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Mar 2, 2010

Partners in Decline

By  Foreign Policy

From Foreign Policy:  Perhaps the end of the Cold War was an opportune time to kill off NATO, but the Balkan crises of the 1990s and post-9/11 security challenges proved that the alliance was still needed. The same is true today. The alternative — to replace NATO with an ad hoc ABCD alliance (America, Britain, Canada, […]

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Mar 2, 2010

NATO Air Forces to Train Over Baltic Countries

By the AP

From the AP: NATO said Tuesday that its air forces will conduct an exercise this month over the Baltic states, which have been alarmed by the fast-improving ties between the alliance and neighboring Russia. The training March 17-20 over Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia will involve French Mirage 2000 and Polish F-16 fighters and U.S. aerial tankers, […]

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Feb 28, 2010

Europe’s Errors

By  Time

From Time: The third strategic error is to remain obsessed with the transatlantic relationship. It is difficult to capture in a few words the strange mix of European attitudes towards America: admiration and resentment of American hyperpower, respect and condescension towards U.S. culture, dependence on and discomfort with American leadership. At the core of this is […]

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Feb 28, 2010

Five NATO Governments Call for Reduction in Alliance’s Nuclear Arsenal

By the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

From the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Norway, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg have called on NATO to support efforts to achieve a world without nuclear weapons. “Our aim is to reduce the importance of nuclear weapons in NATO’s security policy,” said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre. The foreign ministers of the five countries presented […]

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Feb 28, 2010

Latvia and Lithuania Propose Stricter EU Rules to Stop Mistral Sale

By  Itar-Tass

From Itar-Tass: Latvia and Lithuania demand stricter arms trade rules in the European Union and NATO in order to prevent the selling of Mistral helicopter ships to Russia. They made a statement to that effect at the Thursday meeting of EU defense ministers in Palma de Majorca. “The European Union and NATO should sell armaments and […]

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Feb 28, 2010

NATO not Going Global, for Now: U.S. Official

By the People's Daily Online

From the People’s Daily Online: A senior U.S. official said Friday that NATO’s area of responsibility should remain the Euro-Atlantic region, but it can become a platform for coalition operations involving non-member states, as is the case of South Korea and Australia’s participation in the Afghan mission. Alexander Vershbow, U.S. assistant secretary of defense for international […]

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Feb 28, 2010

U.S. Warns Russia Against Assertion in Baltic Region

By  RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti: Though seeking to find new ways of working with Russia, the United States will not accept Moscow’s policies in the Baltic region, Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy said at a news conference in Tallinn on Friday. "We’ve made it very clear that even as we seek to find new ways of […]

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Feb 28, 2010

Baroness Ashton Under Fire for Missing European Defence Summit

By the Times (London)

From the Times (London):  Simmering discontent across the European Union with Baroness Ashton of Upholland’s performance as its first foreign minister turned into outright criticism yesterday as several senior politicians from member states attacked her for missing a key defence meeting. The sniping at Lady Ashton, High Representative for Foreign Affairs — who attended the inauguration of […]

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Feb 26, 2010

German Parliament Votes to Send More Troops to Afghanistan

By the Financial Times

From the Financial Times: The German government secured broad parliamentary backing to raise its contingent of troops in Afghanistan from 4,500 to up to 5,350, although the traditional cross-party consensus about the mission looked increasingly shaky. Lawmakers from the ruling Christian Democrats and Free Democrats were joined by most opposition Social Democrats. A total of 429 […]

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Feb 25, 2010

Rasmussen Seeks to Break Deadlock

By  Europolitics

From Europolitics: NATO’s Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen put forward a series of suggestions, on 25 February, for overcoming the deadlock which has long hamstrung efforts to improve cooperation between the Atlantic alliance and the European Union.  Relations have been dogged by the Turkey-Cyprus dispute, with Ankara blocking cooperation which it feels could lead to sensitive NATO […]

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