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NATOSource

Jul 7, 2011

Italy withdrawing its aircraft carrier from NATO’s Libya operation

By AFP

New Atlanticist

Jul 7, 2011

Can Europe’s Small Leaders Make Big Strategy?

By Julian Lindley-French

George Washington wrote, “A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends”. As Leon Panetta takes over at the Pentagon the US military faces cuts unknown for a generation. A defence budget of $700 billion is unsustainable given the intensive care […]

Europe & Eurasia

NATOSource

Jul 7, 2011

Time to Wake Up, Germany

By Wolfgang Ischinger, Spiegel

From Wolfgang Ischinger, Spiegel:  China is booming, the Arab world is in tumult and the Internet is fundamentally changing the way we live — and what is Germany doing?

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Jul 7, 2011

Reconnecting with Europe

By Ana Palacio and Margaritis Schinas

On Wednesday June 29, the Barroso Commission presented the European Union 2013-2020 budget. The negotiations between the member states and the European Parliament have thus begun, and the process will be long and difficult. Long, because the final agreement will have to be decided unanimously in the midst of the worst financial and economic crisis […]

Economy & Business European Union

NATOSource

Jul 7, 2011

Libya: covert guerrilla war in Tripoli

By Adrian Blomfield, the Telegraph

NATOSource

Jul 7, 2011

Update: NATO activities in Libya on July 6

By NATO

NATOSource

Jul 7, 2011

Erdogan may subordinate Turkey’s General Staff to Defense Ministry

By Zaman

From Zaman:  The replacement of former Defense Minister Vecdi Gönül with a younger and more dynamic Justice and Development Party (AK Party) deputy, İsmet Yılmaz

NATOSource

Jul 7, 2011

Turkey Appoints New Defense Minister

By Burake Ege Bekdil and Umit Enginsoy, Defense News

NATOSource

Jul 7, 2011

Stop searching for an Obama Doctrine

By Fareed Zakaria, the Washington Post

From Fareed Zakaria, the Washington Post:  Every few months, commentators find a new grand strategy that animates Barack Obama.

NATOSource

Jul 7, 2011

The US must end its illegal war in Libya now

By Dennis Kucinich, the Guardian

From Dennis Kucinich, the Guardian:  This week, I am sponsoring legislation in the United States Congress that will end US military involvement in Libya

United States and Canada
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