Category: NATOSource

NATO Revises Cyber Defense Policy

By hostexploit.com

From hostexploit.com:  It was announced on Wednesday that NATO defense ministers meeting in Brussels, June 8-9, adopted a revised NATO Policy on Cyber Defense with further details of the next steps released today.

Gates praises some allies with limited resources for making smart defense choices

By Jim Garamone, American Forces Press Service

From Jim Garamone, American Forces Press Service:  “I am the latest in a string of U.S. defense secretaries who have urged allies privately and publicly, often with exasperation, to meet agreed-upon NATO benchmarks for defense spending,” Gates said.

Gates: NATO Has Become Two-tiered Alliance

By Jim Garamone, American Forces Press Service

From Jim Garamone, American Forces Press Service: NATO has turned into a two-tiered alliance of members who consume security and those who produce it, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said here today.

Gates blasts NATO, questions future of alliance

By Robert Burns, the AP

From Robert Burns, the AP:  America’s military alliance with Europe — the cornerstone of U.S. security policy for six decades — faces a "dim, if not dismal" future, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday in a blunt valedictory address.

Political Gridlock at NATO

By Con Coughling, the Wall Street Journal

From Con Coughling, the Wall Street Journal:  Many European powers, such as Germany, insist the NATO mission should be confined to the humanitarian objectives set out in U.N. resolution 1973, namely to protect innocent civilians and establish a cease-fire.

Update: NATO activities in Libya on June 8

By NATO

Canada dropping out of NATO AWACS program

By CBC News

From CBC News:  The government of Canada intends to cut its participation in a NATO air surveillance program, CBC News has learned.

NATO aims to close 4 bases

By David Brunnstrom, Reuters

From David Brunnstrom, Reuters:  NATO officials also declined to provide details, but the reforms proposed by Rasmussen aimed to cut the number of major NATO bases to seven from 11.

Details of NATO’s new agency structure

By NATO

From NATO:  NATO has currently 14 NATO Agencies and they all provide essential capabilities and services to NATO Armed Forces. With the reform agreed today, NATO agencies will achieve greater synergy between similar functions.

Defense Ministers approve NATO reforms

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  NATO Defence Ministers have just approved a set of important reforms. They will make NATO leaner, more flexible, and better able to deal with future challenges.