Category: NATOSource

NATO Starts Cloud Computing

By John W. Miller, the Wall Street Journal

From John W. Miller, the Wall Street Journal:  NATO, whose headquarters are located near the Brussels airport, is touting its own entry into cloud computing.

Senate ratifies New START

By Mary Beth Sheridan and William Branigin, the Washington Post

From Mary Beth Sheridan and William Branigin, the Washington Post:  The U.S. Senate on Wednesday approved a new nuclear arms-reduction treaty with Russia, the broadest such pact between the former Cold War foes in nearly two decades.

The “Donilon Doctrine” and Transatlantic Relations under Obama

By Jason Horowitz, the Washington Post

From Jason Horowitz, the Washington Post:  [Tom] Donilon has completed a metamorphosis three decades in the making, rising to the position of President [Barack] Obama‘s national security adviser and the patron saint of staffers.

“Belarus was playing off Russia, the E.U. and China”

By Judy Dempsey

From Judy Dempsey:  As demonstrators in the Belarussian capital of Minsk protested Sunday night against what they claimed were flawed presidential election results, the European Union looked on helplessly. Hundreds of people were beaten and imprisoned. The opposition’s offices were raided. Web sites of independent movements were shut down. Searches and house arrests of those […]

Better to share Britain’s second carrier with NATO?

By David Manning and Franklin Miller, the Financial Times

Ashton picks Finn to be EU ‘spymaster’

By Andrew Rettman, the EUobserver

Europe’s Foreign Ministers Unite Behind START

By the International Herald Tribune

From the International Herald Tribune:  Ratification and implementation of New Start would be a major contribution to enhancing the goals of peace, security and disarmament. Reintroducing legally binding limitations on the numbers of nuclear warheads and an effective verification regime would make a positive contribution both to European security and the global non-proliferation regime. At […]

Russian Black Sea Fleet to join NATO naval drills in 2011

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  The Russian Black Sea Fleet will take part for the first time in NATO’s Bold Monarch exercise next year, its commander said on Friday. "Ahead of us [next year] are tactical drills involving multiple task forces, Russian-Turkish exercises under the Black Sea Partnership program and the NATO drills, Bold Monarch, which the […]

Azerbaijan arms production up 260% year-on-year

By RIA Novosti

Four lawmakers hospitalized after fight in Ukrainian Parliament

By Roman Olearchyk, the Financial Times

From Roman Olearchyk, the Financial Times:  A fight broke out in Ukraine’s parliament on Thursday night between lawmakers from President Viktor Yanukovich’s party and opposition MPs from the party of his rival, Yulia Tymoshenko. Four opposition MPs were taken to hospital after being injured in the fistfight. While skirmishes are common in Ukraine’s messy politics, […]