security

“Today, we have decided to intensify our co-operation still further. We want to enable our forces to operate together, to maximize our capabilities and to obtain greater value for money from our investment in defense.  We plan to increase…

There is no doubt that the gigantic cache of secret cables published this week by online whistleblower WikiLeakshas created far more than a diplomatic shakeup for the United States. It has launched a debate on America’s true identity abroad…

To misquote Douglas MacArthur, ‘Old institutions don’t die, they just fade away.’ Sadly in international relations most organizations that have outlived their usefulness continue to solider on, saved only by bureaucratic inertia and the…

My sister in West Africa asked if I could help her purchase a video game subscription for her son’s birthday by using her credit card. The game company could detect that she was using a computer in Africa and wouldn’t process an American…

The recent EU-Russia summit did not achieve progress on the issues which most trouble Euro-Russian relations, confirming a divergence of approach between the two sides on energy supplies, but also more broadly on the respective spheres of…