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Oct 7, 2011

China Currency Manipulation: Protectionism Not The Answer

By Hugh De Santis

Not for nothing is election season in Washington called “silly season.” The latest example is the China currency bill pushed by co-sponsors Senators Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and supported by many Republicans.

NATOSource

Oct 6, 2011

French Defense Minister outlines criteria for ending NATO’s air campaign in Libya

By David Brunnstrom, Reuters

From David Brunnstrom, Reuters:  French Defense Minister Gerard Longuet, whose country has been one of the leaders of the air mission, said it would continue as long Gaddafi’s forces put up resistance in their remaining holdouts and until there was "normal functioning of the state".

NATO Security & Defense

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Oct 6, 2011

NATO’s Troubled Future

By Walter Russell Mead, Via Meadia

From Walter Russell Mead, Via Meadia:  Robert Gates’s remarks last summer that NATO faces “a dim if not dismal future” unless European nations pick up the slack and coordinate on defense spending still reflects core US thinking about the future of the alliance.

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Oct 6, 2011

NATO divided on end to Libya air war

By David S. Cloud and Patrick J. McDonnell, the Los Angeles Times

From David S. Cloud and Patrick J. McDonnell, the Los Angeles Times:  Members of the NATO military alliance parted company Wednesday over how quickly to halt the six-month bombing campaign in Libya, and the dangers of doing so if fighters loyal to Moammar Kadafi, the country’s deposed strongman, are still engaged in armed resistance.

NATO Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Oct 6, 2011

Afghanistan War: Ten Years Later

By James Joyner

Ten years ago tomorrow, President Bush announced that “the United States military has begun strikes against al Qaeda terrorist training camps and military installations of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan.”  In his announcement, Bush told us that “These carefully targeted actions are designed to disrupt the use of Afghanistan as a terrorist base of operations, […]

Afghanistan

NATOSource

Oct 6, 2011

62 years ago today, Truman signs the Mutual Defense Assistance Act for “free nations which intend to remain free”

By Harry S. Truman, the American Presidency Project

From Harry S. Truman, the American Presidency Project:  I have just signed the Mutual Defense Assistance Act of 1949. This is a notable contribution to the collective security of the free nations of the world.

New Atlanticist

Oct 6, 2011

Crux of the Crisis

By Maleeha Lodhi

Diplomatic efforts have helped in the past week to defuse the latest crisis to rock Pakistan-US relations. Although the immediate tensions have dissipated these developments have reaffirmed the tenuous quality of the relationship. This was the third crisis in a rollercoaster year which started with the protracted row over the Raymond Davis affair and was […]

Afghanistan Pakistan

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Oct 6, 2011

Update: NATO activities in Libya on October 5

By NATO

New Atlanticist

Oct 6, 2011

Whither or Wither Pakistan?

By Arnaud de Borchgrave

Before retiring last week, U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen made 27 trips to Pakistan as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff that convinced him he had established a close personal relationship with his opposite number, Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani — only to conclude in farewell interviews that he is still baffled by the world’s […]

Pakistan

New Atlanticist

Oct 6, 2011

Afghanistan Ten Years On

By Julian Lindley-French

The first Afghan war of the twenty-first century is coming to an end as the first Afghan civil war begins. Ten years ago today the first Western soldiers were about to set foot on Afghan soil. The Taliban were then routed and it seemed likely that Al Qaeda would soon be denied the space that […]

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