Category: NATOSource

Azerbaijan: Five dead in border clash with Armenia

By Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:  Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry has announced that three Armenian and two Azerbaijani soldiers have been killed in clashes near the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. In a statement issued on September 1, the ministry blamed Yerevan for the incident, saying Armenian troops had crossed the line of control separating northern Nagorno-Karabakh from […]

Lukashenko says Moscow ‘thugs’ may be behind embassy attack

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti: [Belarusian President Alexander] Lukashenko told journalists on Wednesday that a theory about Moscow’s involvement in the incident was "interesting" and that police would investigate it. "Most likely, they probably needed this incident. To demonstrate how bad Lukashenko is – why, he nearly carried out that "terrorist attack," as they put it, on his […]

NATO “no comment” on Russian warplane deal report

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  NATO declined to comment on Wednesday on a report saying it could use Russian Sukhoi Su-27 fighters at a Cold War-era base in Iceland for training purposes. The Financial Times reported on Monday the Icelandic government is in talks on renting an airbase to a private company, ECA, that says it is […]

NATO Flagship ESBERN SNARE Disrupts Pirate Attacks

By Allied Maritime Command Headquarters Northwood

From Allied Maritime Command Headquarters Northwood:  NATO flagship HDMS ESBERN SNARE, in cooperation with international counter-piracy forces successfully disrupted multiple piracy attacks on Panamanian flagged MV Caribbean Carrier and Norwegian flagged Hoegh Oslo who were transiting in the Gulf of Aden.

The Most Significant Threat to NATO

By James Joyner, the New Atlanticist

From James Joyner, the New Atlanticist:  Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, generated quite the buzz with his proclamation last week that, "The most significant threat to our national security is our debt."  The same could be said for the NATO alliance.

Polish President: Afghan mission hinders army modernization

By DPA

From DPA:   Poland’s participation in the NATO-led mission in Afghanistan is so expensive that it is hampering efforts to modernize the country’s armed forces, Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski said on Wednesday, on his first visit to NATO headquarters.

NATO says Poland must finish job in Afghanistan

By Anna Ringstrom, Reuters

Fire bombs thrown at Russian embassy in Minsk

By Reuters

From Reuters:  An unknown assailant threw two fire bombs at the Russian embassy in Minsk late on Monday, in an attack that hurt nobody but destroyed an embassy car, a Belarussian Emergencies Ministry spokesman said on Tuesday. Vitaly Novitsky said the motive for the attack and the identity of the perpetrator were unknown. Belarussian Foreign […]

Putin slams West for deceiving Russia

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has accused western countries of using unfair political methods including deceit and breaking promises to obstruct the process of "resetting" relations between Russia and the West. In an interview in Kommersant daily, Putin said his speech at the 2007 Munich Security Conference, which several western politicians considered […]

The unraveling of central authority in Kyrgyzstan

By Andrew Higgins, the Washington Post

From Andrew Higgins, the Washington Post:  Beset by mounting casualties on the battlefield and deepening disquiet at home over America’s longest war, President Obama’s Afghan policy now faces another big headache: the unraveling of central authority in Kyrgyzstan