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Sep 25, 2012

U.S. and NATO support for moderates can make a difference in the Middle East

By the Editors of the Washington Post

From the Editors of the Washington Post:  In the days since the riots, there has been a broad backlash against the violence in both countries — culminating Friday in Benghazi, where tens of thousands of people marched on the base of an Islamist militia suspected of involvement in the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. […]

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Sep 25, 2012

Estonia signs defense cooperation treaty with Georgia

By Ministry of Defense of Estonia

From Ministry of Defense of Estonia:  [I]n Tbilisi, Estonia’s Minister of Defence Urmas Reinsalu and Georgia’s Minister of Defence Dimitri Shashkini concluded a defence cooperation treaty between the two countries. According to Minister of Defence Reinsalu, the key position in the treaty is Estonia’s support for Georgia’s aspiration in the direction of NATO. “Georgia is […]

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Sep 25, 2012

Russia: Transit Facility at Ulyanovsk Ready For NATO

By Interfax

From Interfax:  A transit centre in the Russian city of Ulyanovsk is ready to receive NATO cargoes for Afghanistan, said the Russian presidential envoy Zamir Kabulov in a statement in New York. It is for NATO to decide when exactly it will start its cargo shipments, Kabulov said, adding that the presence of US servicemen […]

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Sep 25, 2012

Weaknesses of US and European models of cyber defense

By Chris C. Demchak, American Interest

From Chris C. Demchak, American Interest:  [F]ew of the strategic or institutional support elements of a security resilience strategy are in place today, either within or across the various democratic trading states.

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Sep 24, 2012

Deputy SecGen Vershbow: NATO must continue to adapt to meet security demands of the 21st century

By atlantic-community.org

From atlantic-community.org:  Excerpts from Atlantic Community sponsored Q&A with Deputy Secretary General of NATO Ambassador Alexander Vershbow.

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Sep 24, 2012

NATO signs cooperation accord with Iraq

By NATO

From NATO:  NATO on Monday (24 September 2012) signed a cooperation agreement with Iraq which will foster closer security ties and help Iraq build up its security institutions. NATO Deputy Secretary General Ambassador Alexander Vershbow and Iraqi National Security Adviser Faleh Faisal Al-Fayyadh signed the so-called Individual Partnership and Cooperation Programme (IPCP) at NATO headquarters. […]

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Sep 24, 2012

NATO Enlargement Reloaded

By Karl-Heinz Kamp, NATO Defense College

From Karl-Heinz Kamp, NATO Defense College:  [T]he four aspirant countries (Bosnia-Herzegovina, FYROM, Georgia and Montenegro) cannot be treated as a homogenous group, but require individual approaches regarding the accession to NATO.

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Sep 24, 2012

Iraq ‘must stop’ allowing Iranian arms shipments to Syria

By the Editors of the New York Times

From the Editors of the New York Times:  Baghdad is showing a distressing willingness to side with the region’s most repressive regimes, not just Iran but also Iran’s chief ally, the brutal Syrian president, Bashar al-Assad. In recent months, the United States has accused Iraq of allowing Iran to fly weapons through its airspace to […]

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Sep 24, 2012

Top China official visits Afghanistan, signs security deal

By Rob Taylor, Reuters

From Rob Taylor, Reuters:  China has signed security and economic agreements with Afghanistan during a rare trip to Kabul by a top Chinese official, in deals seen aimed at bolstering Beijing’s influence ahead of a NATO withdrawal of most combat forces by 2014.

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Sep 22, 2012

NATO SecGen honors ‘service men and women who embody and reaffirm’ the transatlantic bond

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  As I’m here as Secretary General of NATO, please allow me to use this occasion to express my deep gratitude to everyone in the American armed forces.

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