Americas

Norway’s Prime Minister: “The whole world shares your sorrow”

By Jens Stoltenberg, Office of the Prime Minister

From Jens Stoltenberg, Office of the Prime Minister:  Amidst all this tragedy, I am proud to live in a country that has managed to hold its head up high at a critical time.

Bringing Our Foreign Policy Home

By Richard Haass, TIME

From Richard Haass, TIME:  The good news is that there is doctrine that fits the U.S.’s circumstances. It is one that judges the world to be relatively nonthreatening and makes the most of this situation.

Labor defense leader: “I want to make and buy British” tech and weapon systems

By Richard Norton-Taylor, the Guardian

From Richard Norton-Taylor, the Guardian:  Britain must adopt a new, pragmatic approach to the "special relationship" with the US that is based neither on ideology nor nostalgia, the shadow defence secretary, Jim Murphy, will tell Americans in a speech in Washington.

Britain requests more US support for NATO mission in Libya

By Daniel Dombey and Kiran Stacey, the Financial Times

NATO Chief: Libya exposes Europe’s reliance on US power

By Pascal Mallet, AFP

Fun with slopegraphs: NATO defense spending as a percentage of GDP

By Gulliver, Ink Spots

From Gulliver, Ink Spots:  [I]t happens that in a decade of unprecedented global military expenditures and increased operational tempo and warfighting demands on Western countries, the point of highest average proportional spending by the relevant sub-groups was in 2001 — prior to the start of those operations!

Pentagon’s New Cyber Strategy

By Jason Healey, the New Atlanticist

From Jason Healey, the New Atlanticist:  The Department of Defense’s new cyber strategy is being released this afternoon and many cyber security professionals who read it may be disappointed that it does not say more.

NATO and Strategic Cyber Capabilities

By Jason Healey, the New Atlanticist

From Jason Healey, the New Atlanticist:  NATO must transform itself in order to deal with cyber threats and opportunities.