Category: Blogs

Ending America’s ‘Sea Blindness’

By Butch Bracknell and James Kraska

 The United States suffers from a kind of "sea blindness" — an inability to appreciate the central role the oceans and naval power have played in securing our strategic security and economic prosperity. One symptom of this bipartisan malady has been that the country is failing to take an active role in shaping the world […]

Medvedev calls NATO-Russia summit historic

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has called the recent Russia-NATO summit historic. "The meeting… was historic in terms of its spirit and atmosphere," Medvedev told Polish media shortly before his visit to Warsaw, adding that efforts should be made in order not to lose the summit’s groundwork and to bring relations to a […]

American Exceptionalism Lives on as Dollar Preserves its Hold on World Money

By Darrell Delamaide

As the euro drama unfolds across the Atlantic, no one in Washington is holding their breath over the next choice piece of advice German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble will impart about how best to manage a currency. On the other hand, there’s little indication of outright Schadenfreude, because the dismal goings-on in Europe don’t bode […]

Turkey’s Vision of an Ottoman Commonwealth

By Jackson Diehl, the Washington Post

Europe’s Piecemeal Failure

By Alistair Darling, the New York Times

From Alistair Darling, the New York Times:  When I look at events in Europe today, with Ireland getting bailed out and talk of crises brewing elsewhere on the continent, I am reminded of the weeks leading up to the banking crisis in 2008.

Aide to British MP Suspected of Spying for Russia

By Ravi Somaiya, the New York Times

Hungary’s Dept. FM: Wikileaks is a “serious crime” that affects the “security of the NATO alliance”

By James Morrison, the Washington Times

Turkey calls Israel’s use of NATO facilities “out of the question”

By Zaman

Transatlantic Division of Labor: NATO Hard Power and EU Soft Power?

By Howard LaFranchi, the Christian Science Monitor

From Howard LaFranchi, the Christian Science Monitor:  "If one were to say that Europe is going only in the direction of soft power, I would not agree," says Gen. Stéphane Abrial, NATO’s supreme allied commander for transformation.

Transatlantic Division of Labor: NATO Hard Power and EU Soft Power?

By Howard LaFranchi, the Christian Science Monitor

From Howard LaFranchi, the Christian Science Monitor:  "If one were to say that Europe is going only in the direction of soft power, I would not agree," says Gen. Stéphane Abrial, NATO’s supreme allied commander for transformation.