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New Atlanticist

Aug 3, 2011

An Effective, Affordable Uncommon Defense, Part 3

By Harlan Ullman

The West is in the process of drastic defense reductions, justified by the lack of existential or even serious military adversaries and catalyzed by the toughest economic times in decades. This third column on an uncommon defense argues that absent an existential threat –and draconian budget cuts may well be the only prospect to fill […]

United Kingdom

New Atlanticist

Aug 3, 2011

The Enemy of Iran’s Enemy

By Barbara Slavin

Despite the alarmist headlines, no one should have been shocked by last week’s U.S. Treasury Department designation of a Syrian based in Iran as a conduit for sending money and personnel to al Qaeda. Iran has had links to members of what became known as al Qaeda since the early 1990s, when both had a […]

New Atlanticist

Aug 3, 2011

The Lamps Are Going Out All Over Europe

By Julian Lindley-French

The German-Belgian border. 3 August, 2011. Ninety-seven years ago to the day Sir Edward Grey, the British Foreign Secretary, looked out of his palatial, imperial London office and said, “The lamps are going out all over Europe. We shall not see them lit again in our time”. A few hours later two German armies smashed […]

United Kingdom

NATOSource

Aug 3, 2011

US seeking open-ended mandate for NATO Op in Libya

By Laurent Thomet, AFP

From Laurent Thomet, AFP:  NATO’s commitment to the mission faces a key test in September when the operation’s second 90-day mandate comes to an end. The United States is floating the idea of asking NATO ambassadors to consider an open-ended mandate this time, sources familiar with the discussions told AFP. “This would put our procedures […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Aug 3, 2011

NATO’s decision to send relief force to Kosovo

By NATO

From NATO:  Excerpt from press briefing on Libya by Carmen Romero, the NATO Deputy Spokesperson and Colonel Roland Lavoie, Operation ‘’Unified Protector’’ military spokesperson

NATOSource

Aug 3, 2011

Update: NATO activities in Libya on August 2

By NATO

NATOSource

Aug 3, 2011

Report: Defense cuts weaken Britain’s armed forces

By Adrian Croft, Reuters

United Kingdom

NATOSource

Aug 2, 2011

Norwegian jets end role in NATO’s Libya Operation

By Norway News

From Norway News :  Norwegian F-16 fighter jets that have been assigned to the NATO operations in Libya returned home on Monday, as Norway’s direct involvement in the mission effectively comes to an end. Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) reported that Norwegian fighters flew 596 of the 6,125 missions by NATO in total so far, dropping 542 […]

NATOSource

Aug 2, 2011

How Turkey’s military upheaval will affect NATO

By Alexander Christie-Miller, the Christian Science Monitor

New Atlanticist

Aug 2, 2011

Fiddling Whilst the West Fails: The Great Globalisation Disaster

By Julian Lindley-French

“Forget these frivolous demands which strike a terror to my fading soul”. So Mephistopheles beseeches Marlowe’s Dr Faustus. With American politicians not so much debating whether or not to sell America’s soul, but for what price, the most profound of strategic questions is now apparent. For how long does the West support a system of […]

Economy & Business