Category: Blogs

Why NATO Matters to the USA

By Adm. James Stavridis, U.S. European Command

From Adm. James Stavridis, U.S. European Command:  First, before we decide we don’t think NATO matters, let’s do a little “comparative shopping.”  Practically speaking, NATO has the best pool of partners we will have in the world for the foreseeable future.

British PM in Turkey: ‘I will remain your strongest possible advocate for EU Membership’

By David Cameron, British Prime Minister's Office

Elvis bin Laden

By Arnaud de Borchgrave

The "Veterans Today" Network, a one-man show on the Internet created and run by Gordon Duff, a 100 percent disabled Marine Vietnam veteran, states flatly that 9/11 was a CIA/Mossad conspiracy and that Osama bin Laden wasn’t involved and died in 2001. This can easily be dismissed as yet another example of deliberately disseminated disinformation […]

Admiral says Russia will not buy Mistral without ‘transfer of key, fundamental technologies’

By Bloomberg

From Bloomberg:   A Russian admiral told a Moscow radio station the country won’t buy a French helicopter carrier without technology transfers, putting in doubt a contract French President Nicolas Sarkozy said was “certain.” Admiral Vladimir Vysotsky said in an interview with Ekho Moskvy that there was no point buying the ship unless it came with […]

Afghanistan Leaks Reignite Debate, Undermine Security

By James Joyner

The early consensus, thankfully, is that the leak of 92,000-odd classified intelligence documents contain little information of note to close observers.   As Tufts professor Daniel Drezner snarks, "So it turns out that the war in Afghanistan is not going well and Pakistan is playing a double game?  Well, knock me down with a feather!!" […]

Cameron backs Turkey joining the EU

By Alex Barker and Delphine Strauss, the Financial Times

From Alex Barker and Delphine Strauss, the Financial Times:  David Cameron will express his “anger” on Tuesday at Turkey’s European Union membership bid being “frustrated” by the bloc’s leaders, as he heaps praise on an emerging power increasingly at odds with Britain, the US and Europe on the world stage.

Khakis over civvies: Posturing in Pakistan and India

By Barkha Dutt

India and the Afghanistan Conflict

By Sarwar Kashmeri

Naresh Chandra, former ambassador to the United States from India, speaks with Atlantic Council senior fellow Sarwar Kashmeri in the latest installment of the New Atlanticist Podcast Series. While Pakistan’s role in the Afghanistan conflict is well known, India’s interests there are less often discussed.

Statement of National Security Advisor General James Jones on Wikileaks

By the White House

NATO nations: Hope document leak won’t affect war

By Slobodan Lekic, the AP

From Slobodan Lekic, the AP:  NATO’s European members said Monday they hope the unprecedented leak of 91,000 classified U.S. military records on Afghanistan will not negatively affect the current war effort. British Foreign Secretary William Hague said there has been significant progress recently in building up the Afghan state "so I hope any such leaks […]