Energy Security

Lithuania Sees Dependence on Gazprom as Main Threat to Energy Security

Jorge Benitez — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 11:21:59 -0500

From Baltic News Service: Dependence on the Russian gas concern Gazprom poses the biggest threat to Lithuania’s energy security, and the natural gas sector is the most vulnerable energy sector

Romanian Ambassador Chosen to be New NATO Assistant Secretary General

Jorge Benitez — Mon, 27 May 2013 07:55:13 -0500

From Foreign Ministry of Romania: Foreign Minister Titus Corlăţean welcomes the designation of Ambassador Sorin Ducaru as NATO Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Risks.

Iran's Escalating Cyber Campaign Edging US Closer to Retaliation

Jorge Benitez — Fri, 24 May 2013 13:40:44 -0500

From Siobhan Gorman and Danny Yadron, Wall Street Journal: Iranian-backed hackers have escalated a campaign of cyberassaults against U.S. corporations by launching infiltration and surveillance missions against the computer networks running energy companies

Security Interests in the New US Strategy for the Arctic

Jorge Benitez — Wed, 15 May 2013 10:51:06 -0500

From White House: While the Arctic region has experienced warming and cooling cycles over millennia, the current warming trend is unlike anything previously recorded.

Video: The changing Arctic: how involved should NATO be?

Jorge Benitez — Tue, 07 May 2013 11:26:41 -0500

From NATO: A global challenge requires a global approach. And the melting of the Arctic ice is certainly an issue whose effects will be felt around the world.

NATO remains vital

Jorge Benitez — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:38:44 -0500

From Xenia Dormandy, New York Times: What are the security challenges NATO members face today and in the coming decades, and do we have sufficient commonalities to harness the interests, will and capacity to address them through NATO?

Is Russia becoming China's junior partner?

Jorge Benitez — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 16:31:10 -0500

From Georgy Bovt, Moscow Times: Whenever high-level talks are held between Russia and China, it seems the media always says Moscow's foreign policy is focusing on the East.

The Putin Doctrine

Jorge Benitez — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 14:28:54 -0500

From Leon Aron, Foreign Affairs: The first imperative of Russia's foreign policy consensus is maintaining the country's position as a nuclear superpower.