Category: Blogs

Israel and the Iranian Bomb

By Don Snow

The September 2010 edition of The Atlantic features a story on what it represents as Israel’s plan to attack and try to destroy the Iranian nuclear facilities before Iran can get to the point of producing a nuclear weapon–a prospect the Israelis argue is quite imminent, meaning the attack could come quite soon. The article, […]

German general takes command of NATO peacekeepers in Kosovo

By DPA

From DPA: German General Erhard Buehler on Wednesday took command over KFOR, the NATO-led peacekeeping mission in the former Serbian province of Kosovo, replacing a fellow German, General Markus Bentler.

West gives Serbia tough message on Kosovo

By Adam Tanner and Ivana Sekularac, Reuters

What is delaying the OSCE police mission to Kyrgyzstan?

By RIA Novosti

Azerbaijan: Five dead in border clash with Armenia

By Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:  Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry has announced that three Armenian and two Azerbaijani soldiers have been killed in clashes near the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. In a statement issued on September 1, the ministry blamed Yerevan for the incident, saying Armenian troops had crossed the line of control separating northern Nagorno-Karabakh from […]

WikiLeak-Proofing The Pentagon

By James Joyner

Wired‘s Spencer Ackerman reports on the Pentagon’s measures to fix obvious flaws in its security revealed by the Wikileaks debacle.

Lukashenko says Moscow ‘thugs’ may be behind embassy attack

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti: [Belarusian President Alexander] Lukashenko told journalists on Wednesday that a theory about Moscow’s involvement in the incident was "interesting" and that police would investigate it. "Most likely, they probably needed this incident. To demonstrate how bad Lukashenko is – why, he nearly carried out that "terrorist attack," as they put it, on his […]

NATO “no comment” on Russian warplane deal report

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  NATO declined to comment on Wednesday on a report saying it could use Russian Sukhoi Su-27 fighters at a Cold War-era base in Iceland for training purposes. The Financial Times reported on Monday the Icelandic government is in talks on renting an airbase to a private company, ECA, that says it is […]

NATO Flagship ESBERN SNARE Disrupts Pirate Attacks

By Allied Maritime Command Headquarters Northwood

From Allied Maritime Command Headquarters Northwood:  NATO flagship HDMS ESBERN SNARE, in cooperation with international counter-piracy forces successfully disrupted multiple piracy attacks on Panamanian flagged MV Caribbean Carrier and Norwegian flagged Hoegh Oslo who were transiting in the Gulf of Aden.

The Most Significant Threat to NATO

By James Joyner, the New Atlanticist

From James Joyner, the New Atlanticist:  Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, generated quite the buzz with his proclamation last week that, "The most significant threat to our national security is our debt."  The same could be said for the NATO alliance.