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NATOSource

Sep 21, 2011

Update: NATO activities in Libya on September 20

By NATO

NATOSource

Sep 21, 2011

NATO extends Libya mission for another three months

By David Brunnstrom, Reuters

From David Brunnstrom, Reuters:  NATO agreed on Wednesday to a three-month extension of its air and sea campaign in Libya as the country’s new rulers try to dislodge well-armed Gaddafi loyalists holding out in several towns.  (graphic: NATO)

NATOSource

Sep 21, 2011

Turkey’s Leadership

By the Editors of the New York Times

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Sep 21, 2011

SAIC-led consortium to analyse NATO missile defense

By David Brunnstrom, Reuters

From David Brunnstrom, Reuters:  NATO signed a contract with a consortium led by U.S.-based Science Applications International Corp on Tuesday to analyse ways of transforming the alliance’s battlefield missile defence system. . . . It said engineers from France’s EADS Astrium , Germany’s IABG, Italy’s SELEX SI, TNO of the Netherlands, Britain’s QINETIQ and SAIC […]

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NATOSource

Sep 21, 2011

Obama urges Erdogan to resolve Turkey’s problems with Israel

By Matt Spetalnick and Laura MacInnis, Reuters

Drones Technology & Innovation

NATOSource

Sep 20, 2011

Update: NATO activities in Libya on September 19

By NATO

New Atlanticist

Sep 20, 2011

Two Viktors and Two “Signals”

By Taras Kuzio

A Kyiv court was set to sentence opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko to a lengthy prison sentence last week but unexpectedly the trial was postponed to September 27 after the US and EU sent strong warnings to the Viktor Yanukovych administration to halt these politically motivated trials. Not coincidentally the postponement is until only two days […]

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Sep 20, 2011

Russia gives NATO cold shoulder on Arctic militarization

By Russia Today

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Sep 20, 2011

What Comes After ‘Europe’?

By Bret Stephens, the Wall Street Journal

From Bret Stephens, the Wall Street Journal:  The hardest fact on which postwar Europe was founded was military necessity, crisply summed up by Lord Ismay’s famous line that NATO’s mission was "to keep the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down."

Economy & Business European Union

NATOSource

Sep 20, 2011

Gaddafi “mercenary” claim turns spotlight on role of special forces in Libya

By David Brunnstrom and Giles Elgood,  Reuters

From David Brunnstrom and Giles Elgood,  Reuters:  A boast by Gaddafi loyalists that they had captured 17 foreign mercenaries this week has been greeted with skepticism, but the claim has highlighted the importance of covert military operations in the overthrow of the Libyan leader.

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