United States and Canada

Will Long Simmering Problems Make NATO a Relic?

By William Cohen and James Jones, Spiegel

[I]t’s important for our European friends to understand that discontent can, and does, flow in more than one direction.

NSA Nominee Promotes Cyberwar Units

By David E. Sanger, New York Times

All of the major combat commands in the United States military will soon have dedicated forces to conduct cyberattacks alongside their air, naval and ground capabilities

Ukrainian President Rebuffs Russian ‘Imperialism’

By Oleksandr V. Turchynov, New York Times

The Kremlin had a strategy designed to weaken Ukraine and its government by prying some regions away from Kiev’s control and establishing enclaves in the south and east similar to Transnistria in Moldova and Abkhazia and South Ossetia in Georgia.

Europe Needs a Reset on Defense

By Editors of the Financial Times

The nations of the EU must stop their collective decline as a military power.

Post-Imperial Blues

By Robert A. Manning and James Clad

As Syria burns, Iran negotiations drag on and Ukraine melts down, the absence of decisive US action just about anywhere is causing great heartburn to the strategic mindset that brought you Iraq, Libya and other nation-building successes. US and EU helplessness in the face of Russian intervention in the Ukraine has turned that into an […]

Failure to Support Ukrainian Sovereignty will Tempt Putin to Continue Aggression

By Jon Kyl & Joseph Lieberman, Real Clear World

Russia’s actions in Ukraine also trouble Americans because of their implications for NATO allies and the United States’ common defense responsibilities.

Russia is Playing a Weak Hand Very Strongly

A regular contributor to CNN.com, Ambassador-in-Residence Michael Oren writes that in both Syria and Iran, Russia has played its relatively weak strategic hand exceedingly well and is threatening to outmaneuver the United States in the Middle East. Meanwhile, the United States has paused its effots to forge an Israeli-Palestinian peace in order to generate pressure on […]

Polish Foreign Minister: ‘We Cannot Let Putin Get Away With’ Annexation of Crimea

By Cristina Odone, Telegraph

Russia must not be allowed to redraw the map of Europe, Radek Sikorski, Poland’s Foreign Minister, tells the Telegraph ahead of a meeting with William Hague on Monday.

Sixteen Nations Participating in Norway’s Cold Response Military Exercise This Week

By Norwwegian Armed Forces

The main purpose of Cold Response is to train participants in how to conduct combat operations in cold weather conditions.