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The foreign ministers of the NATO member countries met in Riga (Latvia) on 30 November to 1 December. During this first ministerial meeting held outside NATO Headquarters since the beginning of the...
We at CBI have just launched a “stand-alone” iteration of our NATO CMDR course. We have been looking forward to doing this for some time, as it allows us to tailor the course in ways...
In October, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg travelled to Madrid in preparation for the next Summit to be held in Spain in 2022. During his press conference, Stoltenberg reiterated the...
Having worked at multiple universities for more than two decades, I have had the opportunity to discover some immutable truths about such institutions. Among these is that there are certain people...
When a country is struck by disaster, whether natural or human-induced, those involved, either directly or indirectly, in the associated policy-making processes are likely to become the targets of...
This year marks the twentieth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. This was memorialized in a number of ways in the United States on September 11, from sporting events to media programming. There was a...
In addition to being one of history’s foremost authors, Mark Twain is renowned as a satirist, and he did not spare even fellow authors. Probably the most famous example of this is found in an...
A recent advertisement from HP's security protection services reminds us that cybersecurity should not be taken lightly: “Millions of employees are now working from home....
People who have lived through the Cold War will remember that the threat to the security of NATO’s member states came from the East, namely the risk of an invasion by the Soviet Union. There...
Some years ago, I read On Stories, a book by the Irish philosopher Richard Kearney. It’s a good read—not long, and straightforward in its presentation. Kearney makes a compelling...
If you are familiar with NATO’s history, the statement “NATO is (and has always been) a defensive Alliance and that it will continue to strive for peace, security,...
The other day I heard part of an interview on radio with Rachel Levine of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Among the topics discussed was the recent phenomenon being referred to...