United States and Canada

Alliance problems in East Asia highlight unique value of NATO

By Stephen M. Walt, Foreign Policy

From Stephen M. Walt, Foreign Policy:  First, a May 2012 agreement to increase security cooperation and intelligence sharing between South Korea and Japan (a move that the United States clearly supported) has foundered in recent weeks

The American pivot depends on Europe to take care of its neighborhood

By Sven Biscop, the New Atlanticist

From Sven Biscop, the New Atlanticist:  Inadvertently or not, the United States is now demanding European strategic autonomy, at least regionally

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

By Andrea Shalal-Esa, Reuters

US Presidential Campaign Drive Overshadows Larger Issues

By Harlan Ullman

Politics in the United States have deteriorated to the point that winning elections has transcended the need for providing effective government. Perpetual campaigning, matched by a perpetual Easter egg hunt for money, has become the default setting for politicians elected to both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue. This year’s presidential election is further evidence of this […]

Is the Franco-British strategic defense relationship in danger?

By Julian Lindley-French, the New Atlanticist

From Julian Lindley-French, the New Atlanticist:  The Franco-British strategic defense relationship matters.

How Syria Divided the World

By Michael Ignatieff, New York Review of Books

From Michael Ignatieff, New York Review of Books:  Syria is the moment in which the West should see that the world has truly broken into two.

U.S. Special Forces to remain in Afghanistan until at least 2017

By Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics

From Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics:  Alpha’s men will be among the nearly 10,000 special operators in Afghanistan in 2013, preparing for the administration’s 2014 exit of major combat troops.