Category: NATOSource

Is running out of money Assad’s decisive weakness?

By Fareed Zakaria, CNN GPS

From Fareed Zakaria, CNN GPS:  Another telling indicator of dissent is the number of silent objectors in the army.

NATO signs two satellite capacity agreements for its UAV program

By Peter B. de Selding, Space News

From Peter B. de Selding, Space News: NATO is stepping up its purchase of commercial Ka- and Ku-band satellite capacity

Is it time to scrap the concept of “Eastern Europe?”

The Economist argues that lumping the former communist countries into a single category is "outdated and damaging." (photo: prague.fm)

U.S. defense companies prepare for decade-long downturn

By Andrea Shalal-Esa, Reuters

Libya Is Still Fighting for Democracy

By Karim Mezran, the Atlantic

From Karim Mezran, the Atlantic:  Nine months after the death of Muammar Qaddafi, Libyans went to vote for the first time since 1965, a major step towards a more pluralistic Libya.

Is the Franco-British strategic defense relationship in danger?

By Julian Lindley-French, the New Atlanticist

From Julian Lindley-French, the New Atlanticist:  The Franco-British strategic defense relationship matters.

Belarus KGB says Lithuanian spies arrested

By Aliaksandr Kudrytski and Milda Seputyte, Bloomberg Businessweek

From Aliaksandr Kudrytski and Milda Seputyte, Bloomberg Businessweek:  Belarus’s security agency, or KGB, said it broke up a Lithuanian spy ring that sought classified information on the country’s military and its joint security system with Russia.

Video: Swedish plane bombs Belarus with teddy bears

By Volha Charnysh, Belarus Digest

From Volha Charnysh, Belarus Digest:  On 4 July, Swedish amateur pilots penetrated Belarus’ airspace

How Syria Divided the World

By Michael Ignatieff, New York Review of Books

From Michael Ignatieff, New York Review of Books:  Syria is the moment in which the West should see that the world has truly broken into two.

U.S. Special Forces to remain in Afghanistan until at least 2017

By Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics

From Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics:  Alpha’s men will be among the nearly 10,000 special operators in Afghanistan in 2013, preparing for the administration’s 2014 exit of major combat troops.