United States and Canada

A Changing NATO for a Changing World

By John Adams, the Atlantic

From John Adams, the Atlantic:  NATO’s finest achievement is its contribution to the peaceful resolution of the Cold War.

European Worries Over US Commitment a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy?

By James Joyner, the New Atlanticist

From James Joyner, the New Atlanticist:  General Sir David Richards, Chief of the Defence Staff, delivering his annual lecture to the Royal United Services Institute, identified as the first of his Grand Strategy concerns "Greater US military focus on the Pacific meaning less emphasis on Europe and her problems.

Obama Increasingly Alone on World Stage

By  Nikolas Gvosdev, World Policy Review

From Nikolas Gvosdev, World Policy Review:  The Obama administration entered office three years ago with high hopes that it could repair America’s relationships with other key powers in the world.

Obama: “Vaclav Havel was a friend to America and to all who strive for freedom and dignity”

By Barack Obama, the White House

From Barack Obama, the White House:  I was deeply saddened to learn of the passing today of Vaclav Havel, a playwright and prisoner of conscience who became President of Czechoslovakia and of the Czech Republic.

World leaders praise Havel’s legacy

By the BBC

From the BBC:  Tributes have been pouring in for the man many consider a driving force in the overthrow of communist rule in eastern Europe.

Firms Bid on NATO Cyberwar

By Daniel Michaels, the Wall Street Journal

Syria’s civil war is already drawing in foreign powers

By Jim Hoagland, the Washington Post

From Jim Hoagland, the Washington Post:  It is the Arab Earthquake. Not “spring,” not “wave of reform,” not even “awakening” can describe the systemic upheaval that has engulfed Syria, where other Arab nations actively press for the overthrow of the regime headed by Bashar al-Assad. Let us call an earthquake an earthquake.

China’s cyberwar

By the Editors of the Washington Post

From the Editors of the Washington Post:  China is waging a quiet, mostly invisible but massive cyberwar against the United States, aimed at stealing its most sensitive military and economic secrets and obtaining the ability to sabotage vital infrastructure.