]

United States to hold talks on tactical nuclear weapons with Russia

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  The United States expects to hold talks with Russia on tactical nuclear weapons (TNW) within a year after the New START arms reduction treaty comes into force, President Barack Obama said in a message to the Senate on Wednesday.

NATO previews agendas for upcoming ministerial meetings

By NATO

From NATO:  NATO Defence ministers will have an informal meeting in Brussels on March 10th to 11th.

U.S. and E.U. Join to Show Support for Belarus Opposition

By Judy Dempsey, the New York Times

From Judy Dempsey, the New York Times:  The United States and the European Union joined Wednesday in Warsaw in a show of support for the democratic opposition in Belarus.

Egyptian Unrest: Dynasty, Devolution, or Revolution?

By Harlan Ullman

Is what is happening in Egypt today, and Tunisia earlier, the harbinger of viral unrest with consequences akin to the French Revolution of 1789 or the Russian Revolution of 1917 but in real time? Or, is this unrest a localized protest over the continuing absence of jobs, food and political inclusion that so far lacks […]

China, NATO have potential to develop partnership: Ischinger

By Xinhua

NATO calls for transition, constructive regional role in Egypt

By DPA

Egypt 2.0

By Andrew Kessinger

The last few weeks have proven the old adage that one spark can kindle a great fire. Starting in Tunisia, where a twenty-six year-old lit himself on fire to protest rising prices and unemployment in the face of a callous and corrupt regime, the winds of discontent have spread the flame of protest across the […]