Category: NATOSource

German Foreign Minister on NATO’s Nuclear Weapons

By the Financial Times

From the Financial Times:  The following excerpt is from an interview of Germany’s Foreign Minister, Guido Westerwelle, conducted by Quentin Peel, the FT’s chief correspondent in Germany, and Gerrit Wiesmann, Berlin correspondent.

Strategic Concept leak reveals decision on NATO nuclear weapons

By Julian Borger, the Guardian

From Julian Borger, the Guardian:  According to a leaked Nato document seen by the Guardian, a move to withdraw US tactical nuclear weapons from Europe has been omitted from the alliance’s draft strategic doctrine

Germany: What NATO means for us

NATO has released new videos on YouTube providing national perspectives on the Alliance.

NATO Chief: Lisbon “will be one of the most important summits in NATO’s history”

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

Lisbon: The most exciting post-Cold War NATO Summit?

By Simon Tisdall, the Guardian

From Simon Tisdall, the Guardian:  Russian involvement and the friction around plans for Afghanistan add spice to the Lisbon meeting of ‘new Nato.’ Exciting is not a word normally associated with Nato summits. But there’s no denying western officials are unusually worked up about this week’s alliance gathering in Lisbon, which they describe as the […]

Turkey Seeks Command of NATO Missile Shield

By Marc Champion, the Wall Street Journal

David Cameron: End is in sight for Afghan mission

By Andrew Porter, the Telegraph

From Andrew Porter, the Telegraph:  A Nato summit later this week will mark the beginning of the end of Britain’s involvement in Afghanistan, David Cameron said tonight. The Prime Minister said combat forces would be out of the region in five years’ time. In a speech in the City of London he claimed the Government […]

Holbrooke: NATO summit a turning point in Afghan war

By Chris Allbritton, Reuters

From Chris Allbritton, Reuters:  The NATO summit in Lisbon this weekend will mark a turning point in the prosecution of the war in Afghanistan as it lays out a roadmap to end combat operations by 2014, the top U.S. envoy to the region said on Monday.

AWACS to support NATO maritime counter-terrorism operation

By Allied Command Operations

From Allied Command Operations:  NATO E-3A Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft from the NATO Air Base in Geilenkirchen Germany, are going to support Operation ACTIVE ENDEAVOUR (OAE), NATO’s maritime counter-terrorism operation in the Mediterranean