Category: NATOSource

US official: “I keep having to tell Europeans that things are not so bad”

By Charlemagne, the Economist

From Charlemagne, the Economist:  Mr Obama’s tour comes when the two sides of the Atlantic are contending with the effects of the most acute economic crisis in eight decades.

NATO report discuses countermeasures against cyber hacktivists

By Lord Joplin, NATO Parliamentary Assembly

From Lord Joplin, NATO Parliamentary Assembly:  [As a result of the information revolution], the time it takes to cross the Atlantic has shrunk to 30 milliseconds, compared with 30 minutes for ICBMs and several months going by boat.

NATO and Russian fighter aircraft in joint counter-terrorism exercise

By NATO

From NATO:  From 6 to 10 June 2011, NATO and Russian fighter aircraft will take part in counterterrorism exercise “Vigilant Skies 2011” – a joint demonstration of the NATO-Russia Council Cooperative Airspace Initiative (NRC CAI).

Update: NATO activities in Libya on May 31

By NATO

NATO extends Libya operation for another 90 days

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  NATO and partners have just decided to extend our mission for Libya [Operation Unified Protector] for another 90 days. This decision sends a clear message to the Qadhafi regime: We are determined to continue our operation to protect the people of Libya. We will sustain our efforts to fulfil the United […]

Election in Turkey will have an impact across the Middle East

By Anthony Shadid, the New York Times

From Anthony Shadid, the New York Times:  As Turkey heads to an election on June 12 — the size of Mr. [Recep Tayyip] Erdogan’s majority the only question — the country faces an Arab Spring, which took it by surprise

NATO and the Arab Spring

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the International Herald Tribune

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the International Herald Tribune:  The dramatic developments across North Africa and the Middle East remind me of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Cold War.

Pentagon now has list of cyber-weapons to defend US in computer warfare

By Ellen Nakashima, the Washington Post

From Ellen Nakashima, the Washington Post:  The Pentagon has developed a list of cyber-weapons and -tools, including viruses that can sabotage an adversary’s critical networks, to streamline how the United States engages in computer warfare.

Update: NATO activities in Libya on May 30

By NATO

Pentagon warns that destructive cyber attacks may prompt military retaliation

By Siobhan Gorman and Julian E. Barnes, the Wall Street Journal

From Siobhan Gorman and Julian E. Barnes, the Wall Street Journal:  The Pentagon has concluded that computer sabotage coming from another country can constitute an act of war, a finding that for the first time opens the door for the U.S. to respond using traditional military force.