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Jun 17, 2011

Gates was far too nice about NATO’s failings

By Constanze Stelzenmüller, the Financial Times

From Constanze Stelzenmüller, the Financial Times:  Last week America’s departing secretary of defence, Robert Gates, gave a valedictory “shock and awe” speech in Brussels in which he excoriated the military weaknesses of Nato’s European members.

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New Atlanticist

Jun 17, 2011

Could a Turkish Buffer Enable a New Syria?

By Anna Borshchevskaya

Almost 10,000 Syrian refugees have entered Turkey over the last several days, as the Syrian government escalates its crackdown on protesters. While this is a large number, the Turkish daily Posta suggests Ankara fears much worse—that a civil war in Syria could flood Turkey with 200,000 more refugees. During a recent summit in Ankara, Turkish […]

NATOSource

Jun 17, 2011

Libya and the War Powers Act

By the Editors of the New York Times

From the Editors of the New York Times:  It would be hugely costly — for this country’s credibility, for the future of NATO and for the people of Libya — if Congress were to force President Obama to abandon military operations over Libya.

New Atlanticist

Jun 17, 2011

Greece’s Foreign Policy Options and the Fiscal Crisis

By Marios Efthymiopoulos

Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou has dissolved his government in the wake of 21 days of nationwide protests. The government failed to hold a parliamentary vote that was due on Wednesday morning on the agreement for a new EU deal for another loan and an extension on the payment of the current IMF and EU […]

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NATOSource

Jun 16, 2011

U.S. and Europe making progress in cyber security

By John D. Banusiewicz, American Forces Press Service

From John D. Banusiewicz, American Forces Press Service:  In cyberspace, the more attack signatures you can see, and the more intrusions you can trace, the better your defense will be,” he [Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III] explained.

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New Atlanticist

Jun 16, 2011

Kissinger Offers Mixed Reviews of Obama China Policy

By James Joyner

Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger wonders whether something like the opening to China he and President Nixon undertook would be possible today. He believes that the U.S. government is "too complex" these days, with "too many urgent things" forcing a focus on the everyday and preventing bold, strategic moves. Furthermore, even if a strategic […]

NATOSource

Jun 16, 2011

Libya Campaign Shows Need to Re-Think the Transatlantic Link

By Camille Grand, the European Institute

From Camille Grand, the European Institute:  NATO itself has looked shallow as a military alliance. The shift from Odyssey Dawn to the NATO led Unified Protector has not increased the commitment of the allies’ forces.

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NATOSource

Jun 16, 2011

What is NATO for?

By Paul Miller, Shadow Government

From Paul Miller, Shadow Government:  We just need to recognize what NATO really is and what it isn’t and then calibrate our expectations appropriately.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jun 16, 2011

Counterintelligence services hold international exercises in Poland

By Xinhua

From Xinhua:  Almost 200 persons from 25 NATO member states and eight world’s most important international counterintelligence organisations took part in exercises which ended in Krakow of southern Poland on Wednesday. "The exercises lasted about two weeks and several dozen top officials representing all participating institutions held a meeting Wednesday," Polish Minister of Defense Bogdan […]

New Atlanticist

Jun 16, 2011

Soft Power Disarmament Will All End in Tiers

By Julian Lindley-French

Leiden. The Netherlands, 16 June. America’s greatest thinker, Groucho Marks, once famously said that military intelligence is a contradiction in terms. One might say the same about European strategic intelligence. I have now just about read every single European security and defence strategy available and they all share a profound similarity. The joke goes something […]

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