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NATOSource

Aug 4, 2011

France withdraws aircraft carrier from NATO’s Libya operation

By DPA

From DPA:  France is withdrawing its Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier from the war in Libya after four months, Defence Minister Gerard Longuet was quoted by a French newspaper Thursday as saying.

NATOSource

Aug 4, 2011

Turkey’s New Top Military Commanders

By Zaman

NATOSource

Aug 4, 2011

Protection Racket: ‘Responsibility to Protect’ Becomes a Doctrine

By Joshua Muravchik, World Affairs Journal

International Organizations Politics & Diplomacy

New Atlanticist

Aug 4, 2011

The European Union’s Fort Sumter Moment

By Sarwar Kashmeri

In 1776, the founding fathers of the United States made a grand bargain to ensure the birth of a new republic. They agreed to sideline the new country’s black population, even though the Constitution they were about to endorse proclaimed that all men are created equal. This compromise ensured approval of the constitution and the […]

Economy & Business European Union

New Atlanticist

Aug 4, 2011

Unthinkable is Reality

By Arnaud de Borchgrave

The nail-biting, cliff-hanger produced something that didn’t pass mental math. To raise America’s $14.3 trillion federal debt ceiling hours ahead of Tuesday’s deadline by $2.4 trillion in two stages while committing to equal spending cuts over 10 years — still with me? — was more fool’s bargain than bargain basement. The complete collapse of the […]

Economy & Business United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Aug 4, 2011

Building the Afghan National Security Force under Fire

By William B. Caldwell IV

The first tranche of geographic transition is now complete in Afghanistan; geographic transition is a positive step, but it will not be risk-free. As recent media accounts have made clear, the Taliban, Haqqani Network, and other insurgent groups seek to regain lost territory. Over the past two years, approximately 2,800 Afghan police and 1,050 Afghan soldiers […]

Afghanistan

NATOSource

Aug 4, 2011

Gaddafi forces fire missile at Italian warship

By CNN

From CNN:  Libyan government forces fired a missile at an Italian warship in the Mediterranean Sea on Wednesday in a rare attack on the NATO fleet offshore, a government spokesman said. The frigate Bersagliere was about 19 kilometers (12 miles) off the Libyan city of Zlitan when the missile fell harmlessly into the sea about […]

NATOSource

Aug 4, 2011

Update: NATO activities in Libya on August 3

By NATO

NATOSource

Aug 4, 2011

Russian experts examine relations with NATO

By Joerg Wolf and Victoria Naselskaya, atlantic-comunity.org

From Joerg Wolf and Victoria Naselskaya, atlantic-comunity.org:  Less than half year after the groundbreaking NATO-Russia Council summit in Lisbon, the Atlantic Initiative, publisher of atlantic-community.org, engaged Russian experts in a dialogue on how to improve relations between Russia and NATO.

NATOSource

Aug 4, 2011

Russia’s Ambassador to NATO may run in upcoming elections

By Russia Today

From Russia Today:  The Congress of Russian Communities (KRO), created by Dmitry Rogozin in the 1990s, is reportedly preparing to join United Russia’s Popular Front. ­Moscow’s envoy to NATO Dmitry Rogozin may return to Russian politics after a KRO congress scheduled for September. The event will precede a congress to be held by United Russia, […]