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Oct 14, 2011

NATO troops and EU law enforcement close illegal Serb border crossing in Kosovo

By AFP

From AFP:  NATO peacekeepers and European Union law-enforcers in Kosovo on Thursday closed an illegal border crossing that ethnic Serbs in the Serb-dominated enclave in northern Kosovo had opened with Serbia, in the latest move in a tense standoff that began nearly three months ago.

European Union International Organizations

New Atlanticist

Oct 14, 2011

BP Pipeline – Late but Good

By Borut Grgic

For years the giant Nabucco project has dominated the debate about building a crucial gas pipeline from the Caspian region to Europe – but a far more modest plan from BP may have all the right ideas.

Energy & Environment Energy Markets & Governance

NATOSource

Oct 14, 2011

Update: NATO activities in Libya on October 13

By NATO

NATOSource

Oct 14, 2011

Text of Liam Fox resignation letter

By Liam Fox, Ministry of Defense

From Liam Fox, Ministry of Defense:  Dear David, As you know, I have always placed a great deal of importance on accountability and responsibility.

United Kingdom

NATOSource

Oct 14, 2011

British Defense Minister Liam Fox resigns

By AFP

From AFP:   British defence minister Liam Fox resigned on Friday, forced out over his close working relationship with a friend who posed as his advisor despite having no official government role.

United Kingdom

NATOSource

Oct 14, 2011

Spain’s Aegis Frigates Could Join Europe’s Missile Defense Shield

By Lajos F. Szaszdi, Heritage Foundation

 From Lajos F. Szaszdi, Heritage Foundation: The four Navy destroyers will be based permanently in Naval Station Rota, regarded as “the Gateway of the Mediterranean,” to provide Europe with missile defense in the Mediterranean region and in the eastern Atlantic.

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Oct 14, 2011

Georgia’s Path to the West

By James Joyner

At a time when “Russia has been going backwards, not forwards in democratic reforms,” it is vital that the United States and Europe work together to bolster emerging democracies like Georgia.

NATO Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Oct 14, 2011

The Strategic Influence Game 2: China in Space

By Julian Lindley-French

On 29 September at 1316 hours GMT a Long March 2F missile, China’s latest lifter, powered into the sky carrying Tiangong-1, Beijing’s first space laboratory. Shortly, China will launch Shenzhou 8 which is designed to link up with the orbiting laboratory some 350 kilometres above the Earth. Soon the Long March 5 will be in […]

China

New Atlanticist

Oct 13, 2011

The Eurozone’s Original Sin

By Ben Carliner

When the seventeen countries that make up the Eurozone joined the monetary union, they each gave up a very important privilege: the ability to borrow in their own currency. For most members, this seemed at first less a concession than a windfall. Rather than paying a premium over the German benchmark, Eurozone members saw their […]

Economy & Business European Union

New Atlanticist

Oct 13, 2011

Political Acts of Insanity

By Harlan Ullman

One symptom of insanity is repeating the same action and expecting a different outcome. Cynics often accuse the United States of falling into that trap in conducting its foreign policy.

United States and Canada
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