Category: NATOSource

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

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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.

Gaddafi again threatens to attack Europe with suicide bombers

By David Zucchino, the Los Angeles Times

From David Zucchino, the Los Angeles Times:  For the second time in a week, Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi has threatened to dispatch hundreds of Libyan suicide bombers to attack targets in Europe in retaliation for NATO strikes against his regime. "Hundreds of Libyans will martyr in Europe," Kadafi said late Friday in a defiant speech […]