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Sep 23, 2011

NATO Secretary General announces Chicago summit dates

By NATO

From NATO:  “We’ll have the next NATO summit in Chicago on May 20-21 next year. This will be an important summit, following up on the decisions taken at Lisbon last year, but also breaking new ground," the Secretary General said on the margins of the United Nations general Assembly in New York. NATO’s last summit […]

NATOSource

Sep 23, 2011

Greece to cut participation in NATO, EU military missions

By the Athens News

From the Athens News:  Greece will significantly reduce its participation in Nato and EU military missions due to the economic crisis in the country, National Defence Minister Panos Beglitis announced on the sidelines of an informal EU defence ministers’ Council held here on Friday. 

Economy & Business European Union

New Atlanticist

Sep 23, 2011

The Afghan National Police

By William B. Caldwell IV

Last week’s attack in Kabul underscored two points. First, insurgents groups have the intent to undermine international efforts to bring security and stability to Afghanistan. Second, the Afghan Army, Air Force, and Police have the means to minimize insurgent ambition.

Afghanistan

NATOSource

Sep 23, 2011

Dutch extend deployment of forces in NATO’s Libya operation

By Digital Journal

From Digital Journal:   The Netherlands extended their military contribution to NATO’s Operation Unified Protector for an additional three months following the decision taken by the military alliance on 21 September to continue its mission to support the Libyan uprising.

New Atlanticist

Sep 23, 2011

The Ahmadinejad Show

By Barbara Slavin

Tormenting Western journalists must be among the few pleasures left to Iran’s beleaguered president. On Thursday afternoon in his New York hotel, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad punted questions about human rights, expressed sympathy for the downtrodden masses of Europe and America, and otherwise managed to wear down an august assembly of American media, from New Yorker editor […]

International Organizations Iran

NATOSource

Sep 23, 2011

Global spending on UAVs expected to nearly double in the next decade

By Soham Chatterjee and Bijoy Anandoth Koyitty, Reuters

From Soham Chatterjee and Bijoy Anandoth Koyitty, Reuters: A leaner U.S. defense budget means there will be less scope for big defense programs, but drone makers are betting that a focus on intelligence gathering and risking fewer lives in combat will keep the market growing.

Drones Technology & Innovation

New Atlanticist

Sep 23, 2011

Obama Must Choose Between Israel and the Arab World

By Rena Zuabi

On the margins of the United Nations Security Council vote on the Palestinian Authority’s bid for statehood, President Obama met with Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan this week in New York to discuss the future of Turkey’s deteriorating relations with Israel. Since Israel’s attack on the Gaza Flotilla in 2010, which killed nine Turkish citizens, […]

Israel

New Atlanticist

Sep 22, 2011

Transatlantic Leadership Absent But Desperately Needed

By James Joyner

As the transatlantic community faces its greatest challenges since the end of World War II, it is more vital than ever. That theme resonated through the speeches of all three honorees at the second annual  Atlantic Council Global Citizen Award dinner. Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, pointed to the crisis in the […]

New Atlanticist

Sep 22, 2011

The Arab Spring: Libya and Syria

By Don Snow

Libya and Syria have become the poster children for the varied impacts that the so-called Arab Spring have had on the Islamic Middle East. They are not the most important countries to have undergone changes (Egypt, the outcome of whose upheaval remains a work in progress, can claim that distinction), but they do represent the […]

Libya Syria

NATOSource

Sep 22, 2011

Update: NATO activities in Libya on September 21

By NATO

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