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Aug 12, 2011

Update: NATO activities in Libya on August 11

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New Atlanticist

Aug 12, 2011

Under NATO’s Flag: an Interim Assessment of the Mission in Libya (Part Three)

By Vladimir Socor

As in Iraq and Afghanistan, a Western coalition intervened in Libya with only a weak grasp of the local society.

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New Atlanticist

Aug 11, 2011

Responsibility to Protect? Sometimes

By Derek Reveron

The latest Syrian assault on its population and international reactions to it has once again raised the question, what does the “responsibility to protect”(R2P) mean in practice?

International Organizations Libya

NATOSource

Aug 11, 2011

Attacker killed and hostage freed at Estonian Defense Ministry

By Steve Roman, Estonian Public Broadcasting (ERR)

New Atlanticist

Aug 11, 2011

Day of Infamy and High-Water Mark

By Harlan Ullman

The United States has endured and suffered through days of triumph and tragedy. Among the latter have been the stock market crashes of Sept. 28-29, 1929; Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941; John Kennedy’s assassination on Nov. 22, 1963; and, of course, Sept. 11, 2001, which needs no elaboration. Joining that infamous collection […]

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New Atlanticist

Aug 11, 2011

Black Swans Galore

By Arnaud de Borchgrave

A mid-summer poll in Arab nations Morocco, Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates by the Arab-American Institute found the “Arab Spring” isn’t good news for the United States.

NATOSource

Aug 11, 2011

Interventionism Run Amok

By Celeste Ward Gventer, Foreign Policy

From Celeste Ward Gventer, Foreign Policy:  Obama has just declared preventing mass atrocities to be a "core national security interest" of the United States. Americans, watch your wallets.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Aug 11, 2011

Public-Private Collaboration in NATO

By Evelyn Farkas, U.S. European Command

From Evelyn Farkas, U.S. European Command:  “Why should the public and private sectors collaborate today?”

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NATOSource

Aug 11, 2011

NATO challenges Libyan TV report of civilian deaths

By NATO

From NATO:  Excerpt from press briefing on Libya by Carmen Romero, the NATO Deputy Spokesperson and Colonel Roland Lavoie, Operation ‘’Unified Protector’’ military spokesperson

NATOSource

Aug 11, 2011

Update: NATO activities in Libya on August 10

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