Category: NATOSource

Obama’s friend in Turkey

By David Ignatius, the Washington Post

From David Ignatius, the Washington Post:  As President Obama was feeling his way in foreign policy during his first months in office, he decided to cultivate a friendship with Turkey’s headstrong prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

NATO apologizes for deaths in Afghan airstrike

By Deb Riechmann, the AP

From Deb Riechmann, the AP:  The commander of US and NATO troops in Afghanistan apologized Friday for civilian deaths in a coalition airstrike earlier this week

Estonian MP says not a question of if, but when Finland should join NATO

By ERR

Russia accuses U.S. of encouraging Georgian revenge

By Reuters/Chicago Tribune

From Reuters/Chicago Tribune: Russia accused the United States on Wednesday of encouraging Georgia to seek revenge against Moscow for a 2008 war, a day after U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton promised new U.S. military support for Tbilisi.

Karzai condemns NATO air strike

By Amir Shah and Heidi Vogt, the AP

From Amir Shah and Heidi Vogt, the AP:  The Afghan president said Thursday that 18 people killed in a NATO airstrike in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday were all civilians.

Russia on NATO BMD: ‘You Say Defense, We See Threat’

By Nikolai Korchunov, the New York Times

From Nikolai Korchunov, the New York Times:  Why do the NATO Strategic Concept and the recently completed Deterrence and Defense Posture Review both state that “the supreme guarantee of the security of the allies is provided by the strategic nuclear forces of the alliance”?

Shanghai Cooperation Organization seeks role in Afghanistan after NATO forces leave in 2014

By the AP

From the AP:  Central Asian states meeting in Beijing this week say they want a role in stabilizing Afghanistan after most U.S. combat troops leave at the end of 2014

Clinton on Georgia-US defense cooperation and NATO membership

By Hillary Clinton, Department of State

From Hillary Clinton, Department of State:  Reforming and modernizing Georgia’s defense establishment is also one of our shared priorities.