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May 13, 2011

Girl, 12, Killed in NATO Raid on Wrong Afghan Home

By Alissa J. Rubin, the New York Times

From Alissa J. Rubin, the New York Times:  In the fertile lowlands of eastern Afghanistan it is already summer, and the warm nights send families out of sweltering houses and into their courtyards so that they can sleep in the relative cool of the night breezes.

Transatlantic

New Atlanticist

May 13, 2011

Atlantic Update 5/13/11

By Klee Aiken

The German economy has "eclipsed" pre-crisis levels, Der Spiegel boldly proclaims, a fair enough statement the Economist retorts – however, where is the matching foreign policy? Comparing Nicolas Sarkozy’s hawkish rooster, to Germany’s "unadventurous eagle," has not necessarily helped the President in the polls. At least the Arctic Council and Catherine Ashton are on the […]

NATOSource

May 12, 2011

Sarkozy’s wars

By the Economist

From the Economist:  Nicolas Sarkozy wanted to make 2011 the year he turned success abroad into renewed popularity at home.

NATOSource

May 12, 2011

Dwindling defense spending in eastern Europe

By the Economist

From the Economist:   Once they lobbied hard to join NATO. After Russia’s war with Georgia, they begged for coherent plans to defend them.

United States and Canada

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May 12, 2011

German Foreign Policy: The unadventurous eagle

By the Economist

From the Economist:  “Germany has entered a new era of ambivalence and nationalist calculation,” wrote Roger Cohen, a New York Times columnist.

European Union International Organizations

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May 12, 2011

The Lawfulness of Killing Bin Laden

By Robert Bracknell, the New Atlanticist

From Robert Bracknell, the New Atlanticist:  Killing bin Ladin was not an extrajudicial execution, a murder, or a war crime.  It was a combat engagement lawful under U.S. and international legal authority – full stop.

United States and Canada

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May 12, 2011

NATO ships defend Misrata port from attack by pro-Gaddafi boats

By NATO

From NATO:   In the early hours of Thursday 12 May 2011, while conducting Embargo patrols in the waters off the coast of Libya, NATO warships participated in a coordinated defence against a small boat attack threatening the port city of Misrata.

United Kingdom

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May 12, 2011

White House releases new cybersecurity proposal

By the White House

From the White House:  This legislative proposal is the latest achievement in the steady stream of progress we are making in securing cyberspace and completes another near-term action item identified in the Cyberspace Policy Review. . . . Protecting our Nation’s Critical Infrastructure   Our safety and way of life depend upon our critical infrastructure […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

May 12, 2011

Pakistan: Paradigm Lost

By Shuja Nawaz

The United States’ raid deep into the heart of Pakistan on May 2 (local time) to terminate Osama bin Laden without the knowledge of Pakistani authorities and military was a shock to the bilateral relationship on the one hand and to the status quo inside Pakistan on the other. Things cannot be the same in […]

New Atlanticist

May 12, 2011

The Lawfulness of Killing Bin Laden

By Robert Bracknell

Much has been made of the recent revelations that Osama bin Laden was unarmed at the moment he was killed by U.S. special operations forces in close quarters battle.  Let us put this issue to rest with dispatch, once and for all:  Killing bin Ladin was not an extrajudicial execution, a murder, or a war […]

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