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Atlantic Update 4/18/11

By Klee Aiken

As Italy and France continue to clash over immigration, on Friday EU Economy Chief Olli Rehn optimistically declared the eurozone rescue mission as at an "end game." However Sunday’s general election in Finland could derail his proclamation, as many see the rise of the True Finns party as a real threat to the Portugal bailout.

US puts NATO’s nukes on negotiation table

By Tom Donilon, the Financial Times

From Tom Donilon, the Financial Times:  We must address the issue of Russia’s tactical nuclear weapons, which have never been subject to numerical limits.

Withdrawal of US troops from Europe remains controversial

By Nancy Montgomery, Stars and Stripes

From Nancy Montgomery, Stars and Stripes:  On April 8, the Defense Department announced that one of the Germany-based “heavy” brigades

“Adenauer and de Gaulle must be turning in their graves”

By Roger Cohen, the New York Times

From Roger Cohen, the New York Times:  Only in recent weeks has the distance traveled come into focus: France, reintegrated in 2009 into the command structure of NATO

Update: NATO activities in Libya on April 16

By NATO

Clinton: Allies looking for ways to fund Libya rebels

By Reuters

From Reuters:  Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Friday that NATO allies were searching for ways to provide funds to Libya’s rebels.

Is Obama “willing the end without willing the means?”

By Lexington, the Economist

From Lexington, the Economist:  A worry that the European air forces might not have sufficent wherewithal was a subtext of the recent NATO meeting. One lesson from NATO’s air campaign in Kosovo in the 1990s is that patience is sometimes rewarded. In Libya, too, if the allies hold their nerve, they may well achieve their […]

Update: NATO activities in Libya on April 15

By NATO

NATO runs short on some munitions in Libya

By Karen DeYoung and Greg Jaffe, the Washington Post

From Karen DeYoung and Greg Jaffe, the Washington Post:  Less than a month into the Libyan conflict, NATO is running short of precision bombs