Category: NATOSource

The U.S. and Denmark – NATO Allies and Global Partners

By the White House

French Left seeks a little distance from U.S. and Germany, but plans to stay in NATO command structure

By John Irish, Reuters

Eurozone Crisis: ‘Behind the name-calling… lies a complete breakdown of trust’

By Philip Stevens, the Financial Times

From Philip Stevens, the Financial Times:  Another week, another sticking plaster. The deal to prop up Greece has bought some more time. The important thing – or so we are led to believe – is that the wound has been cauterised. Again.

How to Halt the Butchery in Syria

By Anne-Marie Slaughter, the New York Times

SACEUR prepares his final Congressional testimony

By James Stavridis, Allied Command Operations

From James Stavridis, Allied Command Operations:  One of the most important things I do each year is to testify in front of the US Congress. I’m at home this weekend to prepare carefully for this annual opportunity to lay out the challenges, linkages, and initiatives of U.S. European Command.

Peter MacKay urges closer U.S.-Canada military ties and NATO reform

By the Canadian Press

From the Canadian Press:  The defence minister says there’s a greater need for stronger partnership between Canada and the U.S. in uncertain economic and political times. But at the same time, NATO’s global partnership is in need of reform to function effectively in a complex security situation, Peter MacKay said in a set of speeches […]

Turkey keeps plan to buy 100 F-35 fighter jets

By Reuters

From Reuters:  Turkey is sticking to plans to buy 100 of Lockheed Martin’s F-35 fighter jets for $16 billion, with an initial order of two planes for delivery in 2015, its defence minister said, amid concerns about the project’s delays and rising costs.

Thieves grab top-secret plans for joint French/UK UAV

By Paul Roberts, ThreatPost

President of Abkhazia Survives Assassination Attempt

By Michael Schwirtz, the New York Times

From Michael Schwirtz, the New York Times:  Unidentified assassins tried on Wednesday to kill the president of Abkhazia, a Russian-backed rebel enclave of Georgia.

Russia tells Norway to keep Aegis BMD system off vessels

By Gerard O'Dwyer, Defense News

From Gerard O’Dwyer, Defense News:  Russia has warned Norway not to get pulled into a possible area of conflict by bowing to U.S. pressure to equip its naval vessels with Aegis ballistic missile defense system missiles.