Category: Blogs

Euro Crisis: Light at the End of the Tunnel?

By James Joyner

The Eurozone remains in real trouble despite recent efforts to strengthen the currency and allay the fears of investors.   Public sentiment in the North, especially Germany, is souring on the project.  But key governments are now starting to address their own budget crises, finally giving some reason for optimism. CSM correspondent Isabelle de Pommereau reports […]

Empty Patriot Launchers in Poland: “A Gun But No Ammunition”

By the AP

From the AP: For now, the U.S. has brought six mobile launchers for medium- to high-range Patriot missiles to Poland, but not the missiles themselves — similar to having a gun but no ammunition. The U.S. ambassador to Poland, Lee Feinstein, said missiles might arrive later. He, too, stressed that the equipment is only meant […]

Britain’s Nuclear Arsenal is 225 Warheads, Reveals William Hague

By Richard Norton-Taylor, the Guardian

A Hollow “Reset” with Russia

By Robert Kagan, the Washington Post

From Robert Kagan, the Washington Post:  [F]ew accomplishments have been more oversold than the Obama administration’s "success" in getting Russia to agree, for the fourth time in five years, to another vacuous U.N. Security Council resolution. It is being trumpeted as a triumph of the administration’s "reset" of the U.S.-Russian relationship, the main point of […]

Ukraine to Build Up Cooperation with NATO to Reform Armed Forces

By RIA Novosti

National Security Strategy Preview

By Derek Reveron

Rumors have President Obama’s National Security Strategy, which is about a year overdue, finally being released tomorrow. After 16 months in office, the president has given many hints, most notably his Nobel Peace Prize address that emphasized international cooperation. In Oslo, he said: “America cannot insist that others follow the rules of the road if […]

More Than 2,000 Belarusian Soldiers to Participate in CSTO’s Rapid Reaction Force

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti: Belarus will contribute more than 2,000 troops to the post-Soviet security group’s rapid reaction force, the country’s defense minister, Yury Zhadobin, said on Wednesday. The Belarusian parliament finally ratified earlier on Wednesday an agreement on the creation of the rapid reaction force as part of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). The […]

Central Asia Dispute Disrupts NATO Afghan Supplies

By  Reuters

From Reuters:  A dispute between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan has left hundreds of railway carriages with supplies for NATO troops in Afghanistan stranded in Central Asia, a Tajik railway official told Reuters. … "As of May 24, 2,500 carriages bound for Tajikistan are being held on the territory of the Uzbek railways," Usmon Kalandarov, deputy head of […]

Russian Paratroopers to Undergo Training in NATO Countries

By  Interfax

From Interfax: Russian paratroopers are preparing to travel to the United States, Germany and other countries to undergo advanced training, Airborne Troops Commander Lt. Gen. Vladimir Shamanov said. "The General Staff has ordered training to be organized for our servicemen with foreign armed forces and within the framework of the Russia-NATO format," Shamanov told the press […]