The Wall Street Journal
Wednesday, December 17, 2014 - 06:29
Germany’s cabinet agreed Wednesday to send up to 100 soldiers to Iraq to train Kurdish fighters locked in a battle with Islamic State militants.
Tuesday, December 16, 2014 - 06:27
What is Egypt afraid of? A mighty country and its military leadership diminished their credibility when Egypt denied entry to an American scholar on Friday. Michele Dunne, a former U.S. diplomat who had served in Cairo and on the National Security Council, had been invited to a conference by the Egyptian Council for Foreign Affairs. She was detained for six hours at the Cairo airport and then deported.
Tuesday, December 9, 2014 - 06:37
The Canadian government signed an agreement with Kiev that could see Canada training parts of the Ukrainian military, in a move that was struck outside of NATO and broadens Ottawa’s involvement in the conflict in Ukraine.
Monday, December 8, 2014 - 08:12
India has awarded a helicopter contract estimated at $1 billion to Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., an official at the country’s defense ministry said on Saturday.
Monday, December 8, 2014 - 08:03
President Ashraf Ghani is pushing the U.S. to slow its drawdown of forces in the next two years, an effort that threatens to put the Obama administration in a bind as it seeks to end large-scale military involvement in Afghanistan.
Monday, December 8, 2014 - 06:41
President Barack Obama is exploring ways to clarify his Syria policy, senior administration officials said, including how to reconcile his opposition to both the Assad regime and the Sunni militants that are its chief foe.
Thursday, December 4, 2014 - 07:27
Western governments urged the North Atlantic Treaty Organization this week to rebuild military contacts with Moscow as fears in Europe mount that exercises by Russia’s armed forces could spark a broader confrontation.
Thursday, December 4, 2014 - 06:41
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Wednesday said he would ask the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to provide a mission to improve his country’s defense capacity, the alliance said in a statement.
Thursday, December 4, 2014 - 06:33
The steady weakening of Yemen’s pro-U.S. government over the past two months has exposed some of the same difficulties Washington faces in its efforts to battle extremist group Islamic State in Syria and Iraq.
Tuesday, December 2, 2014 - 06:59
Three months after NATO agreed to set up a rapid-reaction force to ease its eastern allies’ fears about Russia, the task is providing an object lesson in the limitations of Europe’s military capabilities.