Category: Blogs

Europe Staring Into Abyss?

By James Joyner

An Economist leader on the future of Europe is titled "Staring Into the Abyss."

NATO Secretary General warns that European defense cuts may make ‘the Transatlantic relationship less relevant’

By James Kirkup, the Telegraph

Nato chief: Afghanistan timetable puts British troops at risk

By James Kirkup, the Telegraph

From James Kirkup, the Telegraph:  David Cameron’s signal of a five-year timetable for withdrawing British troops from Afghanistan risks encouraging the Taliban to step up their attacks on Western forces, the head of Nato has said. Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the Nato secretary-general, delivered the blunt message after the Prime Minister said he wanted most British […]

U.S. Detains 12th Person in Russian Spy Probe

By Evan Perez, the Wall Street Journal

From Evan Perez, the Wall Street Journal:  Authorities are detaining a 12th, previously undisclosed person implicated in the federal probe that busted a Cold War-style Russian spy ring, according to a U.S. official familiar with the matter. Federal Bureau of Investigation counterintelligence investigators have been investigating the 23-year-old Russian man since last fall when his […]

Alliance Military Chief briefs Lithuanian leaders on NATO progress in Afghanistan

By Allied Command Operations

Afghanistan-Iraq-Iran: A three-front war?

By Arnaud de Borchgrave

There is no better illustration of the futility of the $1 trillion Iraq war than news photos of a long line of gasoline tankers lined up bumper to bumper as they leave Iraq to enter Iran. The U.N. Security Council decision to strengthen economic measures against Iran and U.S. President Barack Obama signing into law […]

Turkey Steps In to Fill Void in Former Yugoslavia

By Marc Champion, the Wall Street Journal

Ukraine and NATO begin Sea Breeze military exercise

By the Kyiv Post

From the Kyiv Post:  The U.S. and Ukrainian Sea Breeze 2010 exercises were started at the Odesa House of Officers on Monday. "I am glad to announce the beginning of the Ukraine-U.S. Sea Breeze exercises. Thirteen member countries began the exercises, which will help Ukraine practice interaction with other fleets.

Russia plans major build-up of Black Sea Fleet

By Dmitry Solovyov, Reuters

From Dmitry Solovyov, Reuters:  Russia plans to radically renovate its crumbling Black Sea Fleet with 15 new vessels after a landmark deal with Ukraine to extend the lease on the fleet’s main base, a Russian military think tank said in a report. In a step that underlined Ukraine’s shift back towards Moscow after the election […]

Georgia must recognize independence of republics for NATO membership – Russian envoy

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  Talks on Georgian NATO membership are impossible as long as Georgia does not recognize the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, Russia’s ambassador to NATO said on Monday. "While the problems surrounding South Ossetia and Abkhazia remain unresolved (and they will not be resolved until Georgia recognizes the republics’ independence) Georgia’s road […]