Security & Defense

NATO: Connected Forces, Connected Minds?

By Julian Lindley-French

NATO must contend with two competing and contending inner-realities: a schism in Alliance strategic culture and concept, driven by deepening divisions over the world view and the future of the Euro; and the austerity-driven need for shrinking armed forces to work ever more closely together in a world in which the balance of power is […]

Taking the Cyberattack Threat Seriously

By Barack Obama, the Wall Street Journal

From Barack Obama, the Wall Street Journal:  [T]he cyber threat to our nation is one of the most serious economic and national security challenges we face.

NATO Global Partnerships Task Force

On July 18, the Atlantic Council’s International Security Program hosted the first workshop of the task force on NATO Global Partnerships. The task force will assess ways that the Alliance can strengthen relations with appropriate partners who want to be associated with the Alliance, offer meaningful contributions, and help to address its global security agenda.

China and NATO: Grappling with Beijing’s Hopes and Fears

By Richard Weitz, Jamestown Foundation

Strategic Engagement with Russia 2013-17

By Thomas R. Pickering

Russia remains, in ‘Churchillian’ terms, an enigmatic mystery. In its post-Communist transition to a modern state, Russia has shed most of the impedimenta of Communism and begun to search for new directions. But the old conflict between “Slavophiles” and “Westernizers” has emerged in the streets in a new guise and the outcome remains uncertain. Although […]

UK spy agencies urged to wage war on cyber enemies

By the BBC

From the BBC:  Britain’s spy agencies and military have been urged by MPs to wage cyber warfare in the interests of national security.

U.S. defense companies prepare for decade-long downturn

By Andrea Shalal-Esa, Reuters

The American Pivot Hinges on Europe

By Sven Biscop

Inadvertently or not, the United States is now demanding European strategic autonomy, at least regionally, for its “pivot” to the Asia-Pacific is partially dependent on Europe’s ability to take care of its own business. Henceforth peace and stability in Europe’s neighborhood is first and foremost Europe’s responsibility.

Of ‘Honeypots’ and NATO Cybersecurity

By Zachary Fryer-Biggs, Defense News

From Zachary Fryer-Biggs, Defense News:  The new NATO Computer Incident Response Capability (NCIRC) will be designed around a defense scheme that may well include such components as traps for attackers known as honeypots, among other proactive defense tools