Category: NATOSource

Ukraine Drops NATO Membership Aim

By Reuters

From Reuters: Ukraine Thursday formally buried pursuit of NATO membership as an aim, its foreign minister declaring the issue had been taken off the policy agenda. It was the most clear-cut statement by the new leadership of President Viktor Yanukovich that the issue was a dead letter in Ukraine for the conceivable future. "Ukraine will […]

Is Obama’s Foreign Policy “Enemy-Centric?”

By Fred Hiatt, the Washington Post

From Fred Hiatt, the Washington Post:  Is the Obama administration’s foreign policy "enemy-centric?" That was the contention put forth this morning by a European who has been one of the most stalwart friends of the United States

Empty Patriot Launchers in Poland: “A Gun But No Ammunition”

By the AP

From the AP: For now, the U.S. has brought six mobile launchers for medium- to high-range Patriot missiles to Poland, but not the missiles themselves — similar to having a gun but no ammunition. The U.S. ambassador to Poland, Lee Feinstein, said missiles might arrive later. He, too, stressed that the equipment is only meant […]

Britain’s Nuclear Arsenal is 225 Warheads, Reveals William Hague

By Richard Norton-Taylor, the Guardian

A Hollow “Reset” with Russia

By Robert Kagan, the Washington Post

From Robert Kagan, the Washington Post:  [F]ew accomplishments have been more oversold than the Obama administration’s "success" in getting Russia to agree, for the fourth time in five years, to another vacuous U.N. Security Council resolution. It is being trumpeted as a triumph of the administration’s "reset" of the U.S.-Russian relationship, the main point of […]

Ukraine to Build Up Cooperation with NATO to Reform Armed Forces

By RIA Novosti

More Than 2,000 Belarusian Soldiers to Participate in CSTO’s Rapid Reaction Force

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti: Belarus will contribute more than 2,000 troops to the post-Soviet security group’s rapid reaction force, the country’s defense minister, Yury Zhadobin, said on Wednesday. The Belarusian parliament finally ratified earlier on Wednesday an agreement on the creation of the rapid reaction force as part of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). The […]

Central Asia Dispute Disrupts NATO Afghan Supplies

By  Reuters

From Reuters:  A dispute between Tajikistan and Uzbekistan has left hundreds of railway carriages with supplies for NATO troops in Afghanistan stranded in Central Asia, a Tajik railway official told Reuters. … "As of May 24, 2,500 carriages bound for Tajikistan are being held on the territory of the Uzbek railways," Usmon Kalandarov, deputy head of […]

Russian Paratroopers to Undergo Training in NATO Countries

By  Interfax

From Interfax: Russian paratroopers are preparing to travel to the United States, Germany and other countries to undergo advanced training, Airborne Troops Commander Lt. Gen. Vladimir Shamanov said. "The General Staff has ordered training to be organized for our servicemen with foreign armed forces and within the framework of the Russia-NATO format," Shamanov told the press […]

Barack Obama Overruled “No-Spying” Pact with France

By the Telegraph

From the Telegraph:  [Former U.S. Director of National Intelligence Dennis] Blair proposed an unprecedented written pledge even more binding than the post-war "gentlemen’s agreement" between the US, Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand as trusted partners who do not spy on each other.