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Jan 19, 2010

Transatlantic Homeland Security

By Global Europe

From Global Europe: If Europeans and Americans are to be safe at home, the United States need to boost its direct cooperation with EU institutions, and those institutions must take their new responsibilities seriously… Creating common standards in airline security or reaching a legal accord on data protection will be difficult, given our different legal […]

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Jan 19, 2010

The Death of the West?

By the American Interest

From the American Interest: The biggest surprise, however, in the 2010s may be the breakup of the West. Just as the glue that once held the Third World is dissolving over time, the forces that once brought western Europe, the United States and Japan into a single economic and political bloc are gradually losing their […]

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Jan 19, 2010

SAC Flies its First Humanitarian Relief Flight to Haiti

By NATO

From NATO: The Multinational Strategic Airlift Capability (SAC) conducted a humanitarian relief mission to Haiti on 16 January 2010 delivering first-aid kits and supplies to help Haiti, whose capital Port-au-Prince has been devastated in a massive earthquake. This the first humanitarian assistance flight by SAC’s operational arm, the Heavy Airlift Wing based in Pápa Air […]

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Jan 18, 2010

Sikorski Criticizes Allies for Excluding Their Forces From Combat Missions

By the Telegraph

From the Telegraph: Poland’s foreign minister has said his country is willing to commit more troops to Afghanistan and criticised other European nations for excluding their forces from combat missions… Mr [Radek] Sikorski expressed his frustration over caveats used by other nations, including Germany, that often exclude their forces from combat operations in Afghanistan. “The […]

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Jan 16, 2010

NATO and Chinese Commanders Discuss Counter-Piracy Operations

By NATO

From NATO: On 11 January 2010, Portuguese Rear Admiral Pereira da Cunha, Commander of NATO’s counter piracy Task Force 508 (TF 508) had a successful meeting with the head of mission of the Chinese counter piracy forces, Senior Captain Zha Bao Raw, on board of the Chinese frigate ‘Chao Hu’ to discuss counterpiracy operations off […]

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Jan 15, 2010

Thanks to Poland, the Alliance will Defend the Baltics

By the Economist

From the Economist: In A crunch, would NATO stand by its weakest members—the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania? After five years of dithering , the answer now seems to be yes, with a decision in principle by the alliance to develop formal contingency plans to defend them. The shift comes after hard-fought negotiations, […]

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Jan 14, 2010

Article 5 Jitters at Prague Conference

By Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Specifically, there is growing concern, particularly in Poland and the Baltic states, that NATO’s eastern borders remain largely unprotected. There are also worries in Eastern Europe that Article 5 of the alliance charter, which obligates the entire alliance to come to the defense of a member who is attacked, would […]

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Jan 14, 2010

Web Is New Front Among Cold War Foes

By the Wall Street Journal

From the Wall Street Journal: Alleged attacks on Google Inc. from China redraw the battle lines between the U.S. and its former Cold War adversaries, who are now squaring off on a new front: cyberspace… Past attacks directed at the private sector—like Chinese and Russian efforts to surveil the U.S. electric grid and Chinese penetrations […]

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Jan 13, 2010

Israel Seeks to Influence NATO Strategic Review

By the Jerusalem Post

From the Jerusalem Post: Israel is launching a diplomatic initiative in an effort to influence the outcome of NATO’s new Strategic Concept which is currently under review by a team of experts led by former United States Secretary of State Madeline Albright. On Thursday, the third seminar on the Strategic Concept will open in Oslo […]

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Jan 13, 2010

Sen. Levin to Press Allies to Honor Pledges

By the AP

From the AP: Afghanistan is facing a major shortage of instructors needed to train Afghan forces, a senior American lawmaker said Wednesday, calling the deficit “inacceptable.” Sen. Carl Levin, chairman of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, said he would press nations in the international coalition to honor their pledges to train the Afghan security […]

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