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Havel: “Peace can hardly be attained without the readiness to defend it against the forces of evil”

By Vaclav Havel, Office of Vaclav Havel

From Vaclav Havel, Office of Vaclav Havel:  At the signing of the Washington Treaty, the fundamental document of the North Atlantic Alliance, President Truman said that if this document had existed earlier it could have prevented two World Wars.

Obama: “Vaclav Havel was a friend to America and to all who strive for freedom and dignity”

By Barack Obama, the White House

From Barack Obama, the White House:  I was deeply saddened to learn of the passing today of Vaclav Havel, a playwright and prisoner of conscience who became President of Czechoslovakia and of the Czech Republic.

Statement by NATO Secretary General on the death of Vaclav Havel

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  I would like to offer my sincere condolences to the people and governments of the Czech Republic and Slovakia on the death of former president Vaclav Havel.

World leaders praise Havel’s legacy

By the BBC

From the BBC:  Tributes have been pouring in for the man many consider a driving force in the overthrow of communist rule in eastern Europe.

Vaclav Havel, 1936 – 2011, Playwright, President, Voice of Freedom

By J.Y. Smith, the Washington Post

From J.Y. Smith, the Washington Post:  Vaclav Havel, a Czech writer who was imprisoned by his country’s communist rulers, only to become a symbol of freedom and his nation’s first president in the post-communist era, died Dec. 18 at his weekend home in the northern Czech Republic. He was 75.

Firms Bid on NATO Cyberwar

By Daniel Michaels, the Wall Street Journal

Syria’s civil war is already drawing in foreign powers

By Jim Hoagland, the Washington Post

From Jim Hoagland, the Washington Post:  It is the Arab Earthquake. Not “spring,” not “wave of reform,” not even “awakening” can describe the systemic upheaval that has engulfed Syria, where other Arab nations actively press for the overthrow of the regime headed by Bashar al-Assad. Let us call an earthquake an earthquake.

China’s cyberwar

By the Editors of the Washington Post

From the Editors of the Washington Post:  China is waging a quiet, mostly invisible but massive cyberwar against the United States, aimed at stealing its most sensitive military and economic secrets and obtaining the ability to sabotage vital infrastructure.

British Defense chief signals era of new military alliances

By Richard Norton-Taylor and Nick Hopkins, the Guardian

From Richard Norton-Taylor and Nick Hopkins, the Guardian:  The British government’s most senior defence and security policy advisers are finally facing up to a fundamental shift in the world’s military and economic balance.

Serb air force seeks new fighter jets

By Aleksandar Vasovic, Reuters

From Aleksandar Vasovic, Reuters:  The Serbian air force, left with just a handful of operational planes after wars in the 1990s, wants to buy a dozen aircraft at a cost of around 1 billion euros (1.3 billion), a defence official said on Friday.