Category: Blogs

Asia to spend $60B on navies in 5 years

“SINGAPORE–Asian states led by China, Japan and South Korea are expected to spend some $60 billion to beef up their navies in the next five years, an industry analyst said Monday.That is bigger than what NATO countries — excluding the United States — are forecast to spend for new naval construction in the same period, […]

Georgian NATO exercises in full swing / MosNews.com

Today, 02:02 PM “In spite of Russia objections and opposition activities, NATO war games, called Cooperative Longbow 09/Cooperative Lancer 09, began their active phase in Georgia today. Nineteen countries with 1300 servicemen were invited to participate. Six countries, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Estonia, Moldova, Serbia and Armenia, later pulled out of the games, however.Cooperative Longbow 09 is […]

Finland to join cyber-defence effort of NATO

“>Helsingin Sanomat – International Edition – Foreign: “Alliance experts to train Finns against online attacks. There are plans for cooperation with a NATO unit set up in the Estonian capital Tallinn. The unit is specialised in defending data networks against cyber-attacks…” “A considerable impetus leading to the establishment of NATO’s cyber defence centre came in […]

Uzbek President Announces Air Transit For NATO’s Afghan Operations

“Uzbekistan has begun shipping non-military supplies for North Atlantic Treaty Organization forces in Afghanistan through its central cargo airport in the city of Navoi, President Islam Karimov said Monday.”

Pakistan: Too Big To Fail

By Jonathan Paris

Hardly a day goes by without reports highlighting Pakistan’s mounting instability or the growing strength of the Taliban inside its troubled borders. From the media and high-profile observers alike, doomsday scenarios abound. U.S. army general David Petraeus has called the Taliban an “existential threat” to the Pakistani state. His adviser on counterinsurgency in Iraq, David […]

Europe Betrays Its Mission in Prague

By Borut Grgic

The much-anticipated Prague Summit between the European Union and our eastern partners was a flop. The eastern partnership declaration published last Thursday is not worth the paper it was printed on.

MoD Official Charged with Disclosure of State Secret

By Civil Georgia

From Civil Georgia: Irakli Batkuashvili, who has served as head of combat training directorate at the Georgian Ministry of Defense, has been charged with disclosure of state secret.Batkuashvili, who was head of defense planning directorate, J-5, at MoD during the August war, was arrested on May 6.Both the investigators and a defense lawyer have declined […]

Russia warns foes in Soviet-style show of might

By AFP

From AFP: Russia on Saturday sternly warned its foes not to dare attempt any aggression against the country, as it put on a Soviet-style show of military might in Red Square including nuclear capable missiles. The display to mark the 64th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War II came amid […]

Azerbaijan the Energy Partner Europe Needs Most

By Borut Grgic

Yesterday’s meeting in Prague on the ‘Southern Corridor’ – the pipelines that will bring gas and oil to Europe – produced a decent result, though still missing are agreements on a transit regime with Turkey and on the volumes to be sold on the European market. The key lies in Azerbaijan.