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Jun 17, 2009

NATOSource: State Department view of the future of Ukraine and Georgia in NATO

By U.S. Department of State

Statement by Philip H. Gordon, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, before the Subcommittee on Europe of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. From U.S. Department of State: “The United States strongly supports the right of both Ukraine and Georgia to pursue their membership aspirations in NATO. To achieve NATO membership, both countries […]

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United States and Canada

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Jun 17, 2009

NATO boss says Afghan strategy was flawed

By Reuters

From Reuters: “Making individual NATO members responsible for specific provinces in Afghanistan has hindered international cooperation efforts, NATO chief Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said in a magazine interview. ‘All countries like to think they are the champions of reconstruction,’ NATO Secretary General De Hoop Scheffer said in an interview with Dutch magazine Vrij Nederland on […]

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Jun 17, 2009

Military Reform Exposes Tension within the Russian Government

By the Jamestown Foundation

From the Jamestown Foundation: “General Makarov [Chief of the General Staff Army] confirmed this during a press conference on June 5, also characterizing the military reform as a response to the conventional strength of Western forces: ‘The U.S. and NATO armed forces’ superiority, many times over, in their general-purpose forces in all strategic sectors, is […]

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Jun 17, 2009

Russia Loses Allies

By Heritage

From Heritage: “The other day, Minsk unveiled the likelihood of introducing border and customs controls on the Russian border. This move actually signifies an end of the unified state project. Lukashenko is clearly looking to the EU’s support in his standoff against Moscow and is counting on the Kremlin’s deep appreciation of Belarus’ geopolitical position […]

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Jun 17, 2009

U.S. expert says Ukraine’s joining NATO won’t guarantee support in case of military intervention

By Kyiv Post

From Kyiv Post: “A senior fellow at the Cato Institute (Washington, the United States), Doug Bandow, has said that Ukraine’s joining NATO will not guarantee the country full-scale protection in the case of any military attack. ‘The fundamental question during Ukraine’s accession to NATO is how much such an action would really ensure the country’s […]

Ukraine
United States and Canada

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Jun 17, 2009

NATOSource: Belarus and Uzbekistan refuse to join Russia’s new rapid reaction force

By Associated Press

From Associated Press: “Two former Soviet republics refused to sign onto a deal Sunday to create a NATO-style rapid-reaction force for a Moscow-dominated security alliance, undermining a Kremlin bid to bolster its power and prestige amid a struggle with the West for regional clout. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko angrily boycotted the Moscow summit of the […]

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Jun 17, 2009

SCO no rival to NATO yet

By Radio Australia

From Radio Australia: “LAM: So is the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation positioning itself as a kind of a regional counterpoint if you like to US European NATO? HUISKEN: I think it’s a long way from that, it has certainly been a forum that within which they’ve conducted multilateral military exercises, particularly counter-insurgency ones, but also a […]

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Jun 16, 2009

The NATO First Act Would Advance Transatlantic Security

By Heritage

From Heritage: “An effective strategy for maximizing America’s national security and reinforcing the indivisibility of transatlantic security should emphasize NATO’s role in U.S.–European relations. The NATO First Act, H.R. 2797, introduced by Reps. Michael Turner (R–OH) and Jim Marshall (D–GA) contains several elements that would achieve that aim . . . In fashioning a NATO-first […]

United States and Canada

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Jun 16, 2009

US missile shield hurts NATO interests: UK MPs

By PressTV Iran

From PressTV Iran: “British parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, with lawmakers from the country’s main political parties, also expressed reserve over the plans in a report on weapons proliferation, Reuters reported Saturday. ‘We are not convinced that, as they are currently envisaged and under current circumstances, the United States’ planned ballistic missile defense (BMD) deployments in […]

United Kingdom
United States and Canada

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Jun 16, 2009

NATO to send AWACS planes to Afghanistan

By Deutsche Welle

  From Deutsche Welle: "German Defense Minister Franz Josef Jung announced that NATO would send four AWACS surveillance planes to Afghanistan, along with 100 German military personnel, as part of NATO’s air security agreement." (photo: AP)

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