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Aug 6, 2012

Mongolia strengthening cooperation with NATO

By J. Berkshire Miller, Defense News

From J. Berkshire Miller, Defense News:  Ulan Bator has long been part of Washington’s strategic calculus in Central Asia and its importance has been magnified by the war in Afghanistan.

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Aug 6, 2012

European defense cooperation dependent on success of Franco-British security relationship

By Julian Lindley-French, the New Atlanticist

From Julian Lindley-French, the New Atlanticist:  [T]he London-Paris axis is Europe’s only true strategic defense relationship and thus critical to the future defense of Europe.

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Aug 6, 2012

Russia’s Baltic Fleet to hold large-scale drills in Kaliningrad exclave

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  Russia’s Baltic Fleet battleships and combat aircraft will take part in large-scale tactical drills in the country’s westernmost exclave of Kaliningrad on August 8 to land marines in rough terrain, the press office of the Western Military District reported.

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Aug 6, 2012

Russia to set up naval infrastructure in Arctic – Patrushev

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  Russia will create several infrastructure hubs along the Northern Sea Route in the Arctic to be used as temporary stations for Russian warships and border guard vessels, Security Council chief Nikolai Patrushev said on Monday.

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United States and Canada

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Aug 6, 2012

NATO announces new Supreme Allied Commander Transformation

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Aug 4, 2012

Meshing realism and idealism in Middle East

By Henry A. Kissinger, the Washington Post

From Henry A. Kissinger, the Washington Post:  In our public debate, the crisis in Syria is generally described as a struggle for democracy, and its culmination is presumed to be the removal of Bashar al-Assad.

United States and Canada

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Aug 4, 2012

Afghan parliament dismisses defense and interior ministers

By Hamid Shalizi, Reuters

From Hamid Shalizi, Reuters:  Afghanistan’s parliament voted on Saturday to dismiss the country’s two top security ministers for failing to stop cross-border shelling blamed on Pakistan

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Aug 4, 2012

How far will US and European defense spending fall?

By Douglas Barrie, AOL Defense

From Douglas Barrie, AOL Defense:  While the January 2012 strategic guidance – "Sustaining U.S. Global Leadership" – cast "most European countries" as "producers of security rather than consumers of it," this was rather at odds with the concerns of former U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates.

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Aug 3, 2012

Belgium takes command of NATO Mine Counter Measures Group

By Allied Command Operations

From Allied Command Operations:  Yesterday in Zeebrugge, Belgium took command of the permanently established NATO Mine Countermeasures group 1 (SNMCMG1).

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Aug 3, 2012

Sweden says Belarus expels its ambassador

By Louise Nordstrom, the AP

From Louise Nordstrom, the AP:  Sweden said Friday that Belarus had expelled its ambassador for ‘‘being too supportive of human rights.’’ Belarus countered that it merely chose not to extend the envoy’s accreditation, calling his activities destructive.

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