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Georgia Now the Top Non-NATO Troop Contributor in Afghanistan

By NATO

From NATO:  Georgia has been assisting the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan since 2004. Following a substantial increase of its deployment in October last year, Georgia currently has over 1,500 troops deployed there, making it the largest non-NATO contributor to ISAF and the fifth largest contributor overall. “We greatly appreciate the active […]

Carl Bildt: Sweden Developing its ‘Partnership with NATO in All the Different Areas of Mutual Interest’

By Carl Bildt, Swedish Foreign Ministry

From Carl Bildt, Swedish Foreign Ministry:  Up in our North, the air forces of Sweden, Finland and Norway are now training more intensely together than perhaps any other air forces in Europe today. Next year, they will do this based in Iceland as well. And we are developing our partnership with NATO in all the […]

Carl Bildt: Sweden has Chosen Partnership over Neutrality

By Carl Bildt, Swedish Foreign Ministry

From Carl Bildt, Swedish Foreign Ministry:  Since then [1523] – nearly half a millennium – Stockholm has been one of the very few European capitals where foreign forces of occupation and war have never set their foot.

The Economic Collapse of Syria

By Mohsin Khan and Faysal Itani

The violent civil war in Syria that began with the uprising in March 2011 has already imposed tremendous costs on the Syrian population. More than 100,000 people have died and millions have become refugees in Jordan, Turkey, and Lebanon, in addition to the internally displaced in Syria itself.

NATO Lambasts Russian Fences in South Ossetia

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  NATO on Thursday once again harshly criticized Russia’s construction of barbed-wire fences along an ex-Georgian region’s 350-kilometer border with that country.

NATO Secretary General: ‘Democracy is More than Just a Ballot Box’

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  NATO is far more than a military Alliance. NATO is a community of values. It is a family of nations that believes in freedom, democracy, and the rule of law.

Morsi’s Economic Scorecard: Not a Good Year

By Mohsin Khan and Svetlana Milbert

As the first anniversary of President Mohammed Morsi’s term approaches on June 30, it is clearly evident that Egypt’s first democratically elected president has so far failed to tackle the core economic issues which fueled the popular uprising in January 2011. President Morsi inherited an economy that was already floundering. Economic growth had fallen to […]

Secretary General: ‘Further Work is Needed’ Before Georgia Can Join NATO (Video)

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO