Category: NATOSource

Senatorial Backing for U.S.-U.K. Defense Trade Cooperation Treaty

By Heritage

From Heritage: Speaking at the same event, Dr. Liam Fox, the British Shadow Secretary of State for Defense, explained why the Treaties are in the interest of both nations. For the U.K., the treaties offer economies of procurement scale, i.e. the ability to buy in the larger U.S. market. For the U.S., the treaties offer […]

Russia not seeking to undermine NATO: Lavrov

By Khaleej Times

From Khaleej Times: (AFP) “We’re not attempting to undermine NATO or any other organisation active in the security field,” Lavrov said in a speech to a conference of the OSCE (Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe).“Quite the contrary, we are favour of coordination and synergies between existing international structures to ensure that no single […]

NATOSource: Is the Baltic the new “cockpit of Europe?”

By Foreign Policy

In The Collapse of the Baltic Tigers, Edward Lucas calls attention to the economic and geostrategic dynamics redefining the new frontier between Western Europe and Russia. From Foreign Policy: Russia looms next door to the Baltic states as a contemptuous and even hostile neighbor that has played out repeated military exercises based on the scenario […]

New NATO Video Contest: Why Afghanistan Matters

By Joint Forces Command HQ Brunssum

From Joint Forces Command HQ Brunssum: Why Afghanistan MattersAre you now, or have you ever been to Afghanistan?Think what we’re doing in Afghanistan is important? Tell us why!Joint Forces Command HQ Brunssum is sponsoring a contest in which you will have the opportunity to share your experiences with the world – and possibly win a […]

Greece concerned about rise in tension with Turkey

By Taiwan News Online

From Taiwan News Online: (Associated Press) NATO allies Greece and Turkey have been at odds for years over airspace boundaries and flight procedures in the Aegean Sea that forms the border between them, and mock dogfights between fighter jets from each side are common.But [Greek Foreign Minister] Dora Bakoyannis told The Associated Press that Turkish […]

Russia to sell 1,000 infantry fighting vehicles to Greece

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti: We are going through the final stages of negotiations with Greece on the delivery of 1,000 BMP-3 vehicles. They [the Greeks] want to buy vehicles for both ground forces and naval infantry,’ Vyacheslav Dzirkaln, deputy head of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation, said in an exclusive interview with RIA Novosti.The purchase […]

NATOSource: French nuclear protection of Gulf state revealed

Le Figaro is reporting that France included its nuclear protection of the UAE as part of the agreements for the opening of its military base in Abu Dhabi last month. President Nicolas Sarkozy personally attended the formal opening of “Camp Peace” on May 26. The base attracted a great deal of world attention as France’s […]

U.S. Walks Fine Line with Russian Military Relations

By World Politics Review

From World Politics Review: But some U.S. allies in the Baltic and Eastern Europe warn against cozying up to Moscow, in light of Russia’s new assertiveness, most evident in the Georgia war. ‘It is important that dialogue with Russia must not harm the allied relationships of today,’ Estonian president Toomas Hendrik Ilves said in a […]

Notes from NATO’s cyberwarfare conference in Tallinn

By Evgeny Morozov in Net Effect

From Evgeny Morozov in Net Effect: Jose Nazario of Arbor Networks mentioned the growing impact that DDoS-attacks – used predominantly as means of intimidation – are having on elections worldwide. To illustrate his point, he spoke of attacks on Kasparov.ru in Russia as well as the recent DDoS attacks on the web-sites of several parties […]

Astana Steps Closer to Military Alliance with Moscow

By the Jamestown Foundation

From the Jamestown Foundation: While Moscow’s intentions to use the CORF as a potential counterweight to NATO’s eastward expansion, and in response to the American military presence in Afghanistan are clear, Kazakhstan’s role in this military structure remains open to question. In theory it can offer 4,000 troops from its three airborne assault brigades, and […]