Category: NATOSource

Obama’s Five Challenges at Lisbon

By Ian Brzezinski, the International Herald Tribune

From Ian Brzezinski, the International Herald Tribune:  On Friday, President Obama will convene with NATO and E.U. leaders in Lisbon.

The Case for a NATO Missile Defense

By Ivo Daalder, the International Herald Tribune

From Ivo Daalder, the International Herald Tribune:  When the 28 NATO allies gather in Lisbon on Friday, one of the most important issues on the agenda will be how to address a real and growing danger to the trans-Atlantic region: the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery.

NATO, Russia agree boost cooperation in Afghan war

By Slobodan Lekicby, the AP

From Slobodan Lekicby, the AP:  NATO and Russia are ready to conclude a series of agreements designed to boost cooperation in the Afghan war, a senior U.S. official said Monday. These include expanding the current arrangement that enables NATO to ship non-lethal supplies from Europe to Afghanistan overland through Russia, said the official who asked […]

SecGen: “Only NATO can fit the bill”

By David Brunnstrom, Reuters

From David Brunnstrom, Reuters:  NATO leaders will recommit the alliance to playing a global military role when they meet to agree a new mission statement this week, despite the bruising and demoralizing experience of the war in Afghanistan.

Russian military delegation to visit NATO college

By RIA Novosti

U.S. and NATO allies to announce ‘transition’ strategy in Afghanistan war

By Karen DeYoung, the Washington Post

From Karen DeYoung, the Washington Post:  The Obama administration and its NATO allies will declare late this week that the war in Afghanistan has made sufficient progress to begin turning security control over to its government by spring

Germany proposes moving NATO’s military HQ out of Belgium

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  NATO’s central military command may be relocated from the Belgian city of Mons to a city in Germany, a deputy from the Belgian parliament said on Friday. "Actually, there is a proposal from Germany to relocate the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) to a well-equipped place with an airport and facilities," […]

Medvedev confirms report of U.S. spy in Russian intelligence

By the AP

From the AP:  Russia’s president suggested Friday changes to the country’s spy agency are coming in the wake of this summer’s arrest of agents in the United States and a report that a top Russian intelligence officer helped capture them.

Moldova asks NATO to support withdrawal of Russian troops in Transnistria

By ITAR-TASS

NATO to offer Russia access to US satellite data: Report

By AFP

From AFP:  NATO will offer Russia access to some US military satellite data in exchange for its participation in a missile shield project for continental Europe, a Moscow newspaper reported Friday.