Category: NATOSource

Lugar: US should let NATO allies tap natural gas exports

By Roberta Rampton, Reuters

From Roberta Rampton, Reuters:  The U.S. Congress should give European allies access to burgeoning supplies of U.S. natural gas, Republican Senator Richard Lugar said on Wednesday, proposing a new law that he said would improve energy security in a critical region.

Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council pays respect to late Ambassador Milinkovic of Serbia

By NATO

From NATO:  The Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council ambassadorial meeting observed a minute of silence in memory of the Serbian Ambassador Branislav Milinkovic on December 11. Ambassador Milinkovic passed away last week. Opening the meeting of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC), the Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said, “We are deeply saddened by the tragic death of […]

NATO’s Secretary General strongly condemns North Korea’s rocket launch

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  Following the concerns expressed by the North Atlantic Council on December 5 after North Korean authorities declared their intent to launch a rocket using ballistic missile technology, I strongly condemn North Korea’s launch today (12 December).

Canada ready to join NATO coalition if chemical weapons used in Syria

By CTV News

From CTV News :  Amid growing fears that the Syrian regime will use chemical weapons against its own people, Canada has developed a contingency plan to join a NATO coalition ready to deal with the worst-case scenario, CTV News has learned. If NATO asks for assistance, the federal government is ready to deploy the Canadian […]

National Intelligence Council: 50 countries at risk of internal conflict or wars with neighbors

By Thom Shanker, New York Times

From Thom Shanker, New York Times:  A new intelligence assessment of global trends projects that China will outstrip the United States as the leading economic power before 2030, but that America will remain an indispensable world leader, bolstered in part by an era of energy independence.

Georgia: No Trading NATO Ambitions for Better Russia Ties

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  Georgia will not trade away future membership of NATO in order to secure improved relations with Russia, Zviad Dzidziguri, a representative of the Georgian Dream coalition which won the country’s parliamentary elections in October, said on Monday.

Head of German intelligence: Assad regime ‘now in its final phase’

By Deutsche Welle

Russia claims ‘NATO is moving towards engagement’ in Syria

By Adrian Croft, Reuters

Dutch government agrees to send Patriot missiles to Turkey

By AP

From AP:  The Dutch government approved a NATO request Friday to send two batteries of Patriot missile defense systems to Turkey, following in Germany’s footsteps, Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans said.

The tide has turned in Syria, is the West ready for the fall of Assad?

By Shashank Joshi, Telegraph

From Shashank Joshi, Telegraph:  [W]e are witnessing the beginning of the end for the Assad dynasty, the last republican monarchy of the Middle East. And events, as they often do, are moving quicker than our policies. At the end of November, the CIA is reported to have estimated that President Bashar al-Assad had just eight […]