Category: NATOSource

Forget Red Dawn, US inviting Russian paratroopers to first joint exercise in Colorado

By Eloise Lee, Business Insider

From Eloise Lee, Business Insider:  Russian paratroopers will meet up with American forces next month for an unprecedented military exercise in Colorado, according to RT News.

Senior NATO official headed to Moscow for missile defense talks

By Nikolaus von Twickle, the Moscow Times

From Nikolaus von Twickle, the Moscow Times:  NATO Deputy Secretary General Alexander Vershbow will attend a high-level conference on missile defense in Moscow next week, a senior official for the Western military alliance said Monday.

NATO, Russia stage Arctic war games

By Ilya Kramnik, the Voice of Russia

President of Estonia: a democratic world needs a strong NATO

By the Office of the President of Estonia

The case for military intervention in Syria

By Kurt Volker, the Christian Science Monitor

From Kurt Volker, the Christian Science Monitor:  In 1993, US Secretary of State Warren Christopher began consultations with European allies to gauge their level of support for military force.

NATO sends more peacekeepers to bolster security in tense Kosovo

By the AP

From the AP:  About 250 German peacekeepers have arrived in Kosovo, the first of NATO’s 700-strong quick reaction force being sent there ahead of next month’s election in neighboring Serbia.

State Department: Israel was never invited to the NATO summit

By Jennifer Rubin, the Washington Post

From Jennifer Rubin, the Washington Post:  Tuesday morning I had a post concerning difficulties the State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland had in responding to an objection by Turkey to Israel’s attendance at an upcoming NATO summit.

The ‘pivot’ to Asia versus Europe’s ‘Thucydidean nationalist passions’

By Victor Davis Hanson, the National Review

From Victor Davis Hanson, the National Review:  The administration has also quite publicly announced a shift in U.S. strategic attention to the Pacific, apparently on the premise of a rising China and a quiescent Europe and Mediterranean.

Russians protest plans for NATO site near Lenin’s birthplace

By Andrew E. Kramer, the New York Times

From Andrew E. Kramer, the New York Times:  Nationalist and leftist groups marched on Saturday in a central Russian city to protest a proposal by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to set up a transit hub for goods shipped to and from Afghanistan. NATO is in talks with Russia to establish the site for shipping […]