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Mar 16, 2010

U.S. Decision on Modernization of Nuclear Weapons Impacts Arsenal in Europe

By Spiegel

From Spiegel:  Germany’s foreign minister has called for the removal of Cold War legacy nuclear weapons being stored here, but some in Washington may have other plans. The US Department of Energy is requesting a budget of close to $2 billion to modernize the country’s oldest models of nuclear weapons, including those being kept in […]

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Mar 16, 2010

Opposition Leader Seeks Clarification on Sweden’s NATO Ties

By the Local

From the Local:  Social Democrat leader Mona Sahlin has demanded clarification from the government over Sweden‘s relationship to the NATO military alliance. In an open letter to Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and Foreing Minister Carl Bildt, Sahlin claimed that "key ministers within the government are pushing different positions on Swedish cooperation with NATO." Sahlin, together […]

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Mar 16, 2010

Military Cooperation Workshop for NATO Partners

By Allied Command Operations

From Allied Command Operations:  NATO partner nations will be taking part in the 2010 Military Cooperation Coordination Workshop in Prague from March 22-25. This is the second workshop to be led by the Military Cooperation Division, with the goal of giving partner nation representatives an opportunity to provide direct input to the development of 2011 work plans and […]

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Mar 15, 2010

Germany Doubles Arms Exports

By Deutche Welle

From Deutche Welle:  Germany doubled the amount of its arms it sold abroad in 2004-2009, compared to that exported during the previous five-year period, according to a report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) released Monday. Germany is the world’s third leading exporter of conventional weaponry. Most of the German exports were armored […]

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Mar 15, 2010

Ukraine and Russia to Resume Joint Naval Exercises

By ITAR-TASS

From ITAR-TASS:  Exercises of the Ukrainian Navy and the Russian Black Sea Fleet will be resumed after a seven-year interval. As the press service of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry reported on Friday, a conference on preparations of the joint command and staff computer exercise “Fairway of Peace-2010” scheduled for June 2010 was held in Sevastopol […]

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Mar 15, 2010

US Cautious on Removing Nuclear Arms from Europe

By the AP

From the AP:  Some officials in Germany and other U.S. allies in Europe are advocating a withdrawal, citing President Barack Obama’s call last year for a nuclear-free world. But the U.S. is putting off an early decision, preferring to consult within NATO, starting at a meeting of foreign ministers in April that Secretary of State […]

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Mar 15, 2010

Anglo-French Defence: Entente Nouvelle

By the Financial Times

From the Financial Times:  In recent months, senior figures in the British and French defence establishments – politicians, military chiefs, defence industrialists, think-tankers – have been talking about the need to step up co-operation amid significant budgetary pressures and a fear that the US may be turning away from Europe… France recently agreed a defence […]

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Mar 12, 2010

Rasmussen: NATO Must Develop Missile Defense

By NATO

From NATO:   [W]e must develop an effective missile defence. In the coming years, we will probably face many more countries – and possibly even some non-state actors — armed with long-range missiles and nuclear capabilities. Therefore, I believe that NATO’s deterrent posture should include missile defence. Deterrence works against rational actors, but not all actors […]

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Mar 12, 2010

Lithuania Awaits NATO “Insurance Plan” on Russia

By Reuters

From Reuters:  Lithuania, marking 20 years since its declaration of independence from the Soviet Union on Thursday, remains wary of huge neighbour Russia and is looking forward to the "health insurance" of a new NATO Baltic defence plan, President Dalia Grybauskaite said. Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia joined NATO and the European Union in 2004 but […]

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Mar 12, 2010

German Security Policy Falls Short

By IP-Global

From IP-Global:  No other country in Europe had as much ground to make up in the field of security policy after 1989 as the Federal Republic. Germany’s armed forces, the Bundeswehr, were created as the price for NATO entry in 1956, against massive domestic resistance, with a single mission: to defend the country’s 1,700-mile border […]

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