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Jul 25, 2011

Update: NATO activities in Libya on July 24

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New Atlanticist

Jul 25, 2011

EU and US Face Economic, Leadership Crises

By James Joyner

European leaders have put another Band Aid on the Greek sovereign debt crisis while America’s leaders are trying to stave off a self-inflicted financial default. Meanwhile, pundits are credulous that the leaders won’t actually lead. Tufts international political economy expert Daniel Drezner notes that this affliction is especially strong among his fellow foreign policy wonks: To those who […]

Economy & Business European Union

New Atlanticist

Jul 25, 2011

Greek Rescue Package Kicks Can Down The Road Yet Again

By Hugh De Santis

Last Thursday’s bailout of Greece by the principal actors in the sovereign debt crisis –France, Germany, and the European Central Bank – has buoyed the spirits of European credit and stock markets. But the agreement does little more than paper over Europe’s sovereign debt crisis. It neither resolves Greece’s inability to pay its debts nor […]

Economy & Business European Union

NATOSource

Jul 25, 2011

NIDO, the Battlefield’s New Pejorative

By CJ Chivers, New York Times

From CJ Chivers, New York Times: A few days ago, a rebel field commander in Libya, discussing the pace of fighting along the several small fronts in his country’s west, allowed himself a knowing chuckle. “When we talked about NATO,” he said, “we used to call it NATO. Now we call it NIDO.”

NATOSource

Jul 24, 2011

Update: NATO activities in Libya on July 23

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NATOSource

Jul 23, 2011

John Shaliksashvili, Former SACEUR, Dead at 75

 A legendary American soldier, General John Shalikashvili, has died.

NATOSource

Jul 23, 2011

Update: NATO activities in Libya on July 22

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New Atlanticist

Jul 23, 2011

Breaking News, Instant Analysis, and the Oslo Attacks

By James Joyner

The death toll in Norway’s deadliest day of terrorism is up to 91. The man behind it, 32-year-old Anders Behring Breivik, is a frequent poster of anti-Muslim screeds on Christian fundamentalist websites. AP (“91 killed in Norway island massacre, capital blast“): A Norwegian dressed as a police officer gunned down at least 84 people at an island […]

Northern Europe

NATOSource

Jul 22, 2011

Bringing Our Foreign Policy Home

By Richard Haass, TIME

From Richard Haass, TIME:  The good news is that there is doctrine that fits the U.S.’s circumstances. It is one that judges the world to be relatively nonthreatening and makes the most of this situation.

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Jul 22, 2011

Self-Inflicted Wounds: West Forfeiting Global Leadership

By Alexei Monsarrat

Maybe it’s the heat here in Washington, but the news from Brussels and down the street from Congress leaves my mind baffled and my blood boiling. While Europe has ended the week slightly ahead of the United States in restoring confidence that maybe they won’t let their economy tank, it still feels an awful lot […]

Economy & Business European Union
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