Category: Blogs

Quiet hardliner leads Turk military in testing times

By Ibon Villelabeitia, Reuters

Lithuanians Commit To NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan

By Specialist 2nd Class David Quillen, NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan

From Specialist 2nd Class David Quillen, NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan:  Lithuania joins the Czech Republic, Hungary and the United Kingdom as advisors to NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan and the Combined Air Power Transition Force (CAPTF) at the Afghan Air Force Base in Kabul.  Lithuania will supply personnel for a two-year commitment beginning in 2011. The new Lithuanian team is […]

NATO increases humanitarian aid to Pakistan

By NATO

From NATO:  An Antonov 124 transport aircraft will depart the Leipzig/Halle airport in Germany this Friday, 27 August carrying around 100 tons of relief goods to Islamabad. It will deliver power generators and water tanks donated by Germany, as well baby food donated by a non-governmental organisation. The transport aircraft lease is a contribution by […]

Upcoming Civil- Emergency Exercise ”ARMENIA 2010”

By NATO

China’s Economic Miracle Has Limits

By Mohan Guruswamy

The inexorable growth of China’s GDP has now taken it past Japan and it now takes aim at surpassing that of the USA, whose economy is at present more than two and a half times bigger. It took China a little less than a decade to make a similar leap to overtake Japan. But then […]

Pakistan: Assessing the Tragedy

By Mohsin Khan and Shuja Nawaz

The floods in Pakistan have affected one-fifth of the country (an area roughly the size of England) and engulfed large parts of all four provinces—Punjab, Balochistan, Sindh and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (formerly the North West Frontier Province). The vast scope of the damage makes this a truly national disaster with long-term economic and political consequences. With waters […]

War & Peace in the Mideast

By Arnaud de Borchgrave

Although the Mideast peace process is important, said Elliott Abrams’ invitation, there is something more important in that part of the world. "Members of the Friends of Israel initiative are even more concerned about the onslaught of radical Islamism as well as the specter of a nuclear Iran, both of which threaten the entire world," […]

Canada intercepts two Russian bombers

By Rob Gillies, the AP

Sarkozy to propose new ties between Russia, EU, NATO, OSCE

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  France intends to make specific proposals on Russia’s relations with the European Union, NATO and OSCE in September to secure stability in the Euro-Atlantic zone. French President Nicolas Sarkozy made the announcement on Tuesday during the opening of the 18th Ambassadors’ Conference held at the Elysee Palace in Paris. "Our common interests […]

The Geo-Strategic Impact of Russian-Armenian Defense Deal

By Andrei Trenin and Dmitri Trenin, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

From Andrei Trenin and Dmitri Trenin, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:  Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Armenian President Serzh Sarkisian signed a protocol last week prolonging the two countries’ 1995 bilateral defense treaty. While the protocol is deemed a mere prolongation of the existing treaty, there are important new features. First, Russia undertakes to guarantee Armenia’s […]