Category: NATOSource

Azerbaijan sharply increases military spending

By AP

New York Times case sheds light on China’s ‘vast army of hackers’

By Paul Harris and Jonathan Kaiman, Guardian

From Paul Harris and Jonathan Kaiman, Guardian:  "This is business-as-usual from what we can tell for aspects of the Chinese government," said Marc Frons, head of the newspaper’s digital technology and its chief information officer.

Estonia’s Defense Minister Stresses EU-NATO Cyber Cooperation

By Julian Hale, Defense News

From Julian Hale, Defense News:  Estonian Defense Minister Urmas Reinsalu strongly supported EU-NATO cyber defense cooperation at the Jan. 30 Global Cyber Security Conference here.

NATO Chief: Mali shows Europe must work to plug defense gaps

By Adrian Croft, Reuters

From Adrian Croft, Reuters:  France’s need for U.S. help during the Mali operation shows Europe must do more to fill worrying gaps in its defenses, NATO’s chief said on Thursday.

Suicide bombing kills guard outside U.S. Embassy in Turkey

By Jonathon Burch, Reuters

From Jonathon Burch, Reuters:  A suicide bomber from a far-left group killed a Turkish security guard at the U.S. embassy in Ankara on Friday, blowing the door off a side entrance and sending smoke and debris flying into the street.

Erdogan and his generals

By Economist

NATO will be able to deploy cyber Rapid Reaction Teams by autumn 2013

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  NATO has continued to implement its new cyber defence policy through a comprehensive and ambitious action plan launched in October 2011.

Rasmussen: In 2012, NATO ‘sought to broaden its partnerships and reinforce existing ones’

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  At a time of complex and unpredictable global risks and threats, delivering security must be a cooperative effort. NATO continues to strengthen its connections with other countries and organisations around the globe, reflecting the commitment to cooperative security outlined in the 2010 Strategic Concept.

Secretary General: ‘Three serious gaps’ threaten NATO’s ‘military capacity and political credibility’

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  [D]efence spending among the Allies is increasingly uneven, not just between North America and Europe, but also among European Allies.

Will Mali become France’s Afghanistan?

By Laura Seay, Foreign Policy

From Laura Seay, Foreign Policy:  How is Mali different from Afghanistan? First, Mali is not where empires go to die.