Atlantic Council blogs

G.I. Killed Afghan Journalist, NATO Says

By Ray Rivera, the New York Times

From Ray Rivera, the New York Times:  NATO acknowledged Thursday that an American soldier killed an Afghan journalist working for the BBC after mistaking him for a suicide bomber during a complex attack in southern Afghanistan in July.

Tragedy, Hope, and 9/11 Remembered

By William B. Caldwell IV

Ten years have passed since the United States suffered tragedy on September 11th, but the implications continue to ripple throughout American discourse and international politics. As we mourned during the weeks and months that followed the attack, Dan Rather wrote, “if any good has come out of such evil, it is this: we have been […]

Update: NATO activities in Libya on September 7

By NATO

Iran ups criticism of Turkey over NATO missile shield

By AFP

Ten Years After 9/11 – What Have We Learned?

By Kurt Volker

After a decade defined by the terrorist attacks on the United States, and the reactions and events that followed, one thing is clear:  the global advance of core values –  freedom, democracy, economic opportunity, human rights and the rule of law – remains the best hope for the future of all people.

Ukraine discusses cooperation with NATO’s missile defense system

By Interfax-Ukraine

An EU military HQ would undermine NATO

By Geoffrey Van Orden, the Telegraph

France: NATO could give Russia missile defence guarantees

By DPA

From DPA:  Brussels and NATO could lay to rest Kremlin fears about a planned European missile defence system by giving guarantees it was not aimed at Russia, a senior French government official said Wednesday. ‘I hope … we can give Russia the guarantees,’ said French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe. ‘It is not directed against Russia, […]

NATO suspends transfers to some Afghan prisons

By Quentin Sommerville, the BBC

From Quentin Sommerville, the BBC:  The Nato-led mission in Afghanistan has suspended the transfer of detainees to several Afghan jails, following torture allegations, the BBC has learned. The accusations come in an as-yet unpublished UN report, which describes how prisoners were beaten and in some cases given electric shocks. The jails are run by the […]