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New Atlanticist

Aug 4, 2011

Unthinkable is Reality

By Arnaud de Borchgrave

The nail-biting, cliff-hanger produced something that didn’t pass mental math. To raise America’s $14.3 trillion federal debt ceiling hours ahead of Tuesday’s deadline by $2.4 trillion in two stages while committing to equal spending cuts over 10 years — still with me? — was more fool’s bargain than bargain basement. The complete collapse of the […]

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New Atlanticist

Aug 4, 2011

Building the Afghan National Security Force under Fire

By William B. Caldwell IV

The first tranche of geographic transition is now complete in Afghanistan; geographic transition is a positive step, but it will not be risk-free. As recent media accounts have made clear, the Taliban, Haqqani Network, and other insurgent groups seek to regain lost territory. Over the past two years, approximately 2,800 Afghan police and 1,050 Afghan soldiers […]

Afghanistan

NATOSource

Aug 4, 2011

Gaddafi forces fire missile at Italian warship

By CNN

From CNN:  Libyan government forces fired a missile at an Italian warship in the Mediterranean Sea on Wednesday in a rare attack on the NATO fleet offshore, a government spokesman said. The frigate Bersagliere was about 19 kilometers (12 miles) off the Libyan city of Zlitan when the missile fell harmlessly into the sea about […]

NATOSource

Aug 4, 2011

Update: NATO activities in Libya on August 3

By NATO

NATOSource

Aug 4, 2011

Russian experts examine relations with NATO

By Joerg Wolf and Victoria Naselskaya, atlantic-comunity.org

From Joerg Wolf and Victoria Naselskaya, atlantic-comunity.org:  Less than half year after the groundbreaking NATO-Russia Council summit in Lisbon, the Atlantic Initiative, publisher of atlantic-community.org, engaged Russian experts in a dialogue on how to improve relations between Russia and NATO.

NATOSource

Aug 4, 2011

Russia’s Ambassador to NATO may run in upcoming elections

By Russia Today

From Russia Today:  The Congress of Russian Communities (KRO), created by Dmitry Rogozin in the 1990s, is reportedly preparing to join United Russia’s Popular Front. ­Moscow’s envoy to NATO Dmitry Rogozin may return to Russian politics after a KRO congress scheduled for September. The event will precede a congress to be held by United Russia, […]

New Atlanticist

Aug 3, 2011

An Effective, Affordable Uncommon Defense, Part 3

By Harlan Ullman

The West is in the process of drastic defense reductions, justified by the lack of existential or even serious military adversaries and catalyzed by the toughest economic times in decades. This third column on an uncommon defense argues that absent an existential threat –and draconian budget cuts may well be the only prospect to fill […]

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New Atlanticist

Aug 3, 2011

The Enemy of Iran’s Enemy

By Barbara Slavin

Despite the alarmist headlines, no one should have been shocked by last week’s U.S. Treasury Department designation of a Syrian based in Iran as a conduit for sending money and personnel to al Qaeda. Iran has had links to members of what became known as al Qaeda since the early 1990s, when both had a […]

New Atlanticist

Aug 3, 2011

The Lamps Are Going Out All Over Europe

By Julian Lindley-French

The German-Belgian border. 3 August, 2011. Ninety-seven years ago to the day Sir Edward Grey, the British Foreign Secretary, looked out of his palatial, imperial London office and said, “The lamps are going out all over Europe. We shall not see them lit again in our time”. A few hours later two German armies smashed […]

United Kingdom

NATOSource

Aug 3, 2011

US seeking open-ended mandate for NATO Op in Libya

By Laurent Thomet, AFP

From Laurent Thomet, AFP:  NATO’s commitment to the mission faces a key test in September when the operation’s second 90-day mandate comes to an end. The United States is floating the idea of asking NATO ambassadors to consider an open-ended mandate this time, sources familiar with the discussions told AFP. “This would put our procedures […]

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