Category: Blogs

New NATO division to deal with Emerging Security Challenges

By NATO

From NATO:  A new Division within the NATO International Staff has been created in order to deal with a growing range of non-traditional risks and challenges. The new Emerging Security Challenges Division (ESCD) started its work beginning of August and will be focusing notably on terrorism, the proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction, cyber defence, […]

The Financial Reform Bill Passed: Now What?

By Scott Bleiweis

Senator Christopher Dodd will visit the Atlantic Council on Wednesday, August 4 to discuss global economic reform.

NATO-Russian cooperation at sea

By NATO

From NATO:  In a sign of continuing cooperation between NATO and the Russian Federation, naval commanders met earlier this week, at sea in the Gulf of Aden, to share experiences regarding counter piracy operations.

What’s going on inside David Cameron’s foreign policy?

By Will Inboden, Foreign Policy

Shock and Awe Against Jihadists

By Harlan Ullman

August marks the 65th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Japan. On Aug. 6, 1945, a B-29 named “Enola Gay” dropped “Little Boy,” a nuclear device with the equivalent of 10-15 kilotons of TNT that destroyed Hiroshima. Three days later, after Japan’s War Cabinet voted to continue the war, another B-29 launched “Fat Man” on […]

Berlusconi Faces a No-Confidence Vote

By Elizabetta Povoledo, the New York Times

From Elizabetta Povoledo, the New York Times:  The government of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will face a no-confidence motion Wednesday because of the investigation of a Justice Ministry official implicated in an influence-peddling scandal. The center-right government is expected to survive the vote even though it lost its absolute majority in the lower house last […]

Afghanistan Oversight Failures

By Arnaud de Borchgrave

The questions go back and forth between the U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl W. Eikenberry, who was once the military  commander in Afghanistan; and Special Envoy for "AFPAK" Richard C. Holbrooke, usually airborne

NATO eyes move to new HQ after 50 years in temporary digs

By Slobodan Lekic, the CP

From Slobodan Lekic, the CP:  When President Charles de Gaulle kicked NATO out of France in 1966, the alliance built a temporary home in Brussels in just 29 weeks. Permanent digs should be finished just short of half a century later. The rabbit warren of prefab housing always looked very temporary but served NATO well […]

Why the U.S. can’t look to NATO or the EU to support its Russia strategy

By Stephen Szabo, Europe's World

From Stephen Szabo, Europe’s World:  America’s foreign policy leaders, both within the U.S. government and elsewhere, are losing patience with Europe.