Anna Mulrine

Brussels, Washington, D.C., United States

Global Security Correspondent at The Christian Science Monitor

Global Security Correspondent in Brussels for @csmonitor covering defense/military/NATO affairs | Fulbright Berlin alum | former @usnews @GeorgetownSFS

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NATO summit: Why Turkey adjusts as Sweden seeks to join

Jul 10, 2023 | csmonitor.com | Anna Mulrine

On the eve of a closely watched NATO summit this week, one question loomed large: how to solve the alliance’s Turkey problem. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for months had been a holdout in efforts to admit Sweden to NATO. He charged that Sweden isn’t doing enough to punish terrorists who include, in his view, those who burn Qurans and openly agitate for Kurdish independence.
On eve of summit, NATO secures big win

Jul 10, 2023 | news.yahoo.com | Anna Mulrine

On the eve of a closely watched NATO summit this week one question loomed large: how to solve the alliance’s Turkey problem. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for months had been a holdout in efforts to admit Sweden to NATO. He charged that Sweden isn’t doing enough to punish terrorists who include, in his view, those who burn Qurans and openly agitate for Kurdish independence. Since NATO’s founding treaty demands unanimity when it comes to new members, a veto was within his power.
Paid leave: Will stronger military families mean a stronger military?

May 22, 2023 | csmonitor.com | Anna Mulrine

When Lt. Col. Ryan Russell and his wife, Lt. Col. Meredith Beavers, had their first child, he was entitled to three weeks off from the Air Force, and he fretted about missing work during that time. Now the U.S. military’s congressionally mandated family leave policy, expanded earlier this year, doubles paid time off for mothers to 12 weeks and gives new fathers the same amount.
Paid leave: Will stronger military families mean a stronger military?

May 22, 2023 | cnas.org | Katherine L. Kuzminski |Anna Mulrine

The challenge going forward, defense analysts add, is confronting the stigma that still exists, among both men and women, around actually taking the leave. While it may not disappear completely in a fighting force, “extending parental leave to both men and women reduces an imbalance, since it’s typically women who carry that stigma,” says Katherine Kuzminski, director of the Military, Veterans, and Society Program at the Center for a New American Security in Washington.
US military’s top-brass women got together. Here’s what they said.

Mar 29, 2023 | csmonitor.com | Anna Mulrine

Shortly after Lisa Franchetti joined the Navy in 1985, she stepped aboard her first ship and learned where she stood in the eyes of her boss, the ship’s chief engineer. He said, “‘I don’t think you should be here, and I think I’m going to make sure you fail,’” the now-admiral recalled recently. “For me, it was pretty eye-opening that someone would say that.”Why We Wrote ThisThe U.S. military’s four top-ranking women gathered recently for a rare moment on the same stage.
As Ukraine war drags on, NATO steps up war readiness

Mar 21, 2023 | csmonitor.com | Anna Mulrine

When two Russian fighter jets forced down an American surveillance drone above international waters a week ago, it was yet another incident driving home an urgent question for NATO planners: How will the alliance respond if Russia attacks a member the alliance has pledged to defend?
Read As Ukraine War Drags On, NATO Steps Up War Readiness Online

Mar 20, 2023 | scribd.com | Anna Mulrine

When two Russian fighter jets forced down an American surveillance drone above international waters a week ago, U.S. officials warned that the “reckless” move ratcheted up the risk of “miscalculations” and “misunderstandings” between the two nuclear powers.
Biden in Poland: How NATO’s eastern half increasingly leads on Ukraine

Feb 21, 2023 | csmonitor.com | Anna Mulrine

President Joe Biden’s address Tuesday on the war in Ukraine, one day after his visit to wartime Kyiv, was delivered in Warsaw. The symbolism was important. Mr. Biden was affirming the growing importance of Poland and its neighbors in the wake of the fierce war – an eastward shift in the center of gravity of both NATO and the European Union.
How NATO’s Eastern Half Increasingly Leads On Ukraine Online

Feb 20, 2023 | scribd.com | Anna Mulrine

President Joe Biden’s much-anticipated address Tuesday on the war in Ukraine, one day after his unannounced visit to the wartime capital of Kyiv, was delivered in Warsaw. The symbolism was important. Mr. Biden was affirming the growing importance of Poland and its neighbors as the center of gravity of both NATO and the European Union shifts decidedly eastward in the wake of the fierce war raging just across Poland’s borders.
Peace through strength? US rattles China with new defenses near Taiwan.

Feb 9, 2023 | csmonitor.com | Anna Mulrine

Pentagon officials last week announced an increase in the U.S. military’s footprint in Asia, with more troops headed to the Philippines. The move is widely viewed as an effort to contain Chinese aggression in the region by projecting U.S. power. It will better allow U.S. forces to launch operations in the event of a crisis in Taiwan or the South China Sea. Why We Wrote ThisThe announced return of U.S. military forces to the Philippines comes at a time of rising U.S.-China tensions.