Category: Blogs

NATO to Hold Meeting on Israeli Attack

By PressTV (Iran)

German President Resigns over Criticism of Comments about Military

By CNN

From CNN:  German President Horst Koehler resigned suddenly Monday over what he said was heavy criticism about comments he made on Germany’s military role in the world, which he said had been misinterpreted. It was the first time in German history that a president has resigned, the government-funded Deutsche Welle news agency reported. Koehler said […]

SACEUR: What’s Working In Afghanistan

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

From Adm. James Stavridis, U.S. European Command: Just back from two days in Kabul, and when I think back on the situation a year ago, the progress is very encouraging.

Ukraine Will Not Join CSTO

By Interfax

From Interfax: Ukraine does not plan to become a member of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kostyantyn Hryshchenko told the 2000 newspaper. Ukraine has not and cannot be invited to join the CSTO because it ‘has made it absolutely clear that it is opposed to membership in any blocs,’ Hryshchenko said. […]

The Specter of Finlandization

By Ronald Asmus, the German Marshall Fund

From Ronald Asmus, the German Marshall Fund:  A specter is starting to haunt wider Europe — those countries located between the EU and NATO on one hand and Russia on the other. That specter is “Finlandization.” The return of this Cold War phrase reveals much about the changing spirit of the times and geopolitics of […]

Those Damned Sceptical Germans

By Charlemagne, the Economist

From Charlemagne, the Economist: Once again, Europe has a German problem. In its handling of the euro crisis, Germany’s government stands accused of weakness, indecision and populism. Pro-European Germans say that Chancellor Angela Merkel believes that theirs has become just another normal European country. They add ominously that this risks flirting with Euroscepticism, even nationalism. […]

Will China Rule the World?

By Robert Manning

Have the past two centuries of a Western defined and dominated world order — the norms, rules and ways of thinking about the world — the very concept of modernity — been a historical anomaly?

Turkey’s Standoff Role Irks Allies

By the AP

From the AP: Turkey’s attempts to mediate Iran’s nuclear standoff with the West have evolved into an aggressive effort to forestall new UN sanctions. The assertive campaign is placing Turkey in opposition to longtime allies Israel and the United States. It also raises the question of whether NATO’s only Muslim member is becoming less of […]