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Jul 5, 2011

How to get Pakistan to break with Islamic militants

By Zalmay Khalilzad

In his Afghanistan speech last week, President Obama said we must “address terrorist safe havens in Pakistan.” He vowed to “press Pakistan to expand its participation in securing a more peaceful future,” “work with the Pakistani government to root out the cancer of violent extremism” and “insist that it keep its commitments.”

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NATOSource

Jul 5, 2011

NATO feels the pressure from Libya campaign

By Paul Richert, the Los Angeles Times

From Paul Richert, the Los Angeles Times:  With victory still elusive after 15 weeks of bombing, Western allies arrayed against Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi are racing to crack his regime before their own coalition fractures.

New Atlanticist

Jul 5, 2011

Azerbaijan, Armenia will ‘soon be left on their own’ to resolve Karabakh

By Jason Harmala

Borut Grgic, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, and a member of the advisory board of the European Policy Institute, was interviewed by News.Az on recent developments in the Azerbaijan-Armenia relationship. What are your impressions of the summit in Kazan? Are there grounds for pessimism that no document was signed during this meeting? No, […]

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Jul 4, 2011

Update: NATO activities in Libya on July 3

By NATO

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Jul 4, 2011

Gaddafi regime accuses NATO of undermining negotiations with rebels

By Adrian Blomfield and Ruth Sherlock, the Telegraph

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Jul 4, 2011

Iran attends NATO meeting for the first time

By the Teheran Times

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Jul 4, 2011

NATO calls on OSCE for joint responses

By NATO

From NATO:  NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen visited Vienna on 30 June 2011 and met with the OSCE Secretary General, Mr. Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, as well as with representatives of the Lithuanian chairmanship of the OSCE.

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Jul 4, 2011

Rebel leader withdraws offer to let Gaddafi stay in Libya if he steps down

By Lamine Chikhi, Reuters

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Jul 3, 2011

Update: NATO activities in Libya on July 2

By NATO

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Jul 3, 2011

German armed forces fall below European standards

By Deutsche Welle

From Deutsche Welle:  The German armed forces are less efficient and not as deployment ready compared to other European militaries, according to the European Defense Agency (EDA) and a report by the economics magazine Wirtschaftswoche.

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