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NATOSource

Jul 1, 2011

50th Anniversary of the NATO Integrated Air Defence System

By Allied Command Operations

From Allied Command Operations:  Fifty years ago today – on 1 July 1961 – the NATO Integrated Air Defence System (NATINADS) came into existence

New Atlanticist

Jul 1, 2011

Dominque Strauss-Kahn Released, Renewing ‘Rush to Judgment’ Questions

By James Joyner

Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has been released on his own recognizance and freed from house arrest after prosecutors concluded that his accuser lacked credibility. This raises anew questions in Europe about the American justice system. The New York Times broke the background story overnight (“Strauss-Kahn Case Seen as in Jeopardy“): The sexual assault case against Dominique […]

New Atlanticist

Jul 1, 2011

The Greek Crisis: Past, Present, and Future

By Hugh De Santis

It is hard to see how the Greek crisis can end up as a positive sum game for Greece and the European Union. The Greek electorate will almost certainly not accept the hardship of endless austerity as the price to be paid for the restoration of economic solvency. Nor will taxpayers in Germany, Holland, and other […]

Economy & Business European Union

NATOSource

Jul 1, 2011

Update: NATO activities in Libya on June 30

By NATO

NATOSource

Jul 1, 2011

Juppe: UN, NATO informed about France’s arms drop in Libya

By AFP

From AFP:  Members of the UN Security Council and NATO were informed about France’s plans to deliver weapons to Libyan rebels, French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said on Friday.

International Organizations Politics & Diplomacy

NATOSource

Jul 1, 2011

Rogozin claims US-Russian missile defense talks at “dead end”

By DPA

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jul 1, 2011

Response to Gates: “Don’t come to me whining now about EU participation in NATO activities”

By Andreas Geiger, the Hill

From Andreas Geiger, the Hill:  Let’s be honest here. Of course, NATO members have made it a habit to lean back and wait that the “US cavalry” will fix it.

European Union International Organizations

New Atlanticist

Jun 30, 2011

Hezbollah Members Indicted for Rafiq Hariri Assassination. What Now?

By James Joyner

The United Nations tribunal investigating the 2005 murder of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri has handed down indictments making official what has long been assumed: Hezbollah terrorists were the culprits. Roula Khalaf, Middle East editor for the FT: A United Nations-backed international tribunal has asked Lebanon to arrest members of the Shia militant group, Hizbollah, […]

International Organizations Politics & Diplomacy

New Atlanticist

Jun 30, 2011

The Austerity Package Passes: A Greek Tragedy?

By Garrett Workman

Greece’s Parliament has just narrowly passed a €28 billion austerity package of tax increases and spending cuts: a necessary precondition for the European Union and the IMF to keep Greece on life support. So even with crushing unemployment, and the near-constant protests on the streets of Athens turning violent, Greece’s Socialist majority eked out a ‘yes’ […]

Economy & Business Greece

NATOSource

Jun 30, 2011

Obama on Libya, Congress, and War Powers Resolution

By Barack Obama, the White House

From Barack Obama, the White House:  We have done exactly what I said we would do.  We have not put any boots on the ground.

United States and Canada