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May 12, 2010

Building an East Asian NATO

By Max Boot, Commentary

From Max Boot, Commentary: A common complaint heard among American officials and policy analysts is that in East Asia — one of the most important and conflict-prone areas of the planet — there is no security architecture comparable to NATO. The U.S. has ties to many key countries, notably Japan, South Korea, Singapore, the Philippines, […]

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May 12, 2010

Obama: “the United States has no closer friend and ally than the United Kingdom”

By  President Obama, White House

From President Obama, White House: Today, I was pleased to call David Cameron to extend my personal congratulations for the successful campaign that he ran and for becoming the new British Prime Minister. As I told the Prime Minister, the United States has no closer friend and ally than the United Kingdom

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May 12, 2010

SACEUR Honors Swedish-NATO Cooperation in Afghanistan

By Allied Command Operations

From Allied Command Operations: "Admiral James Stavridis, the Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), visited Sweden from 10 -11 May on the invitation of the Chief of Defence of the Swedish Armed Forces, General Sverker Göranson. While there he met with the State Secretary to the Prime Minister, Mr. Gustav Lind, and the State Secretary for […]

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May 12, 2010

NATO AWACS Resume Operations

By Allied Command Operations

From Allied Command Operations: NATO E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft resumed flight operations after completing inspections and maintenance on Friday, May 7. After the repair of corrosion and a successful ground test, the first NATO E-3A returned to the skies to conduct flight operations over Alliance airspace. The entire NATO AWACS fleet operating […]

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May 12, 2010

Foreign Minister of the Republic of Korea Addresses North Atlantic Council

By NATO

From NATO: On 11 May, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the Republic of Korea, Mr Yu Myung-hwan, visited NATO Headquarters and met the Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen. During the meeting, they discussed how to foster NATO-Korea relations. The Secretary General welcomed the Republic of Korea’s important contribution to the Alliance’s mission […]

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May 11, 2010

Britain’s New Prime Minister and America’s Non Atlanticist President

By the Times (London)

From the Times (London):  Before the election, the Tories spoke of establishing “a new special relationship” — with India. William Hague said that ties with Washington would be “solid but not slavish”. Mr Cameron called for Anglo-US relations to be “rebalanced”, remarking that “Britain should never be frightened of saying no to America.” Nick Clegg, […]

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May 11, 2010

Whither Europe (and NATO)?

By Stephen Walt, Foreign Policy

From Stephen Walt, Foreign Policy:  In the past, Euro-optimists like Princeton’s Andrew Moravcsik have argued that crises like this just make Europe stronger, by forcing it to get its house in order and strengthen the relevant supra-national institutions. Maybe, but I’d be more convinced if my friend Andy hadn’t described Europe as being "stronger than […]

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May 10, 2010

Gates Concerned over Bloat in US Military Hierarchy in Europe

By the Washington Post

From the Washington Post: Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates vowed Saturday to lead an effort to cut as much as $15 billion in overhead costs from the Pentagon’s $550 billion budget and warned that without the savings, the military will not be able to afford its current force.

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May 9, 2010

US Officer: “We Need a NATO Space Operations Control Center”

By  Space News

From Space News: The 40-plus nations taking part in NATO’s International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan are often in the dark about what space assets are available to them and are too often denied access to space-derived intelligence, according to the former chief of ISAF space operations. U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Tom Single, who […]

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May 9, 2010

Outdated, Unwanted, US Nukes Hang On In Europe

By the AP

From the AP: "Relics of the Cold War" is how Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle labeled the bombs as Germany’s new government took office last October. … By early this year, he was joined by the foreign ministers of Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway and Luxembourg in calling for the nuclear discussion at Tallinn. Ex-NATO chief Claes […]

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