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The intelligence assessment is too pessimistic about Afghanistan

To be sure, there are numerous scenarios under which Afghanistan could falter or even fail in the...

Colombia looks to NATO and beyond in regional defense

In early 2013, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos proposed to establish closer military...

Britain, the EU and a parallel universe

EU summits increasingly have a curious quality to them. There is an official agenda, set out in...

Turkey flirts with Asian arms suppliers

When fighter aircraft from NATO-member Turkish and Chinese air forces conducted their first joint...

Why is China entering a nuclear security pact with Ukraine?

China promises unconditionally not to use or threaten to use nuclear weapons against non-nuclear...

The tide begins to turn on the EU's military ambitions

For the Eurocrats, military effectiveness was always secondary. The current High Representative,...

US weighs cost of letting Afghanistan go its own way

In January, when U.S. officials first raised the prospect of keeping no troops in Afghanistan after...

Ukraine halts eastward expansion of NATO

Russia's relations with the Western countries are troubled and dangerous in the Ukraine dispute,...

US-Afghanistan alliance will be more than shared interests

For Americans wary of one more military commitment, this new alliance may seem more entangling than...

NATO’s future: Back to basics

It bears on the big open question at NATO: what happens after combat operations in Afghanistan...

NATO missile defense is no threat to Russia

The facts and physics demonstrate that NATO's Ballistic Missile Defense system cannot pose any...

Has NATO's ISAF mission in Afghanistan failed?

The primary objective of the ISAF mission has been to enable the Afghan government to provide...

As They Leave Afghanistan, Britons Ask, ‘Why?’

After the lives lost and the exhausted treasure, what was it all for? That question is being asked...

2014 NATO Summit: Laying the Groundwork Now

This will be a particularly important summit. The 2014 NATO summit will be the last summit before...

Syria is not Kosovo

The United States should respond militarily to Mr. Assad’s use of chemical weapons to murder his...

How France went from loner to leader on European defence policy

Not that long ago, when it came to global security issues, France often went its own way, taking no...

Syria vs. Kosovo

Once again, the United States appears poised to strike with its military forces in the Middle East,...

More answers needed on Syria

Despite the pumped-up threats and quickening military preparations, President Obama has yet to make...

Ankara sees no NATO role in Syria

Ankara believes it’s nearly impossible to let NATO adopt a decision on Syria due this division...

No easy fixes for NATO

The debate that persists among the alliance's 28 members is between Article V and crisis...

Why West? The Georgian perspective

In 1783 Georgia and Russia signed the so-called Treaty of Georgievsk, according to which Georgia...

East European defence: Flexing its muscles

The fact that predatory neighbours twice crushed the life out of Poland, and that its allies had no...

NATO’s 'neutral' European partners: valuable contributors or free riders?

When the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact collapsed, five European states – Austria, Sweden,...

NATO risks unity over emerging technologies divide

At present, the world is witnessing an unprecedented period of scientific and technological...

Is there role for NATO in Israel-Palestine peace process?

As the peace process between Israelis and Palestinians resumed in July, the question of NATO as a...

For military, 'pivot' to Asia is very real

For a major chunk of America's military community, the so-called "pivot to Asia" might seem like...

Talking 'Smart Power' With Admiral Stavridis

With one-liners like, "We are excellent at launching Tomahawk missiles; we need to get better at...

NATO: Time to Refocus and Streamline

With almost a quarter century passed since the end of Cold War, it is now high time for the United...

Central Asia and China after NATO's withdrawal from Afghanistan

In the coming years, if not decades, it will be very interesting to see what kind of behavior both...

The Middle East turmoil trap

The Middle East is sinking into deeper turmoil, and we are farther away from finding a solution in...

Poland aims to be a more assertive power player in Europe

Poland has much greater power as a part of the EU than it does standing alone. "The existence of...

NATO and the Arab League: The Importance of Being Earnest

This paper argues that in the wake of the Arab Spring, NATO needs to formalize and enhance its...

E.U. Refuses to Cooperate on Security

If there is one topic that top U.S. officials have shied away from asking European leaders, it is...

EU Defense Integration: Undermining NATO, Transatlantic Relations, and Europe’s Security

The EU is not the answer to Europe’s military woes. Instead, the U.S. should be pushing for more...

Can Nawaz Sharif walk the military tightrope?

Nawaz Sharif knows better than anyone how powerful Pakistan's military are. He was toppled by them...

Libya: Security versus democracy

Whenever a bomb explodes in Libya, so do the arguments amongst those who profess to be the...