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May 22, 2009

The AKP’s Foreign Policy: The Misnomer of “Neo-Ottomanism”

By the Washington Institute for Near East Policy

From the Washington Institute for Near East Policy: "The AKP’s Econo-Islamist foreign policy orientation has turned Turkey into a country which has as good, and sometimes even friendlier, relations with Iran, Russia, Syria, Sudan, Hamas, Hezbollah, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, as it enjoys with the United States, the EU, and Israel. Ankara will likely opt […]

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May 22, 2009

Turkish commander sparks debate in Greece

By Hurriyet

From Hurriyet: “Greek newspapers express concerns about a NATO restructuring under which Greek and Turkish commanders will take turns heading the alliance’s Larissa military headquarters. Some Greeks say the appointment of a Turkish commander will make it easier for Turkish warplanes to fly in Greek airspace” For background see Turkish general to command NATO center […]

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May 22, 2009

Location, location, location

By Gulfnews

Claudio Bisogniero, NATO’s Deputy Secretary-General, takes advantage of the precise language in the Washington Treaty to limit the pool of potential new members. Fortunately, Article 10 includes Canada and the United States as signatories, because it appears they could not join now. From Gulfnews: “Do you think that an Arab country could one day become […]

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May 22, 2009

Anti-drug effort in Afghanistan a failure: US admiral

By AFP

Surprisingly, just one step by NATO against the Taliban’s opium networks has not been enough. From AFP: “Mullen said NATO-led forces have stepped up operations against drug networks after the alliance last year eased rules for targeting narcotics rings.‘Recent rules of engagement have allowed us to go after labs, peopleassociated with labs,’ he told the […]

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May 22, 2009

Lithuania’s new president: Steel magnolia

By the Economist

In describing Dalia Grybauskaite, the Economist raises the questions, how can you tell if you are a fervent Atlanticist and is that a bad thing? From the Economist: “In 1991 she was talent-spotted by an American programme for high-fliers in eastern Europe. But she does not seem to share the fervent Atlanticism usual among Lithuanian […]

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May 22, 2009

Links between Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and the Taliban

By book review in Asharq Alawsat

Excerpt from “Khomeini’s Ghost” by Con Coughlin. From book review in Asharq Alawsat: “‘Tehran took the view that its own strategy of fueling the insurgency {in Iraq} by all means at its disposal was working. The longer the United States and its allies were bogged down in Iraq, the less likely they were to act […]

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May 21, 2009

Second Stage Of Nato Exercises Begins In Georgia

By Turkish Weekly

From Turkish Weekly: “On May 21, the military base in Vaziani in a suburb of Tbilisi will host the second phase of field training exercises within the NATO program ‘Partnership for Peace’, which is called the ‘Cooperative Lancer 09. The Georgian Defense Ministry, thousands of soldiers from 14 countries – nine NATO countries (USA, Albania, […]

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May 20, 2009

European training center offers Special Forces training to conventional forces

By army.mil

Building blocks of Coalition warfare. From army.mil: “Sgt. Varchulik is the only American Soldier on this firing line. He’s one of about two dozen soldiers from NATO partner nations taking part in a close-quarter battle course (CQB) taught by the International Special Training Centre (ISTC) in Pfullendorf, Germany. The ISTC training was once exclusively reserved […]

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May 20, 2009

Russia to conduct large-scale war games in Caucasus

By Russia Today

From Russia Today: “All brigades in Russia’s North Caucasus military district are to participate in the Kavkaz-2009 military maneuvers in June 2009, according to the ITAR-TASS news agency.”

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May 20, 2009

Turkish general to command NATO center in Greece

By Today's Zaman

From Today’s Zaman: “The Combined Aerospace Operations Center (CAOC) in Larissa, Greece, will be under the rotating command of a Turkish lieutenant general and a Greek general, each serving for two years, the Turkish newspaper Akşam reported on Tuesday. This is the first time a Turkish general will be serving in Greek territory since Greece […]

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