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May 19, 2009

Schroeder: NATO must stop Ukraine, Georgia accession game

By Kyiv Post

Critique from former NATO Secretary General Gerhard Schroeder. From Kyiv Post: “‘When NATO holds a military drill in Georgia – just recently a theater of war, sparked by no one knows who – it’s utter stupidity. The Alliance must promote the discussion with Russia instead of encouraging the adventurist Saakashvili,’ said Schroeder.” (via Georgian Daily)

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May 19, 2009

CQ Transcript: Defense Secretary Gates

By Congressional Quarterly Transcript of Secretary of Defense Robert Gates interview on CBS' 60 Minutes

From Congressional Quarterly Transcript of Secretary of Defense Robert Gates interview on CBS’ 60 Minutes: “Well, I’ve been disappointed with NATO’s response to this ever since I got this job. NATO as an alliance, if you exclude the United States, has almost 2 million men under arms. Why they can’t get more than 32,000 to […]

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May 19, 2009

French Air Detachment in Dushanbe Quietly Carries Out Afghan Mission

By EuroasiaNet

From EuroasiaNet: “Dushanbe’s ramshackle airport is the only facility in the world that is hosting NATO and Russian troops simultaneously. Both unassuming military outposts outside the capital of Tajikistan share the same single airstrip and sit quietly at the same end of the airfield.”

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May 19, 2009

Take the War to the Drug Lords

By New York Times

Should counternarcotics operations be a part of NATO’s mission in Afghanistan? Does the world need another example of the lack of cohesion within the alliance? From New York Times: “In October, NATO gave its commanders a mandate to destroy drug refineries, but many have been reluctant to do so. Not only should they take the […]

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May 18, 2009

NATO Should Help in Pakistan

By Atlantic Council

Can humanitarian relief provide political support for security objectives? Michel and Nawaz identify costs that may outweigh the benefits of their policy recommendation. From Atlantic Council: “But what can NATO do? History suggests that it can do a lot and rapidly. Moreover, a broad-based NATO support may be politically more palatable than any single-country relief […]

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May 18, 2009

FACTBOX-Military deaths in Afghanistan

By Reuters

From Reuters: “Here are figures for foreign military deaths as a result of violence or accidents in Afghanistan since 2001: NATO/U.S.-LED COALITION FORCES:Britain 159Canada 118Denmark 22**France 27*Germany 31Spain 25Netherlands 19United States 683Other nations 68TOTAL: 1,152

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May 18, 2009

Russia’s Plan to Sideline NATO

By Heritage Foundation

From Heritage Foundation: “When Russians talk about changing Europe’s security architecture, what they really mean is sidelining NATO. However, in the Obama Administration’s haste to reset relations with Russia, and its nonsensical enthusiasm for EU-integration, it has sent neither Moscow nor Brussels the message that NATO’s primacy is non-negotiable. In fact, it has seemingly gone […]

European Union
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May 18, 2009

Recommendations for the New U.S. Ambassador to NATO

By Heritage Foundation

From Heritage Foundation: “Ambassador Daalder should establish a NATO-first agenda. Previously, Daalder has advocated an extreme pro-EU integration position and even called for anti-terrorism cooperation to be moved from the bilateral to the supranational EU level.[3] In a major policy paper in 2001, he called for the U.S. Administration to adopt a ‘Europe-First Policy,’ supporting […]

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May 18, 2009

Release of NATO Statistics

By Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: “During a routine briefing this week in Brussels, a NATO spokesman regaled convened journalists with a 10-minute barrage of statistics. A distillation of a report given to NATO ambassadors earlier that day, the figures showed there had been a 64 percent hike in insurgent attacks in the period January-April 2009 […]

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May 18, 2009

Sweden and NATO

By Defense News

Sweden’s Defense Minister, Sten Tolgfors, reveals in an interview that NATO membership is not on Stockholm’s agenda. From Defense News: “Q. What is the government’s position on joining NATO?A. Membership is not on the political agenda during this government’s four years in office because of an agreement between the four parties in government. I think […]

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