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Jun 7, 2012

Karzai condemns NATO air strike

By Amir Shah and Heidi Vogt, the AP

From Amir Shah and Heidi Vogt, the AP:  The Afghan president said Thursday that 18 people killed in a NATO airstrike in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday were all civilians.

NATOSource

Jun 6, 2012

Finnish PM challenges Russian general’s criticism of NATO-Finland relationship

By YLE

From YLE:  According to Finland’s Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen, Finnish NATO membership would not threaten Russian security.

NATOSource

Jun 6, 2012

Russia on NATO BMD: ‘You Say Defense, We See Threat’

By Nikolai Korchunov, the New York Times

From Nikolai Korchunov, the New York Times:  Why do the NATO Strategic Concept and the recently completed Deterrence and Defense Posture Review both state that “the supreme guarantee of the security of the allies is provided by the strategic nuclear forces of the alliance”?

NATOSource

Jun 6, 2012

Shanghai Cooperation Organization seeks role in Afghanistan after NATO forces leave in 2014

By the AP

From the AP:  Central Asian states meeting in Beijing this week say they want a role in stabilizing Afghanistan after most U.S. combat troops leave at the end of 2014

New Atlanticist

Jun 6, 2012

Anchoring the Alliance: A Stronger Germany

By R. Nicholas Burns Damon Wilson and Jeffrey Lightfoot

For NATO to succeed in the future, the Alliance needs a stronger Germany. One senior Alliance official labeled Germany a “lost nation” in its political and military leadership. Europe’s future relevance as a global strategic partner of the United States is contingent on Germany taking its full place as a much stronger political and military […]

NATO Security & Defense

NATOSource

Jun 6, 2012

Clinton on Georgia-US defense cooperation and NATO membership

By Hillary Clinton, Department of State

From Hillary Clinton, Department of State:  Reforming and modernizing Georgia’s defense establishment is also one of our shared priorities.

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Jun 6, 2012

Supporting Democracy

By Madeleine K Albright

America’s most valuable contribution to democracy is and always has been the successful implementation of freedom at home. If our country had grown up in despotism, the world would be a different and far bleaker place.

Politics & Diplomacy

MENASource

Jun 6, 2012

Top News: Supreme Court to Assess Disenfranchisement and Electoral Laws on June 14

By Tarek Radwan

Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court will begin hearing the Supreme Presidential Electoral Commission’s appeal regarding the Political Disenfranchisement Law on 14 June. If implemented, the law could result in the disqualification of Ahmed Shafik. The court will also hear an appeal by the Supreme Administrative Court challenging the constitutionality of the parliamentary elections law, which could […]

NATOSource

Jun 6, 2012

A New Shield Over Europe

By Ivo Daalder, the New York Times

From Ivo Daalder, the New York Times:  The alliance made many critical decisions in Chicago; one of the most important was the declaration of an interim NATO ballistic missile-defense capability

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Jun 6, 2012

South Asian Meltdown?

By Harlan Ullman

Conditions in South Asia are chaotic, confused, critical and potentially catastrophic. Afghanistan, India and Pakistan are confronted with existential security, economic and political dangers that could overwhelm the capacity and limited resources of each state to address.

Pakistan
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