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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Articles

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.