Category: NATOSource

NATO eyes move to new HQ after 50 years in temporary digs

By Slobodan Lekic, the CP

From Slobodan Lekic, the CP:  When President Charles de Gaulle kicked NATO out of France in 1966, the alliance built a temporary home in Brussels in just 29 weeks. Permanent digs should be finished just short of half a century later. The rabbit warren of prefab housing always looked very temporary but served NATO well […]

Why the U.S. can’t look to NATO or the EU to support its Russia strategy

By Stephen Szabo, Europe's World

From Stephen Szabo, Europe’s World:  America’s foreign policy leaders, both within the U.S. government and elsewhere, are losing patience with Europe.

France won’t cut force in Afghanistan despite 500 million euro cost

By John Irish, Reuters

From John Irish, Reuters:  France will not withdraw from Afghanistan despite an annual cost of half a billion euros because the NATO mission there is preventing Afghanistan’s collapse, France’s defence minister said on Tuesday. Speaking in a radio interview, Herve Morin said his ministry would make about 3 billion euros ($3.92 billion) in savings up […]

Mistral contract should be signed at Euronaval show – Russian Navy commander

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  Russia’s contract to buy Mistral class helicopter carriers from France should be signed in Paris at the Euronaval 2010 defense show in October or Russia may lag behind in the ship building industry, Russian Navy commander Admiral Vladimir Vysotsky said. Originally Russia was negotiating the purchase of one French-built Mistral class amphibious […]

Tactical Nuclear Weapons: Time to Reaffirm NATO Solidarity

By Kori Schake, Center for European Policy Analysis

From Kori Schake, Center for European Policy Analysis:  Of the NATO allies, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Luxembourg, Poland and Sweden advocate alliance nuclear reductions. Some even support unilateral NATO elimination of its nuclear arsenal, a reckless position given that Russia has not cut its arsenal since the end of the Cold War, while NATO […]

Britain’s first National Security Advisor stepping down

By David Stringer, the AP

Moldova becomes first country to destroy cluster munitions

By Interfax

From Interfax:  The Moldovan military have completed the destruction of the last cluster munitions from the National Army arsenals at a testing range of the Bulboaka military base. "The completion of the operation means that Moldova has become the world’s first country to have destroyed cluster munitions from its military arsenals," the Defense Ministry said. […]

NATO Military Chief meets with Top Greek Defense Officials

By Allied Command Operations

From Allied Command Operations:  The Supreme Allied Commander Europe, Admiral James Stavridis, met in Athens with the Chief of the Hellenic National Defence General Staff, General Ioannis Giagkos. The two-day visit, on the invitation of the Greek CHOD, was mainly focused on issues of common interest in the context of NATO.   "I want to […]

Malaysia becoming the 47th Contributor to ISAF

By Allied Command Operations

From Allied Command Operations:  Malaysia has offered to deploy 40 personnel to Bamyan province, northeast of the capital, Kabul, to operate within the New Zealand Provincial Reconstruction Team there. These troops include mainly doctors and paramedics. They will focus on health services, dental care and other community work to treat Afghans. They will also train Afghan […]