Category: NATOSource

Obama Nominates New Ambassador to NATO and Assistant Secretary of State for Europe

By White House

From White House:  Presidential Nominations Sent to the Senate

China to Send More Than 500 troops to Mali to Contain Islamic Militants

By AFP and Cary Huang, South China Morning Post

From AFP and Cary Huang, South China Morning Post:  China has offered to send more than 500 soldiers to the UN force seeking to contain Islamist militants in Mali in what would be its biggest contribution to UN peacekeeping, diplomats said in New York.

The End of the Euro Hawk, Implications for NATO’s AGS Drone Program

By Justyna Gotkowska, Center for Eastern Studies (Poland)

Romanian Ambassador Chosen to be New NATO Assistant Secretary General

By Foreign Ministry of Romania

From Foreign Ministry of Romania:  Foreign Minister Titus Corlăţean welcomes the designation of Ambassador Sorin Ducaru as NATO Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Risks.

Iran’s Escalating Cyber Campaign Edging US Closer to Retaliation

By Siobhan Gorman and Danny Yadron, Wall Street Journal

From Siobhan Gorman and Danny Yadron, Wall Street Journal:  Iranian-backed hackers have escalated a campaign of cyberassaults against U.S. corporations by launching infiltration and surveillance missions against the computer networks running energy companies

German Armed Forces Equipping for Cyber War

By Michael Fischer, DPA

EU Approves Sending Border Security Advisors to Libya

By Adrian Croft, Reuters

From Adrian Croft, Reuters:  European Union governments approved a mission on Wednesday to help Libya improve its border security in response to concerns that Islamist militants and weapons move freely across the North African country’s frontier.

NATO Faces About Ten Serious Cyber Incidents Each Month

By Paul Ames, Global Post

From Paul Ames, Global Post:  The Boolea attack is fiction, the center-piece of operation Locked Shields, a "live fire" cyber exercise run by the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Center of Excellence in late April, to test the rapid response capabilities of allied cyber units.

Those Muscular Poles

By Wall Street Journal