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The hidden story of airpower in Libya

As the United States and its allies continue to debate intervention in Syria, the example of NATO's...

Gen. John Allen’s steady hand in Afghanistan

As Gen. John R. Allen steps down as commander of NATO forces in Kabul this weekend, several...

Unterstanding the Malian crisis from a Euro-Atlantic perspective

From a NATO perspectove, what role shoul the Alliance play in this area, if any? While the African...

U.S. must seize opportunity of Polish modernization

Boasting the seventh-largest army in Europe, Poland is dramatically increasing defense...

Hagel's hearing: profoundly depressing

Watching the Senate Armed Services Committee interact Thursday with former Republican Senator Chuck...

NATO RIP - Can NATO RIP be made to mean "Rejuvenation, Insurance and Protection"?

A recent half-day conference at a major Washington think tank on "the budget and U.S. defense...

France in Mali: What risk for the 'new' Hollande?

As French troops continue to engage Islamist rebels in Mali, questions are being raised over how...

'NATO must make a humanitarian intervention in Syria'

"All international actors have a moral responsibility to end the humanitarian crisis facing the...

Rasmussen: ‘No role for NATO in Mali’

"NATO can’t be the world’s policeman, travelling from country to country, solving all the problems....

Austerity haunts NATO's future

NATO members may be forced to provide more security with fewer resources in the age of austerity,...

Making sense of Mali's armed groups

Al-Qaeda gets the most attention, but local groups and ethnic fighters are part of a complicated...

Defense Specialization: Indispensable or Unachievable?

If organizations such as NATO are to maintain their future effectiveness, their members must divide...

France and NATO

At the last NATO summit in Chicago, very soon after he took office, President François Hollande set...

Patriot policy in Turkey shows NATO solidarity

NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen has supported the Turkish government's argument, stating that...

Can the rebels ever win in Syria?

The unrest in Syria broke out more than a year and a half ago, in March 2011. Rebel groups, now...

War by all means – How the IDF fights in 2012

Israel has taken a new tactic in the current round of violence, centered both in the air and in...

Obama, Congress should push NATO missile defense program off 'fiscal cliff'

As the automatic defense spending cuts loom, President Obama and Congress should cancel the flawed,...

Redrawing the Middle East map: Iran, Syria and the new Cold War

The increasingly painful waiting game is escalating global tension, and linking the Middle East...

Removing Brigade Combat Teams from Europe undercuts NATO allies

The U.S. simply cannot project the same degree of power with rotational forces that it does with...

NATO needs strength of robust European and U.S. economies

One thing is clear — the challenges facing the alliance are so substantial that we'll need more...

Don’t forget NATO

By creating economic interdependence and then building deep political, cultural and societal ties,...

NATO must offer Turkey military support in Syria crisis

Turkey has twice turned to NATO for support in the face of attacks from Syria. But the...

Europe risks giving up on defence

In June last year, Robert Gates, the then US defence secretary, made a speech in Brussels on...

As U.N. falters, Syria's conflict threatens regional stability

Yet Washington and its NATO allies could now be forced to place a significant number of troops on...

The right way for Turkey to intervene in Syria

[The current situation] leaves Turkey with the status quo - retaliating to Syrian artillery fire by...

The Syrian crisis: Why the international community cannot afford to ‘watch’

It is obvious now that Syrian efforts to keep the conflict away from the Turkish border are beyond...

NATO’s treaty obligations to Turkey: theory and practice

With the violence in Syria spilling into Turkey; Turkey as a NATO member has the right to call on...

How different would a Romney foreign policy be?

How different would Romney's foreign policy likely be from Obama's? Probably not much. Here are...

A dangerous new world of drones

As drone technology becomes more widely accessible, it is only a matter of time before...

Why does NATO need bases in Afghanistan?

Moscow intends to find out the future of NATO military contingents in Afghanistan after 2014. The...

Facing an inconvenient truth

NATO leaders proclaimed themselves satisfied that the ends in Libya had been met, a brutal dictator...

NATO steps on to the global stage

What should an alliance do when its leading member and dominant pillar decides to shift its focus...

How NATO expansion makes America less safe

The [2008 Georgia] war offers a dramatic reminder why NATO expansion is bad for America. At the...

Shootings by Afghan forces take growing toll on NATO troops

According to media accounts of such incidents, many of the "green-on-blue" attacks appear to have...

Putin’s clever plan to keep NATO in Afghanistan

Putin may detest NATO and distrust the U.S. such that it colors his judgment -- for example on...

NATO supply deal, finally

In a display of exquisite timing, Pakistan and the US signed the long delayed agreement on the...