Obama’s speech on terrorism, drones, Guantanamo… A new strategy?

POTUS also said in his speech: With a decade of experience now to draw from, this is the moment to ask ourselves hard questions about the nature of today’s threats, and how we should confront them. Read few comments on this.

Woolwich attack as an act of jihadism?

Few comments by David Lowe, Principal Lecturer, Law School, Liverpool John Moores University

Irregular quote of the day

Rory Medcalf, Lowy Institute Program Director, Australia India Institute Associate Director in “Defence White Paper 2013: Treading water in the Indo-Pacific.”

Should we accept North Korea’s nuclear program?

What can the world realistically do on North Korea’s nuclear program? What should be the best possible reaction after the third test?

Post-2014 Afghanistan: A zero option?

As Ben Rhodes suggested that after 2014 having no troops in Afg is an option how would you say this debate will go on in NATO, how could and should smaller members influence this debate?

R.I.P. Norman Schwarzkopf. What is his legacy?

Read few comments by experts.

Petraeus’s and Allen’s Emailgate: Problem of trust between allies?

As David Petraeus served as ISAF Commander, the same with Gen. John Allen, would you say this “Emailgate” may have some impact on the relations within NATO in terms of trust? Do you expect some reactions from the European allies and should they react somehow?

CIA Director David Petraeus resigned from his post citing extramarital affair

What kind of  effect it may have on CIA and on the legacy of Petraeus?

Turkey may invoke the Article 5, but NATO is still only obliged to consider offering assistance

But, of course,  it seems very unlikely that Turkey will invoke Article 5.

Syria: It is easy to send weapons, but it is very difficult to remove them

There is no ideal solution to the situation in Syria. According to Reuters Obama authorizes secret U.S. support for Syrian rebels.