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Obama to announce Chicago to host NATO Summit in 2012

President Barack Obama will announce during tomorrow night’s speech on Afghanistan that Chicago will be the site of the NATO Summit in 2012.

Ukraine secretly ramps up ties with NATO: report

By AFP

From AFP:  Ukraine is ramping up cooperation with NATO, dealing a blow to Moscow’s hopes that its neighbour would align itself closer to Russia under President Viktor Yanukovych, a report said on Tuesday.

Video of crashed NATO helicopter drone in Libya

By Amy Butler, Aviation Week

From Amy Butler, Aviation Week:  A U.S. Navy MQ-8 Fire Scout unmanned rotorcraft was lost June 21 while conducting a mission over Libya, according to program sources.

New Commander for NATO’s Joint Warfare Center

By Allied Command Operations

From Allied Command Operations:  French Army Major General Jean Fred Berger assumed command of NATO’s Joint Warfare Centre today in a Change of Command ceremony, replacing German Army Lieutenant General Wolfgang Korte

New Commander for NATO’s Counter Piracy Task Force

By Allied Command Operations

Sarwar Kashmeri on Gates’ speech and NATO’s relevance

By SKY News

From SKY News:  Interview with British MP Mike Gapes of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee and Sarwar Kashmeri, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council and author of NATO 2.0: Reboot or Delete?    

NATO releases top secret contingency plans from Berlin Crisis 1961

By NATO

From NATO:  The NATO Archives is proud to announce the public disclosure of the documents on the NATO planning for a Berlin emergency during the Cold War.

NATO’s Command Center for Libya Op

By Fiona Ehlers, Spiegel

From Fiona Ehlers, Spiegel:  The ballroom in Naples is the secret command center in NATO’s war against Gadhafi. Some 350 men and a handful of women sit there in front of computer screens, serving as the military alliance’s eyes and ears

A Tale of Two Gates

By Banning Garrett

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates on June 10th painted a very grim picture of NATO’s possible future – and thus the future U.S. role in Europe and prospects for U.S.-European cooperation. Less than a week earlier, the same Secretary Gates had outlined a bullish future for the U.S. in the Asia-Pacific region – a U.S. […]

Afghan Surge Ending, Afghan War Marches On

By James Joyner

When he announced the Afghan Surge, President Obama promised a "significant" withdrawal starting in July 2011. Now, he’s set to announce the withdrawal of a mere 30,000 troops by the end of 2012, CNN reports. Thus, he’ll barely reverse the surge itself and do so much later than his announced deadline. The announcement will be in a […]