Category: Blogs

Mounting tensions in NATO-Russia missile defense talks

By Charles Clover, the Financial Times

From Charles Clover, the Financial Times:  On Tuesday, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Nato’s secretary-general, sought to defuse mounting tension following a cantankerous Nato-Russia summit on Monday

Update: NATO activities in Libya on July 4

By NATO

Libyan rebels to meet with NATO and EU leaders next week

By David Brunnstrom, Reuters

From David Brunnstrom, Reuters:  The Libyan rebel delegation, led by Mahmoud Jebril of the opposition National Transitional Council (NTC), is expected to meet NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen on July 13, a NATO diplomat said.

NATO SecGen criticizes Russia’s threat to build new offensive system

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  Russia has said it needs guarantees that the NATO missile defence is not threatening Russia. Let me assure you. We are not threatening Russia. Our missile defence is defensive in nature.

How to get Pakistan to break with Islamic militants

By Zalmay Khalilzad

In his Afghanistan speech last week, President Obama said we must “address terrorist safe havens in Pakistan.” He vowed to “press Pakistan to expand its participation in securing a more peaceful future,” “work with the Pakistani government to root out the cancer of violent extremism” and “insist that it keep its commitments.”

NATO feels the pressure from Libya campaign

By Paul Richert, the Los Angeles Times

From Paul Richert, the Los Angeles Times:  With victory still elusive after 15 weeks of bombing, Western allies arrayed against Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi are racing to crack his regime before their own coalition fractures.

Azerbaijan, Armenia will ‘soon be left on their own’ to resolve Karabakh

By Jason Harmala

Borut Grgic, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, and a member of the advisory board of the European Policy Institute, was interviewed by News.Az on recent developments in the Azerbaijan-Armenia relationship. What are your impressions of the summit in Kazan? Are there grounds for pessimism that no document was signed during this meeting? No, […]

Update: NATO activities in Libya on July 3

By NATO