Category: Blogs

Did China Just Win the Caspian Gas War?

By Alexandros Petersen

Natural gas is in the midst of a transformative moment. The advent of shale gas, the growth of seaborne liquefied natural gas (LNG), and a new “green” image for the old hydrocarbon brought more uses, attention and yes, even controversy, to global gas markets. But the world’s most influential player in all this is neither […]

Davutoğlu considers question “Who lost Turkey?” an insult

By Zaman

From Zaman:  In remarks delivered at the Chatham House think tank in London on Thursday during an official bilateral visit to the UK capital, [Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet] Davutoğlu said that the question, “Are we losing Turkey?” is extremely annoying. Such a question is humiliating for Turkey and Turkey is not an object to be […]

Somalia: NATO-US collaboration rescues crew of sunken dhow

By raxanreeb.com

From raxanreeb.com:  Early yesterday Puntland authorities contacted the NATO flagship HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën requesting aid for the dhow, Al Anwari. The dhow reportedly with a crew of 19, which was sailing from Oman to Boosaaso, had sunk off the North Eastern coast of Somalia. A US Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA), conducting counter piracy missions […]

‘CIA and State’ prepared list of Russians for swap before FBI arrested spies in US

By the Washington Post

From the Washington Post:  President Obama’s national security team spent weeks before the arrest of 10 Russian spies preparing for their takedown and assembling a list of prisoners Moscow might be willing to trade for the agents, senior administration officials said Friday.

Ahmet Davutoglu: ‘We Are a Part of the West’

By Newsweek

Afghan mission sparks heated German parliamentary debate

By Deutsche Welle

Former top Russian spy Sergei Tretyakov dies at 53

By Brett Zongker, the AP

NATO Officials To Brief On Afghan Intelligence Shake-Up

By the Eurasia Review

From the Eurasia Review:  Some 200 senior NATO officials and commanders will meet in The Hague, Netherlands, on 15 July, to announce the next steps in a radical overhaul of the way orders, intelligence and battle reports are shared between Alliance and coalition forces in Afghanistan.

Transatlantic Data Sharing: Moving Forward By Moving Backwards

By James Joyner

With a refreshing candor almost never seen from sitting officials, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano and European VP for Justice Viviane Reding vowed to work together to share data on terrorism and criminal investigations while safeguarding privacy of citizens on both sides of the Atlantic.  Despite the can-do attitude, they made it clear that the U.S. […]