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Jul 26, 2011

Norway’s Prime Minister: “The whole world shares your sorrow”

By Jens Stoltenberg, Office of the Prime Minister

From Jens Stoltenberg, Office of the Prime Minister:  Amidst all this tragedy, I am proud to live in a country that has managed to hold its head up high at a critical time.

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Jul 26, 2011

Randy Vickers, top cyber official, resigns abruptly

By Jennifer Martinez, POLITICO

From Jennifer Martinez, POLITICO:  The director of an agency that coordinates the nation’s defense and response to cyberattacks resigned unexpectedly on Friday, according to an email sent from a Department of Homeland Security official obtained by POLITICO. Randy Vickers, director of the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team, or US-CERT, resigned on Friday, according to an […]

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Jul 26, 2011

President of Guatemala: “Why not have a type of Central American NATO?”

By Adam Thomson, the Financial Times

From Adam Thomson, the Financial Times:  Central American nations straining to contain the threat from violent and well-armed drugs cartels should push for the creation of a regional Nato-style military force, Guatemala’s president has said.

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Jul 26, 2011

NATO warns Turkey against buying Chinese, Russian air defense systems

By Umit Enginsoy, Hurriyet

From Umit Enginsoy, Hurriyet:  Ankara would have to operate without NATO’s intelligence information on incoming ballistic missiles if it chooses to buy Chinese or Russian systems for its national air and missile defense program, officials of the Western alliance have warned Turkey.

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Jul 26, 2011

New Challenges – New NATO

By Gábor Iklódy, atlantic-community.org

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Jul 26, 2011

Update: NATO activities in Libya on July 25

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Jul 26, 2011

NATO says deal reached to end Kosovo border crisis

By Nebi Qena, the AP

From Nebi Qena, the AP:  Kosovo’s special police forces that moved into the country’s disputed north overnight to extend the government’s writ at borders with Serbia will withdraw as part of a deal between Kosovo and Serbia and mediated by NATO

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Jul 26, 2011

Germany lends Libyan rebels $144 million

By CNN

From CNN:  Germany announced Sunday it has agreed to lend 100 million euros ($144 million) to the rebels in Libya for "civilian and humanitarian purposes" despite staying out of NATO’s bombing campaign against Libyan government forces. Germany had previously announced a loan of $10 million (7 million euros) for humanitarian aid to the Transitional National […]

New Atlanticist

Jul 26, 2011

Norway Terrorism and the Blame Game

By James Joyner

To what extent does extreme rhetoric in political discussions help fuel unspeakable acts by violent extremists? This perennial question was renewed by news that Norwegian terrorist Anders Behring Breivik was a fan of anti-Islamist sites, including Robert Spencer’s Jihad Watch and Pamela Geller’s Atlas Shrugs. Dr. Marc Sageman, a forensic psychologist and former CIA officer, told the New York […]

New Atlanticist

Jul 26, 2011

New Challenges – New Nato

By Gábor Iklódy

In early August, a new division started its work in NATO’s International Staff. In itself, this may not appear particularly noteworthy. Large bureaucracies re‑shuffling their outfit from time to time is not exactly headline-grabbing stuff. But this time, things are different.

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