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Sep 11, 2012

NATO Secretary General on impact of 9/11 on transatlantic alliance

Repost from Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  [Eleven] years ago today in the United States, terrorists killed nearly three thousand men, women and children. Citizens of 25 NATO Allied and partner countries died that day.

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Sep 10, 2012

Russian meddling in Georgia’s desire for NATO membership

By Urmas Reinsalu, the Wall Street Journal

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Sep 10, 2012

Cyber Weapons: A New Kind of Warfare

By the Editors of the New York Times

From the Editors of the New York Times:  [F]aced with rising intrusions against computers that run America’s military systems and its essential infrastructure — its power grid, for instance, and its telecommunications networks — the military here (and elsewhere) sees disruptive software as an essential new tool of war.

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Sep 10, 2012

Moscow Says NATO Hasn’t Learned Lessons Of 2008 Georgia War

By Civil Georgia

From Civil Georgia:  Reiteration by NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen that Georgia would join the alliance, encourages Georgia’s “revanchist aspirations”, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on September 10.

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Sep 10, 2012

U.S. Cannot Afford to ‘Lose’ Europe

By Ulrike Guérot, World Politics Review

From Ulrike Guérot, World Politics Review:  To paraphrase Robert Kagan, this new isolationalism is not new, but it should at least be recognized as a major game-change in trans-Atlantic relations. And although neither the U.S. nor Europe fully grasps the consequences of a downgraded trans-Atlantic relationship, this is bad news.

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Sep 10, 2012

US Ambassador: ‘ We need more European national contributions to NATO missile defense’

By Ivo Daalder, U.S. Mission to NATO

From Ivo Daalder, U.S. Mission to NATO:  In Chicago, the Alliance followed through on its promise to deploy capable defenses against the most dangerous twenty-first century threats. We announced that NATO had achieved an Interim BMD Capability.

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Sep 7, 2012

‘Patriotic hackers’ in Armenia and Azerbaijan escalate crisis with cyber attacks

By Gohar Abrahamyan, ArmeniaNow

From Gohar Abrahamyan, ArmeniaNow:  The August 31 extradition and further pardon of Azeri murderer Ramil Safarov serving a life sentence in Hungary for killing an Armenia officer has been met with many acts of protest, including cyber attacks.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

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Sep 7, 2012

German military leaders criticize Bundeswehr reform

By Albrecht Muller, Deutsche Welle

From Albrecht Muller, Deutsche Welle:  More than 46 percent of the German officers and sergeants recently surveyed had negative reactions toward the implementation of the ongoing restructuring of the Bundeswehr.

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Sep 7, 2012

Rasmussen: ‘Azerbaijan is an important partner for NATO’

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  NATO and Azerbaijan have recently taken important steps to deepen our partnership further.  

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Sep 7, 2012

Rasmussen: ‘NATO is leading the biggest coalition in history under a United Nations mandate’

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  For the first forty years of its existence, NATO prevented the Cold War from getting hot. 

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