Whet Moser

Comparing Seattle's disastrous 1999 WTO riots with this weekend's relatively peaceful NATO protests: what lessons can be learned about the boundaries between protesters and police? Read more

The summit ends with a plan to bring the U.S. and its NATO allies out of Afghanistan for the good of both countries, and for what Afghanistan needs to do to make that happen. But Pakistan and its supply routes present a challenge not only to the logistics of withdrawal, but the long-term stability of the region. Read more

The president fields a question on the Newark mayor and campaign surrogate's suggestion that attacks on private equity are "nauseating": "when you're President, as opposed to the head of a private equity firm, then your job is not simply to maximize profits." Read more

Answering the question that's on the mind of Chicago commuters and office workers: What do all these people in the streets want, and when do they want it? Read more

The UN secretary general discusses buying unarmed drones for Smart Defense, NATO's stance on Syria, the new European missile defense system, and funding the Afghan security forces in a time of austerity. Read more

AndersFogh Rasmussen talks "security in the age of austerity" and his confidence that Francois Hollande's desire to withdraw French troops from Afghanistan won't be a problem; Barack Obama and Hamid Karzai talk Afghanistan 2014-2024. Read more

A rally for the "NATO 3" turns into an impromptu march, leading protesters and police on a day-long, miles-long journey through the Loop, South Loop, and West Loop, resulting in six arrests and a protester being struck by a CPD van. Read more

Video shows how the NATO banner on Michigan was torn down as the protest march briefly made it up Michigan Avenue; a protester talks to Chicago Tonight about detention and the police Read more

The police chief refuses several questions about the long investigation that ended in a pre-emptive raid, but discusses facilitating unplanned street protests and why the CPD has bar codes on their arms. Read more

Lots to come at the NATO summit, but not a lot to look forward to: will France or the U.S. pull out early? Can the NATO nations coordinate budgets around Smart Defense? And what's "Afghan good enough"? Read more