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Jul 2, 2009

SPO leader pushes for NATO membership

By B92.net

A glimpse into some of the true motivations for alliance membership in potential applicants. From B92.net: “NATO membership is a sure ticket into the European Union,” [leader of Serbia’s SPO party, Vuk] Drašković said. He said that he believed that NATO membership would enable Serbia to achieve a presence in Kosovo, claiming that membership would […]

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Jun 30, 2009

Outgoing NATO Commander Slams European Role In Afghanistan

By AFP

From AFP: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s outgoing top commander, General John Craddock, had a few parting shots for Europe as he formally handed over his post Tuesday, criticizing the continent’s engagement in Afghanistan.In an interview to be published Wednesday in Germany’s Stuttgarter Zeitung, the U.S. general said European leaders often used critical public opinion […]

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Jun 30, 2009

EU and Turkey: still talking membership, barely

By AP

The Turkish government appears more interested in using talks with the EU to resolve Cyprus, than advancing membership. While any progress on Cyprus is desirable, does the switch in priorities from EU membership reveal a discreet, yet nonetheless decisive, realignment of Turkey’s foreign policy and abandonment of Mustafa Kemal’s legacy by Erodgan, Davutoglu, and the […]

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Jun 30, 2009

For a Post in Europe, a Renaissance Admiral

By the New York Times

  From the New York Times: Now Admiral Stavridis’s boss, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, has given him a new assignment, which starts Tuesday. “Jim must also learn to speak NATO,” Mr. Gates said. As the new American and NATO commander in Europe, Admiral Stavridis, 54, becomes the first naval officer appointed to a position […]

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Jun 29, 2009

NATO and Russia resume military ties

By AP

From AP: Despite last year’s disruption of ties with NATO, Russia has continued cooperating with individual NATO nations such as the U.S., France or Germany by allowing them to use Russia’s rail network and aerial corridors to resupply international forces in Afghanistan, and its navy has worked with NATO warships on their joint anti-piracy patrols. […]

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Jun 29, 2009

Russia starts large-scale war games, Georgia fumes

By Reuters

From Reuters: Similar Russian exercises in the same region last August allowed Moscow to send troops and tanks into Georgia quickly to repel government troops who tried to retake South Ossetia. The brief war raised fears in the West over security of gas transit routes from the Caspian Sea to western Europe. The manoeuvres will […]

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Jun 29, 2009

NATOSource: Bigger fish to fry than Georgia

By NATO

From NATO: [Excerpt of press conference by NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer after the NATO-Russia Council meeting in Corfu, Greece, 6/27/09] On substance, as I said, we restarted our relations at a political level. We also agreed to restart the military-to-military contacts which, as you know, had been frozen since last August. And […]

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Jun 26, 2009

NATO Gains Weight

By the National Interest

From the National Interest: NATO has become the worst example of America’s junior-high foreign policy. Washington and its more traditional allies have welcomed a succession of new members which are security black holes, bringing with them geopolitical conflicts rather than security assets. Little pretense could be made that expanding NATO to Albania, Romania and similar […]

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Jun 26, 2009

NATO Tweets Too

By Fast Company

From Fast Company: Twitter gained a lot of credibility thanks to its use by Iranian protestors recently, and we already knew that it was useful for spreading breaking news. But did you know that NATO, the global military machine, Twitters too? Check out NATO’s main feed at Twitter here . . . It gives NATO […]

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Jun 26, 2009

Cyber armies are gearing up in the cold war of the web

By the Guardian

From the Guardian: Last week the Nato-backed Co-operative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence, based in the Estonian capital of Tallinn, held its inaugural annual conference, and the need and wisdom of creating an offensive strategy was centre stage. Nato’s hawks argue that unless you develop an active deterrence strategy and threaten your opponents with cybergeddon, […]

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