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NATOSource

Aug 3, 2011

NATO’s decision to send relief force to Kosovo

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 3, 2011

Update: NATO activities in Libya on August 2

By NATO

NATOSource

Aug 3, 2011

Report: Defense cuts weaken Britain’s armed forces

By Adrian Croft, Reuters

United Kingdom

NATOSource

Aug 2, 2011

Norwegian jets end role in NATO’s Libya Operation

By Norway News

From Norway News :  Norwegian F-16 fighter jets that have been assigned to the NATO operations in Libya returned home on Monday, as Norway’s direct involvement in the mission effectively comes to an end. Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) reported that Norwegian fighters flew 596 of the 6,125 missions by NATO in total so far, dropping 542 […]

NATOSource

Aug 2, 2011

How Turkey’s military upheaval will affect NATO

By Alexander Christie-Miller, the Christian Science Monitor

New Atlanticist

Aug 2, 2011

Fiddling Whilst the West Fails: The Great Globalisation Disaster

By Julian Lindley-French

“Forget these frivolous demands which strike a terror to my fading soul”. So Mephistopheles beseeches Marlowe’s Dr Faustus. With American politicians not so much debating whether or not to sell America’s soul, but for what price, the most profound of strategic questions is now apparent. For how long does the West support a system of […]

Economy & Business

New Atlanticist

Aug 2, 2011

Afghanistan and Libya Point NATO to Five Lessons

By Kurt Volker

Both the wars in Afghanistan and Libya reveal serious flaws in the Alliance. If they can’t be fixed, perhaps it’s time for a ‘back to basics’ NATO and a return to coalitions of the willing. Whether it is a matter of weeks or months, Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi will probably fall from power, and opposition forces will likely gain […]

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NATOSource

Aug 2, 2011

A Good Step for NATO Missile Defense—from France

By Michaela Bendikova, the Heritage Foundation

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Aug 2, 2011

NATO activates reserve force for Kosovo

By Slobodan Lekic, the AP

From Slobodan Lekic, the AP:  NATO sent reserve forces to Kosovo on Monday after a week of violence near the border with Serbia left one Kosovo police officer dead and brought peacekeepers under fire.

NATOSource

Aug 2, 2011

What Libya says about the future of NATO

By Tomas Valasek, the Center for European Reform

From Tomas Valasek, the Center for European Reform:  The manner in which the Libya war started, and its conduct so far, suggest that the US-European military relationship is finding a new footing.

United States and Canada
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