Category: NATOSource

Ukraine, NATO to hold Sea Breeze military drills in July

By RIA Novosti

Why Is Turkey Funding Muslim Preachers in Germany?

By Paul Hockenos, Foreign Policy

From Paul Hockenos, Foreign Policy:  For decades, no one in Germany took much notice of the imported Islamic holy men in their midst. Turkey’s Presidency of Religious Affairs sent imams inconspicuously, on four-year postings, to minister to the spiritual needs of West Germany’s Turkish migrant workers and their families — while keeping them in line […]

NATO Wants To Increase Cooperation With South Korea, Non-Members

By Yonhap News Agency

From Yonhap News Agency:  The world’s biggest military alliance, NATO, is looking to increase cooperation with South Korea and other partners beyond Europe and North America to meet global challenges such as proliferation and piracy, a senior NATO official said Tuesday. "Our security interests and security interests of countries like Korea coincide today more than […]

Interim Ballistic Missile Defence for NATO forces ‘expected to be operational by the end of the year’

By ThalesRaytheonSystems

From ThalesRaytheonSystems:  ThalesRaytheonSystems (TRS) has been awarded a contract by NATO’s Active Layered Theater Ballistic Missile Defence (ALTBMD) Programme Office to provide the alliance commanders with real-time interim ballistic missile defence capabilities for deployed forces by the end of 2010.

Clinton and Putin disagree on ‘occupation’ of Georgia

By Hillary Clinton, the State Department

Turning East, Turkey Asserts Economic Power

By Landon Thomas Jr., the New York Times

From Landon Thomas Jr., the New York Times:  For many in aging and debt-weary Europe, which will be lucky to eke out a little more than 1 percent growth this year, Turkey’s economic renaissance — last week it reported a stunning 11.4 percent expansion for the first quarter, second only to China — poses a […]

NATO Chief: ‘We don’t need forces that are stuck in barracks’

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  Ladies and gentlmen, Afghanistan will remain NATO’s operational priority for some time to come. But while we must do everything in our power to succeed in Afghanistan, we must also look at the broader security picture.

The Significance of Afghnistan to Transatlantic Security

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  The Second World War finally brought home what the First World War should already have taught us:  the security of Europe and North America is indivisible.  Instability and insecurity on one side of the Atlantic will inevitably affect the other side of the “big pond”.

Komorowski wins Polish presidency

By Nicholas Kulish, the New York Times

From Nicholas Kulish, the New York Times:  Poland’s acting president fended off a stiff electoral challenge on Sunday from the twin brother of the leader who died in a plane crash in April.

Where Is Your Military Might, Europe?

By Thérèse Delpech, the International Herald Tribune