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Jan 7, 2010

Russia’s New Arms Dealers

By Foreign Policy

From Foreign Policy: As Moscow’s weapons get more decrepit, Europe is suddenly feeling a lot more comfortable selling the Russians advanced military hardware. But at what cost? … The Netherlands’ Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding is not the only Western company that Moscow has flirted with in recent months. It has also had contact with Spanish […]

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Jan 7, 2010

Russian Spy Detained in Poland

By Polskie Radio

From Polskie Radio: It has been revealed that Poland’s Internal Security Agency detained a spy last year who worked for Russia’s largest foreign intelligence agency, GRU. The arrest up until now has been confidential and only the president, prime minister and prosecutors know about the case. The daily Dziennik Gazeta Prawna says it has established […]

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Jan 7, 2010

A New Decade and a New Transatlantic Strategy?

By European Voice

From European Voice: High on the agenda of the strategic dialogue should be a strategy for broadening and deepening the transatlantic market. This has long been a token mutual goal that has failed for lack of ambition. Yet a study for the Commission published in December concluded that elimination of just half of the transatlantic […]

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Jan 7, 2010

Germany to Announce its New Afghanistan Strategy in London

By Xinhua

From Xinhua: Germany would use a London conference to announce its new strategy for Afghanistan, German Defence Minister Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg said on Wednesday. Guttenberg told local daily Leipziger Volkszeitung that Germany would announce its own unilateral strategy for Afghanistan at the London conference, which is due to be held on Jan. 28. The new […]

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Jan 7, 2010

Joint Forces Command Chief Pitches New Name

By the Navy Times

From the Navy Times: Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis, U.S. Joint Forces Command chief, late last month pitched to Defense Secretary Robert Gates a proposal to rename the Norfolk, Va.-based organization, aiming to reflect how much it works with non-American entities and officials. The JFCOM commander wants “coalition” added to the organization’s name, according to […]

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Jan 6, 2010

Nato Intelligence Chief Condemns US Failings

By the Financial Times

From the Financial Times: Nato’s top intelligence officer in Afghanistan has issued a scathing critique of US military intelligence-gathering, warning a failure to understand local communities has deprived commanders of information needed to contain the Taliban. Major General Michael Flynn, a veteran US intelligence officer, depicted commanders cocooned in bases surrounded by analysts with only […]

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Jan 5, 2010

Poles Wary of Nord Stream Pact

By Global Post

From Global Post: History suggests that when Russia and Germany announce a deal that is slightly too sweet, Poland has reason to be wary. Which is why the Polish foreign minister, Radoslaw Sikorski, acidly dubbed a plan to build an underwater natural gas pipeline from Russia’s Siberian gas fields to Germany’s Baltic coast “the Molotov-Ribbentrop […]

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Jan 5, 2010

Bulgaria Sending More Troops to Afghanistan

By the AP

From the AP: Bulgaria says it will send 30 more troops to the NATO-led force in Afghanistan early next year. The government said in a statement Wednesday the troops will join a Bulgarian unit guarding the airport in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar. Bulgaria currently has 497 troops in Afghanistan, with 270 of them […]

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Jan 5, 2010

French Fighters Start Baltic Air Police Mission

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti: Four French Air Force Mirage 2000 fighters have started a four-month NATO mission to patrol the skies over Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, the Lithuanian Defense Ministry said Monday. A French unit, comprised of 150 personnel, took over the rotating role of patrolling the Baltic airspace from Germany… Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia reached […]

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Jan 5, 2010

Afghanistan’s NATO force needs top civilian: UN

By AFP

From AFP: The NATO-led international security force in Afghanistan should appoint a senior civilian official to help improve political and development coordination, UN chief Ban Ki-moon said in a report released Monday. The report also stressed the need to beef up the international coordination structure in the war-torn country “under a United Nations umbrella.” Ban […]

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