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Feb 17, 2010

Russia to Put Military Base in Georgia’s Abkhazia

By theAP

  From theAP: President Dmitry Medvedev says Russia is to station a permanent military base in Georgia’s breakaway republic of Abkhazia. Abkhazia and South Ossetia, another separatist-held part of Georgia, declared independence after the 2008 Russia-Georgia war. Thousands of Russian troops are thought to have remained in the Moscow-sponsored republics, which Georgia and the West […]

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Feb 17, 2010

The Russo-Turkish Dance

By the New Atlanticist

From the New Atlanticist: While in Moscow, [Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip] Erdogan said that Russo-Turkish “relations are developing and becoming more diversified in the political, military, economic and cultural spheres. What is exciting for me is that both sides have a positive will” to strengthen ties. On the question of visa requirements, Erdogan said […]

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Feb 17, 2010

NATO Commander meets Republic of Korea Navy in the Gulf of Aden

By NATO

From NATO: On 13th February 2010 NATO Commander, Commodore Christian Rune met Captain Kim, Myung-Sung, the Commanding Officer of the Republic of Korea Navy destroyer Chungmugong Yi Sun-Shin, onboard the NATO flagship HDMS Abasalon. “This is yet another building block to counter the piracy in the Gulf of Aden and the Somali Basin. It shows […]

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Feb 17, 2010

Stage Set for New Fight Over Missile Defense

By the Cable

From the Cable: A new gambit by Russia to link missile defense to a still-pending nuclear arms agreement is threatening to throw another wrench into plans to quickly sign and pass the deal in Congress. Russian officials including Prime Minister Vladimir Putin have explicitly linked U.S. missile defense plans to the treaty. Now, two sources […]

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Feb 17, 2010

Russia says U.S. Anti-Missile Shield Plans Could Affect Talks on Arms Cuts Pact

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti: "Taking into account the present circumstances, this [the expansion of the U.S. anti-missile shield in Eastern Europe] has caused concern in the Russian government and Russian armed forces," General Nikolai Makarov, chief of Russia’s General Staff, said. "We look at this negatively…" Makarov said the new arms deal was 97% complete, with […]

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Feb 17, 2010

Russia to Put Military Base in Georgia’s Abkhazia

By the AP

From the AP: President Dmitry Medvedev says Russia is to station a permanent military base in Georgia’s breakaway republic of Abkhazia. Abkhazia and South Ossetia, another separatist-held part of Georgia, declared independence after the 2008 Russia-Georgia war. Thousands of Russian troops are thought to have remained in the Moscow-sponsored republics, which Georgia and the West […]

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Feb 16, 2010

Alexander Dugin: Not even the USA will return South Ossetia and Abkhazia to Georgia

By the Georgian Times

From the Georgian Times: [excerpts of interview with Alexander Dugin, head of the Geopolitical Research Centre of Russia] The present Russian Government is absolutely pragmatic in geopolitical matters. It understands that there is a war going on between Russia and the USA over the post-Soviet countries. Rusia will support countries which reject closer ties with […]

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Feb 16, 2010

NATO secretary general not sure of success in Afghanistan

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti: “Victory in Afghanistan is not guaranteed, and NATO needs to change its strategy in the country, the alliance’s secretary general said Monday at a Washington-based think tank. “Despite everything that we have already done, reaching our goal in Afghanistan is not guaranteed,” Anders Fogh Rasmussen told an audience at the Atlantic Council. […]

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Feb 16, 2010

Lugar Q and A excerpt ACUS

“Let me be clear: I am not opposed to the new missile defense architecture proposed by the President. It may well turn out to be a technical improvement in meeting the projected threat over the original design proposed by the previous Administration. But Iranian missiles never constituted the primary rationale for Polish and Czech decisions […]

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Feb 16, 2010

ISAF regains initiative, claims Dutch General

By Radio Netherlands Worldwide

From Radio Netherlands Worldwide: NATO has significantly changed its military strategy in Southern Afghanistan since the alliance-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) deployed into the region in 2006. Dutch Major General Mart de Kruif told Radio Netherlands that rather than massive offensives against the Taliban, as was the case in the early days, ISAF now […]

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