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Jul 6, 2011

Former NATO SecGen: We’re not doing the job in Libya

By Robert Zeliger, Foreign Policy

From Robert Zeliger, Foreign Policy:  The NATO campaign in Libya is "not going as well as it should," says George Robertson, the former U.K. defense secretary who served as NATO’s secretary general from 1999 until 2003.

NATOSource

Jul 6, 2011

Canada’s combat role in Afghanistan, was it worth it?

By Stephen Saideman

From Stephen Saideman:  I think Canada made a difference while it was there, improving conditions in Kandahar even if the quarterly reports might over-state the gains.

International Organizations Politics & Diplomacy

New Atlanticist

Jul 6, 2011

Keeping Up With Mideast Changes

By Barbara Slavin

The Obama administration took two important steps last week that demonstrated much-needed realism and nuance in the evolving U.S. relationship with political Islam. First, on Wednesday, it unveiled a new counterterrorism strategy that focuses squarely on Al Qaeda and its affiliates. It acknowledges that other groups, like Hezbollah and Hamas, might menace U.S. allies and […]

New Atlanticist

Jul 6, 2011

The (New) Morality of the (New) American Way of War

By Harlan Ullman

War, according to the great Prussian military philosopher Carl von Clausewitz was most profoundly a conflict of wills through an admixture of policy with “other means.” But Clausewitz never fully defined “other means.” There was little need. For most of history, war was a contest between more or less like military forces. Defeating the enemy […]

NATOSource

Jul 6, 2011

NATO server hacked, files published

By Darren Pauli, ITNews

From Darren Pauli, ITNews:  A NATO server appears to have been hacked by a group that claims to have rooted the server with a private zero day exploit. A private zero day exploit is a vulnerability discovered in a system that is not disclosed publicly before being used in an attack. A 50 MB backup […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Jul 6, 2011

Update: NATO activities in Libya on July 5

By NATO

NATOSource

Jul 6, 2011

Flying Crocodiles: The Latest Russian Position On Missile Defense Cooperation with NATO

By Barry Pavel, the New Atlanticist

From Barry Pavel, the New Atlanticist:  The Russian government is working hard to evolve their latest position opposing cooperation with NATO on a range of potential missile defense projects.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jul 6, 2011

Bundeswehr joins EU combat force

By the Local (Germany)

From the Local (Germany):  The three European Union military powers signed an agreement in Brussels to put together a unit of 1,700 soldiers that will take part in the rotation of the EU’s rapid reaction force, known as battlegroups.

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Jul 6, 2011

NATO Chief on post-Gaddafi Libya: “We want the United Nations to take the lead”

By AFP

From AFP:  NATO would like to see the United Nations assume the leading role in Libya’s transition to democracy once Moamer Kadhafi leaves power, alliance chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Tuesday.

International Organizations Politics & Diplomacy

NATOSource

Jul 6, 2011

European Parliament study criticizes unilateral defense cuts within NATO and the EU

By Julian Hale, Defense News

From Julian Hale, Defense News:  A study commissioned by the Security and Defence Committee of the European Parliament is calling for an European Strategic Defence and Security Review to help countries identify capability improvements

European Union International Organizations
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