Category: NATOSource

Russia demands clear military-technical details on NATO missile defense

By RT

Russia’s envoy warns against NATO missiles in Turkey

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  Planned deployment of Patriot air defense systems at the Turkish-Syrian border will mean NATO’s involvement in the Syrian conflict, Russia’s envoy said on Friday.

Clinton: A transatlantic trade deal will generate ‘hundreds of billions of dollars for our economies’

By Hillary Rodham Clinton, Department of State

From Hillary Rodham Clinton, Department of State:  Perhaps the most important question in the years ahead will be whether we invest as much energy into our economic relationship as we have put into our security relationship.

NATO and Russia resume ambassador-level meetings after gap of nearly a year

By Adrian Croft, Reuters

From Adrian Croft, Reuters:  Envoys from the 28 alliance members held their first meeting with Alexander Grushko, a former deputy foreign minister who President Vladimir Putin appointed last month as Russia’s ambassador to NATO.

Turkey, Syria and the NATO umbrella: A reading from Brussels

By Marc Pierini, Hurriyet Daily News

From Marc Pierini, Hurriyet Daily News:  [W]hat is the meaning of the Patriot deployment?

NATO Needs Robust European and US Economies

By James L. Jones & Thomas J. Donohue, New Atlanticist

From James L. Jones & Thomas J. Donohue, New Atlanticist:  There’s a growing and welcome awareness among NATO partners that we can’t meet our security needs without stronger, healthier economies.

Germany, Turkey Spar Over Patriots

By David Crawford, Emre Peker, and Stephen Fidler, Wall Street Journal

From David Crawford, Emre Peker, and Stephen Fidler, Wall Street Journal:  Germany is privately pressing Turkey to scale back the scope of its request for Patriot missile-defense batteries to defend the country’s borders with war-torn Syria, according to a person familiar with negotiations.

China’s Arctic Aspirations

By Linda Jakobson and Jingchao Peng, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI)

From Linda Jakobson and Jingchao Peng, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI):  Although several non-Chinese observers have described China’s actions in the Arctic as ‘more assertive’, China’s Arctic policies are still in a nascent stage of formulation.

Belgian intelligence workers reveal themselves on social media

By Caitlin Dewey, Washington Post

Lukashenko: ‘I am the last and only dictator in Europe’

By Timothy Heritage and Richard Balmforth, Reuters

From Timothy Heritage and Richard Balmforth, Reuters:  He is a pariah in the West, viewed suspiciously by Russia and loathed by opponents in exile or jail, but Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko is relishing his notoriety as Europe‘s last dictator.