Content

NATOSource

Dec 16, 2009

Medvedev says Russia-NATO cooperation necessary

By Xinhua

From Xinhua: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Wednesday Russia and NATO should cooperate more closely due to a rise in common threats, news agencies reported. “Our relations are entering a new level,” Medvedev said at a meeting with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen in Moscow. “We have many reasons for interaction, many subjects for […]

NATOSource

Dec 15, 2009

Colin Powell Looks Back — and Ahead

By the Atlantic Council

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Dec 15, 2009

Czech Republic to join AWACS system

By Xinhua

From Xinhua: Czech airspace will be guarded by radar planes of NATO forces starting next January, as the government on Monday approved the country’s accession to NATO’s E-3A AWACS system of airborne warning and control, according to a cabinet press release. The Ministry of Defense will pay 290,000 euros a year to join the program […]

NATOSource

Dec 14, 2009

Obama Gives Britain the Cold Shoulder

By the Wall Street Journal

From the Wall Street Journal: Britain is the only European country President Barack Obama can really count on to respond positively to his plea for NATO to provide extra forces for Afghanistan. So why is it, then, that the Obama administration can barely conceal its disdain for a nation that, by its deeds, time and […]

United Kingdom United States and Canada

NATOSource

Dec 14, 2009

Europe and Afghanistan

By the New York Times

From the New York Times: Afghanistan is not and should not be just the United States’ fight. Al Qaeda has used its sanctuaries in Afghanistan and Pakistan to plot and launch attacks on European cities. We welcome the news that some of America’s 42 military partners in Afghanistan plan to send more troops… Still, NATO’s […]

United Kingdom United States and Canada

NATOSource

Dec 13, 2009

French army sides with Mozilla in Microsoft email war

By Reuters

From Reuters: A new email client unveiled by Mozilla this week contains code from an unusual source — the French military, which decided the open source product was more secure than Microsoft’s (MSFT.O) rival Outlook… The military found Mozilla’s open source design permitted France to build security extensions, while Microsoft’s secret, proprietary software allowed no […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Dec 12, 2009

Russia says close to deal with Norway over Arctic

By Reuters

From Reuters: Russia said on Friday it would welcome joint oil and gas works with Norway on the Barents Sea and a deal was possible next year to close a decades-long dispute between the two major energy producers. Russia’s resources ministry said in a statement Norway had proposed to sign a memorandum in the first […]

Energy & Environment United States and Canada

NATOSource

Dec 12, 2009

U.S. Signs Deal for Troop Deployments in Poland

By Reuters

From Reuters: Poland and the United States signed a deal on Friday that paves the way for the stationing of U.S. troops on the territory of its east European NATO ally. The “status of forces” accord (SOFA), a technical document tentatively approved in November after 15 months of talks, also makes possible deployments of a […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Dec 11, 2009

The Neighbour From Hell

By the Economist

From the Economist: [T]he black hole in NATO’s security guarantee is that it has no formal contingency plans to defend its weakest members: the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. If Russia is NATO’s friend—so the thinking went in the early years of this decade—no such plans are necessary. America has its own military […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Dec 11, 2009

NATO: “We Won’t Bugger Off”

By the Online Journalism Blog

From the Online Journalism Blog: At the start of this week, Dave Cole of the Atlantic Council of the UK organised the first visit to NATO Headquarters for bloggers. The visit was under the auspices of Dr. Stephanie Babst, NATO’s Assistant Deputy Secretary General for Public Diplomacy. From the Liberal Conspiracy: Most of the briefings […]

United Kingdom United States and Canada
Load More