Turkey, China and the Future of NATO Defense in the Region

11/09/2013
2013-11-09 By Baris Kirdemir Recently, Turkish authorities decided to start talks with China Precision Machinery Export Import Corporation (CPMIEC) to procure FD-2000 air defense missile systems. On September 26, Turkey’s Undersecretariat for Defence Industries (SSM) announced that the “Defense Industry Executive Committee” decided to start negotiations with CPMIEC to sign a…

Latin America Reacts to the NSA Revelations: How Will the Obama Administration Rebuild Relationships?

11/08/2013
2013-11-08 by Brittney Warrick According to documents leaked by now former American defense contractor Edward Snowden, the United States’ National Security Agency (NSA) has for some time, engaged in large-scale efforts to target the communications of countries, embassies, political leaders, and diplomats worldwide. Over the course of a few months,…

Continuing Spying Fall Out in Brazil: This Time With Regard to Brazilian Activities

11/05/2013
2013-11-05 by Kenneth Maxwell On Monday, November 4th, the fallout of the Spying scandal continued in Brazil. The "Folha de Sao Paulo," Brazil's principal daily newspaper, reported that the Brazilian government, during the first two years of the Lula administration in 2003 and 2004, had spied on foreign diplomats in Brasilia, Brazil's capital, including Russia…

Tom Enders on the Challenge of Dealing with the Cyber Threat: Don’t Overreact to the NSA Crisis

11/05/2013
2013-11-05 by Thomas Enders, the CEO of EADS German outrage over high-level mobile phone surveillance continues unabated, sweeping the nation in repeated waves. Well-known anti-American agitators like Hans-Christian Ströbele have even journeyed to Moscow in order to castigate the US together with whistleblower Edward Snowden. The debate is starting to…