Category: Blogs

Sarkozy’s Pro-NATO Policy Is Much More Than Symbolism: View

By the Editors of Bloomberg Businessweek

From the Editors of Bloomberg Businessweek:  French President Nicolas Sarkozy has ushered in a new era of cooperation with a foreign policy that brings the country closer to the U.S. than it has been in decades. Vive la France.

Update: NATO activities in Libya on September 5

By NATO

Russian Ambassador to update Iran on NATO’s missile defense program

By RIA Novosti

NATO offers missile defense cooperation to India

By the Times of India

From the Times of India:  In a move that holds great strategic significance, Nato has offered to share its missile defence technology with India to build its capability to shoot down incoming enemy missiles, realising the commonality of threats faced by the 28-nation grouping and South Asia’s pre-eminent power.

SecGen says NATO must address weaknesses exposed by Libya

By David Brunnstrom, Reuters

From David Brunnstrom, Reuters:  NATO may have managed to do its job in Libya but the operation there has exposed weaknesses in capabilities of non-U.S. allies that need to be addressed, the head of NATO said on Monday.

Cameron on Libya: “We are ready to extend the NATO mandate for as long as is necessary”

By David Cameron, Office of the Prime Minister

Update: NATO activities in Libya on September 4

By NATO

Amid cuts, US military withdraws from Europe

By Michael Moran, the GlobalPost

From Michael Moran, the GlobalPost:  With little fanfare outside a muted flag folding ceremony in Wiesbaden, Germany, the final American division in Europe — the U.S. 1st Armored Division, which fought its way from North Africa to the Italian Alps during the war — packed up and left for its base at Fort Bliss, Texas, […]