I have zero sympathy for the Russian and Chinese governments who decided to block a U.N. Security Council resolution to amp up the pressure on the Assad regime in Syria. I’m not sure the resolution would have been decisive in ending … Continue reading
Tag Archives: NATO
Timing and Libya
Shadi Hamid has a post up at the Atlantic taking meta-stock of the events in Libya so far. Like most everyone, I’m quite happy to watch Qaddafi’s regime fall, and like most sensible people I’m pretty nervous regarding what comes … Continue reading
Poor Thought Process Mr. Huntsman
I’m still not entirely sure what path John Huntsman sees to the Republican nomination. After spending two years as the Obama-appointed ambassador to China, he’ll have to be pretty radioactive to most of the Republican base. That said, politics is … Continue reading
A Few Thoughts on NATO
Sarwar Kashmeri has a worthwhile post hinting at anecdotal evidence of a generational divide within Western militaries about the continuing importance of NATO. It actually dovetails quite nicely with this post from Steve Walt a while back about how his … Continue reading
Libya, Liberalism and Legitimacy
I’ll start off by saying that, like many, I view the ongoing Western intervention in Libya with a lot of ambivalence. The international track record for such actions isn’t fantastic, the aims and goals of the U.N. mission seem murky … Continue reading
Defense Spending, NATO and Europe’s Relevance
The big news from across the pond over the past few days is the drastic cuts in public expenditure, including defense expenditure, being implemented in Britain. Via Yglesias, Richard Norton-Taylor in the Guardian outlines the scope of Britain’s defense cuts, … Continue reading
Wouldn’t it be Nice…
Thomas de Waal’s piece in Foreign Policy on the poverty of the traditional great power approach to the Caucuses is worth a glance. As I was reading it, though, I couldn’t help but think about Christopher Beam’s piece on what … Continue reading