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NATOSource

Sep 8, 2011

Cyber Attacks Against NATO, Then and Now

By Jason Healey, the New Atlanticist

From Jason Healey, the New Atlanticist:  Now that NATO’s Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR over Libya is winding down, it is worth noting how few cyber incidents were directed in protest against the Alliance. 

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Sep 7, 2011

Sleepwalking into a Nuclear Nightmare

By Julian Lindley-French

With the West deep in sombre remembrance of 911, a new and dangerous shift in the nuclear balance is taking place in the shadows. There is a New Nuclear Realpolitik afoot that is shaping today’s world… and tomorrow’s. Iran is moving patiently towards a nuclear weapons system. Taken together the empty commitment made towards a […]

Iran Nuclear Nonproliferation

New Atlanticist

Sep 7, 2011

American Dream or Americans Dreaming?

By Harlan Ullman

Sometimes, delusion, self-deception and outright denial can dominate the public’s psyche. As the U.S. economy stutters, unemployment refuses to budge and the 10th anniversary of September 11th looms, many Americans question or challenge the notion of the American Dream. For too many, that vision is, today, elusive or unobtainable. In compensation perhaps, America’s past successes […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Sep 7, 2011

Update: NATO activities in Libya on September 6

By NATO

NATOSource

Sep 7, 2011

Iran warns over NATO’s anti-missile radar in Turkey

By Reuters

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Sep 7, 2011

Sarkozy’s Pro-NATO Policy Is Much More Than Symbolism: View

By the Editors of Bloomberg Businessweek

From the Editors of Bloomberg Businessweek:  French President Nicolas Sarkozy has ushered in a new era of cooperation with a foreign policy that brings the country closer to the U.S. than it has been in decades. Vive la France.

United Kingdom United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Sep 6, 2011

Cyber Attacks Against NATO, Then and Now

By Jason Healey

Now that NATO’s Operation UNIFIED PROTECTOR over Libya is winding down, it is worth noting how few cyber incidents were directed in protest against the Alliance.

Cybersecurity NATO

New Atlanticist

Sep 6, 2011

Shanghai Cooperation Organization: Eurasian Security in the 21st Century

By Rafael Zhansultanov

As NATO draws down troops from Afghan soil, the continued fight in this beleaguered country and a possible resurgence of the Taliban pose three acute problems to Eurasian security: demographic decline, regional instability, and international terrorism. To cope with these challenges to peace in Eurasia, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization should take a more comprehensive role in […]

Afghanistan

NATOSource

Sep 6, 2011

Update: NATO activities in Libya on September 5

By NATO

NATOSource

Sep 6, 2011

Russian Ambassador to update Iran on NATO’s missile defense program

By RIA Novosti

United States and Canada