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New Atlanticist

Oct 18, 2011

High Noon for Europe’s Banks

By Michael Lafferty

There is a gigantic hole in the balance sheets of Europe’s banks – from France to Germany, from Spain to Italy. Even the UK, which thought it had put all this behind it with an unprecedented bailout of major banks in 2008, cannot be excluded. The banks desperately need vast amounts of new capital to […]

Economy & Business European Union

New Atlanticist

Oct 18, 2011

Looking Ahead to The London Conference on Cyberspace

By William Hague

The advent and development of cyberspace is transforming our world and revolutionising our everyday lives. This may become a global challenge and require a global, co-ordinated response. However, until now, the debate around what form this response should take has been fragmented and lacked focus. The UK believes this must change. More international consensus is […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Oct 17, 2011

West must keep Pakistan ties, says NATO chief

By Peter Spiegel and James Lamont, the Financial Times

From Peter Spiegel and James Lamont, the Financial Times:  The west must continue to co-operate closely with Pakistan despite US claims that Pakistan’s intelligence agency is assisting Islamist insurgents fighting allied troops in Afghanistan, Nato’s secretary-general has said.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Oct 17, 2011

U.S. Debated Cyberwarfare in Attack Plan on Libya

By Eric Schmitt and Thom Shanker, the New York Times

From Eric Schmitt and Thom Shanker, the New York Times:  Just before the American-led strikes against Libya in March, the Obama administration intensely debated whether to open the mission with a new kind of warfare: a cyberoffensive to disrupt and even disable the Qaddafi government’s air-defense system, which threatened allied warplanes.

Cybersecurity Drones

NATOSource

Oct 17, 2011

Update: NATO activities in Libya on October 16

By NATO

NATOSource

Oct 17, 2011

Tensions High On Kosovo-Serbia Border As KFOR Deadline Approaches

By Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:  Tensions along Kosovo’s northern border with neighboring Serbia are high as NATO forces have announced they will dismantle makeshift barricades on roads leading to border crossings.

New Atlanticist

Oct 17, 2011

Will 3D Printing Change the World?

By Banning Garrett

Transformative technologies are the stuff of history. The steam engine, the light bulb, atomic energy, the microchip—to name a few—unalterably changed our world. Such breakthroughs often take decades from initial invention to changing the way we do things, however. And their potential impact can be nearly unimaginable early in the process. It is doubtful that Tim Berners-Lee […]

New Atlanticist

Oct 17, 2011

Learning from the Echoes of the Past in Afghanistan

By William B. Caldwell IV

Over the next year, the Afghan Army, Air Force, and Afghan National Police will continue to grow and professionalize. This is critical as Afghan infantry kandaks (battalions) replace ISAF combat forces during the transition process. As ISAF combat forces are reduced over the next several years, NATO will increase its efforts to advise and assist […]

Afghanistan

New Atlanticist

Oct 17, 2011

Assessing the Hunt for the LRA

By Peter Pham

On Friday, President Barack Obama announced the deployment of about 100 US military personnel to central Africa to assist the armed forces of regional states in putting an end to the decades long rampage of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA).  

NATOSource

Oct 17, 2011

Germans question French sale of frigates to Greece in controversial deal

By Spiegel

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