Category: NATOSource

Fighting piracy requires better international cooperation

By Deutsche Welle

From Deutsche Welle: “Bjorn Seibert, a Research Affiliate for Security Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, lists the various international missions deployed: ‘You have the EU’s mission, you have NATO’s mission and then you have two Combined Task Forces led by the United States, Combined Task Force 151 and 150, which operate in the […]

French Gap in Interoperability

By strategypage.com

From strategypage.com: “While the French Army has recognized the importance of smart bombs and missiles, they found themselves poorly prepared to make the best use of these weapons when they sent troops to Afghanistan. They had several problems. First, they did not have enough FACs (Forward Air Controllers, teams trained to call in warplanes and […]

U.S. pilots train Finns in aerial refueling operations

By Air Force Link

From Air Force Link: “A group of Airmen with the 100th Air Refueling Wing traveled to Tampere, Finland, May 2 to participate in a week-long exercise with Navy and Finnish Air Force F-18 Hornet pilots. The Airmen helped teach the Finnish pilots how to refuel in-air from a KC-135 Stratotanker. The exercise marks the first […]

U.S., NATO want Canada to deploy CF-18 fighters

By canada.com

From canada.com: “‘I can tell you from the senior Canadian in this headquarters that I have been asked on several occasions by AFCENT (United States Air Forces Central) and CENTCOM (Central Command), `How can we get Canadian F-18s into the game over here?” said Maj.-Gen. Duff Sullivan. ‘And I’ve told them that that is a […]

Preventing A New Crimean War

By Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

San Francisco State University professor describes geostrategic environment from Moscow’s perspective. From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: “Although Obama’s efforts to ‘reset’ relations with Russia have been encouraging and although Georgia is entering a period of political change, the structural conditions for a great-power confrontation in the Caucasus remain in place. The Crimean War became possible […]

European security isn’t NATO prerogative – Medvedev | Top Stories from 2009-05-15 | RT

By Russia Today

In interview on TV channel Rossiya, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev challenges the role of NATO and ignores the OSCE. From Russia Today: “The previous set of the European Institutions formed in the 1970s had been providing security in Europe. They’d played their role already. Now we have a range of state unions in Europe. We […]

Turkey eyes NATO headquarters reform for high-level representation

By Hurriyet Daily News

From Hurriyet Daily News: “Turkey, one of the most significant contributors to NATO’s activities and operations worldwide, has been a member of the alliancesince 1952, but has not undertaken a prominent position within the alliance since 1979. The last time Turkey held high-rank positions was between 1968 and1971 as acting secretary general, and between 1973 […]

New Challenges for NATO in the High North

By defpro.com

Anne-Grete Strøm-Erichsen, Minister of Defense of Norway, addresses security issues in the Arctic and calls for changes in NATO. From defpro.com: “This view on possible challenges for NATO – not far away in another continent but on the continent where the it was founded 60 years ago – is being reflected in Norway’s recent efforts […]

NATO invites Kazakhstan to take part in peace-making operation in Afghanistan

By Kazakhstan Today

From Kazakhstan Today: “Almaty. North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has officially invited Kazakhstan to take part in peace-making operation for restoration of Afghanistan. NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia, Robert Simmons, informed, the agency reports citing Independent newspaper. According to R. Simmons, all the documents have been sent to the […]

ISAF Factsheet

NATO releases new report of Allied contributions to ISAF.