Atlantic Council blogs

UAE to be first Arab country with NATO embassy: Poland

By AFP

From AFP:  The United Arab Emirates is to make a landmark move, becoming the first Arab country to send an ambassador to NATO, Poland’s Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said Wednesday. "We’re very happy that the United Arab Emirates is to become the first Arab country to open an embassy at the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation," […]

Russia’s Rogozin Seeks to Scare Bulgaria Away from US Missile Shield

By novinite.com

From novinite.com:  Bulgaria may become a target of terrorists if it accepts on its territory elements from the US/NATO missile shield in Europe, according to Russian Ambassador to NATO Dmitry Rogozin. Rogozin made his warning Friday in Bulgaria’s Varna, which is hosting a session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. . . . "As far as […]

Russia, U.S. unlikely to agree on missile defense by end of Obama’s tenure – U.S. envoy

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  Russia and the United States are unlikely to agree on the missile defense issue by the end of U.S. President Barack Obama’s term, U.S. Ambassador to Russia, John Beyrle said on Friday.

Poland’s Solidarity

By Aleksandra Kulczuga, the Wall Street Journal

US and Poland: What Unites Us?

By Bart Szewczyk

 In preparation for President Obama’s upcoming trip to Warsaw, the US Embassy in Poland ran a contest asking Polish citizens, “What unites us”?  It is an equally fundamental issue for American citizens.  Indeed, the close partnership between the US and Poland over the past two decades—built on a historical bond between the two peoples forged […]

Update: NATO activities in Libya on May 26

By NATO

Balkans 2011: A Road Not Travelled?

By Julian Lindley-French

“Somewhere ages and ages hence: two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less travelled by and that has made all the difference”. So wrote American poet Robert Frost a century ago. He could have been speaking of my Balkan experience. Has a corner been turned? Ratko Mladic has been arrested. Or, […]

PR issues impact Obama’s visit to Poland

By the AP

From the AP:  President Barack Obama’s last stop on his European tour brings him to Poland for the first time, giving him the chance to inject new vigor in a relationship with an ally that has sometimes felt slighted by Washington.

Baltic states urge NATO to bolster cyber-defense

By AFP

From AFP:  NATO members must bolster their ability to fend off Internet-based attacks, Estonian Defence Minister Mart Laar, whose country fell victim to a "cyber-war" in 2007, said Thursday.