by SWJ Editors | Jan 31, 2014 | Monitor
By: SWJ Editors The African Union summit wrapped up Friday with a call to fast-track an African standby force to better respond to conflicts across the continent.
by Brendan Connell | Jan 31, 2014 | Monitor
In light of Obama’s most recent State of the Union speech, February might well be the month where the dispute over presidential “fast-track” powers in trade policy—or trade promotion authority (TPA)—comes to a head. In addition to a series of cheesy double entendres,...
by The Long War Journal | Jan 31, 2014 | Monitor
A senior al Qaeda operative based in Iran and known as Yasin al Suri (a.k.a. Ezedin Abdel Aziz Khalil) is “more active than ever” and facilitating al Qaeda’s global operations, Al Jazeera reports. Al Suri’s role as al Qaeda’s point man...
by Brendan Connell | Jan 31, 2014 | Monitor
U.S. Says Syria Delaying Chemical Disarmament Naftali Bendavid and Adam Entous / Wall Street Journal The U.S. blamed Syria’s Assad regime for intentionally delaying efforts to remove chemical arms from the country for destruction, suggesting that the goal of...
by Nathan Daniels | Jan 31, 2014 | Monitor
On Thursday, January 30th, ASP hosted Russell Rumbaugh, a senior associate at the Stimson Center and Director of its Budgeting for Foreign Affairs and Defense program. He discussed the defense budget for fiscal year 2014 with ASP’s CEO Brigadier General Steve Cheney,...
