Atlantic Council blogs

Kosovo elections: PM wins first post-independence vote

By the Telegraph

NATO official confirms defense plans for Russia’s neighbors

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  NATO has defense plans in regard to Russia for all neighboring NATO member countries including Poland and the Baltic republics, Director of the NATO Information Center in Moscow Robert Pszczel said on Monday. According to confidential U.S. diplomatic cables released by Wikileaks, NATO’s Military Committee agreed in January to expand Eagle Guardian, […]

NATO chief in Afghanistan seeks more AWACS planes

By Reuters

From Reuters:  The top commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan has requested more AWACS reconnaissance aircraft, an alliance official said Saturday, although a likely demand for Germany to contribute will meet strong political opposition. NATO headquarters in Brussels said it was looking into the request from General David Petraeus, commander of U.S. and NATO forces […]

Police probe Stockholm blasts as act of terrorism

By Mia Shanley and Niklas Pollard, Reuters

From Mia Shanley and Niklas Pollard, Reuters:  Police said on Sunday they were treating bomb blasts in Stockholm as an act of terrorism by a lone attacker that followed an emailed threat referring to Sweden’s troops in Afghanistan and to cartoons of Mohammad. Police stopped short of calling Saturday afternoon’s blasts, which killed the suspected […]

Taiwan’s Democracy at Home and Abroad: Implications of 2010 Municipal Elections for Cross-Strait Relations

By Patrick deGategno and Sam Dreiman

Taiwan’s recent municipal elections show a growing de facto consensus among Taiwan’s major parties that officially declaring independence is not an option and that closer economic and cultural ties with the Mainland are a must. According to a panel of experts speaking December 1 at the Atlantic Council, future Taiwan governments, whether led by Taiwan’s current ruling […]

How China, Rest of World Can Get Along

By Banning Garrett

Poland to Join NATO Cyber Defense Center

By the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

A Coming Sino-Turkish Axis?

By Michael Auslin, the Wall Street Journal

From Michael Auslin, the Wall Street Journal:  [T]he current downturn in relations is made even worse by Mr. [Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip] Erdogan‘s decision to reach out to yet another authoritarian power, one that currently has a tense, if not troubled, relationship with the United States and many of its neighbors. That power is […]

Britain Blocks Budget Increase for the European Defense Agency

By AFP

From AFP:  The defence ministers asked the European Defence Agency, set up to support military coordination, to intensify efforts to find assets that militaries can pool together and share.