Category: NATOSource

NATO on the brink

By William S. Cohen, Nicholas Burns, and George Robertson, the Hill

The Necessity of U.S. Naval Power

By Gordon England, James L. Jones & Vern Clark, the Wall Street Journal

From Gordon England, James L. Jones & Vern Clark, the Wall Street Journal:  The future security environment underscores two broad security trends.

Post-Gaddafi Libya: The Kosovo Contingency

By Stephen Walt, Foreign Policy

From Stephen Walt, Foreign Policy:  [B]ack when NATO first got involved, a number of people made the obvious comparison to the 1999 war in Kosovo.

Update: NATO activities in Libya on July 10

By NATO

The Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the Balance of Power in Central Asia

By Dmitri A. Titoff, atlantic-community.org

EU defence ambitions stuck in no-man’s land

By AFP

Update: NATO activities in Libya on July 9

By NATO

France tells Libya rebels to seek peace with Gaddafi

By Lamine Chikhi, Reuters

From Lamine Chikhi, Reuters:  With no imminent end to the conflict in sight, cracks are emerging inside the NATO alliance. Some member states are balking at the burden on their recession-hit finances, and many are frustrated that there has been no decisive breakthrough.

French Libya military mission costs almost $230 million

By John Irish, Reuters

From John Irish, Reuters:  French military operations in Libya have cost 160 million euros ($228.9 million), Budget Minister Valerie Pecresse said on Saturday, just days before a key parliamentary debate on extending operations.

Georgian journalist says he spied for Russia

By Misha Dzhindzhikhaahvili, the AP

From Misha Dzhindzhikhaahvili, the AP:  The personal photographer to the Georgian president was shown on television Saturday confessing to supplying a colleague with secret information that was then sent to a Russian secret service.