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Apr 4, 2011

NATO and the “Responsibility to Protect”

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  We call this Operation Unified Protector. And rightly so: we are in Libya – united Allies and partners alike – to protect the civilian population exposed to attacks by a brutal regime.

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Apr 4, 2011

Secretary General: “Our computers at NATO are targeted one hundred times a day”

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  The New NATO is also reinforcing security against emerging challenges. We all enjoy the benefits of the information age. We take cell phones, internet access, and cash machines for granted. But there are literally millions of cyber attacks every day, targeting these systems – our banks, our infrastructure, and our […]

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Apr 4, 2011

Hungry for Security: Can NATO help in a humanitarian crisis?

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  NATO is a unique organisation.

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Apr 3, 2011

Coalition “friendly fire” kills 13 Libyan rebels

By Alexander Dziadosz and Angus MacSwan, Reuters

From Alexander Dziadosz and Angus MacSwan, Reuters:  A NATO-led air strike killed 13 Libyan rebels, a rebel spokesman said on Saturday, but their leaders called for continued raids on Muammar Gaddafi’s forces despite the "regrettable incident.

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Apr 3, 2011

Europe needs a miliary avant-garde

By Charles Grant, the Center for European Reform

From Charles Grant, the Center for European Reform:  The Libyan operation has shown that the US now expects Europe to look after its own backyard.

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Apr 2, 2011

Philosophes sans frontieres as Plato battles NATO

By James Crabtree, the Financial Times

From James Crabtree, the Financial Times:  It is a story straight from a Bond film. A man on a top-secret mission seeks a taxi to sneak across the Libyan border.

International Organizations Politics & Diplomacy

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Apr 2, 2011

Advice for Obama: Coalitions require constant care and attention

By Meghan O’Sullivan, the Washington Post

From Meghan O’Sullivan, the Washington Post:  Given the most obvious differences between Iraq and Libya — no ground troops in Libya and no U.N. resolution in Iraq — few will take issue with [President Barack] Obama’s protestation.

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Apr 2, 2011

Lady in Waiting: Where is the EU’s foreign policy chief?

By Stephen Castle, Foreign Policy

From Stephen Castle, Foreign Policy:  The crisis in Libya is a rare instance in which Europeans can plausibly claim to be outdoing Americans in foreign policy, and a rarer one still of the old world being more prepared than the new to use its military muscle. But while France and Britain have burnished their leadership […]

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Apr 1, 2011

Europe Had Better Wake Up

By Lord Robertson, the New Atlanticist

From Lord Robertson, the New Atlanticist:  Europe, despite its relative prosperity and economic muscle, is still not, as we have seen, able to act in its own self-interest without US leadership and military capabilities.

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Apr 1, 2011

Swedish legislature approves sending fighter jets to Libya

By the Local

From the Local:  Sweden’s Riksdag on Friday voted overwhelmingly in favour of Sweden sending JAS Gripen fighter aircraft to Libya to monitor a UN-backed no-fly zone. The parliament voted through the proposal by a resounding 240 to 18, with five abstentions. "Sometimes the risk of intervening is less than the risk of not doing so," […]

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