Category: NATOSource

With the Storming of Libya’s Bastille, the Arab Revolutions Begin a New Phase

By Michele Dunne, the New Atlanticist

From Michele Dunne, the New Atlanticist:  As Libyan rebel forces surged into Muammar Gaddafi’s Bab al-Azizia compound on August 23, the reverberations of their celebratory gunfire were felt far beyond Tripoli.

Libya and Africa: The Reset

By J. Peter Pham, the New Atlanticist

From J. Peter Pham, the New Atlanticist:  Even with the rebels’ victory all but assured and the TNC desperate for funds to meet basic needs and, perhaps more importantly, secure political support, especially in the western areas of the country where the Gaddafi regime had been well entrenched, some in the AU are still trying […]

NATO missile defense passes its first field test

By NATO

NATO Secretary General strongly condemns the attacks on UN offices in Nigeria

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  The NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has written to the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to extend, on behalf of the Alliance, the deepest condolences to the families of the victims of Friday’s attacks targeting the UN offices in the Nigerian capital Abuja

Update: NATO activities in Libya on August 27

By NATO

NATO Rejects Elections in Abkhazia

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  NATO does not recognise the elections held on August 26 in the Georgian region of Abkhazia.

The Return of the West

By Charles Cogan, the Huffington Post

From Charles Cogan, the Huffington Post:  The French press (or a part of it) is calling it "Sarkozy’s War."

Merkel praises NATO for Libya campaign

By the Local (Germany)

From the Local (Germany):  Chancellor Angela Merkel has defended Germany’s decision not to participate in NATO’s military campaign in Libya, but praised Berlin’s allies for helping oust dictator Muammar Qaddafi. In the interview with Bild am Sonntag to be published Sunday, she also said Qaddafi should be tried by the International Criminal Court in the […]