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Feb 2, 2011

NATO and ThalesRaytheonSystems sign contract for Theatre Missile Defence extension

By NATO

From NATO:  TRSPrime, a subsidiary of ThalesRaytheonSystems, was awarded a contract by the NATO ACCS Management Agency (NACMA) for enhancements to the Air Command and Control System (ACCS) as part of the Active Layered Theatre Ballistic Missile Defence (ALTBMD) programme

Transatlantic

New Atlanticist

Feb 2, 2011

Atlantic Update 2/2/11

By Jason Harmala

Russia and Ireland in a row over a diplomatic dismissal and forged passports, and Germany proposes scaling back its anti-terror measures.

NATOSource

Feb 1, 2011

Ireland expels Russian spy

By the Irish Examiner

From the Irish Examiner:  A diplomat at the Russian Embassy in Dublin has been fired and asked to leave the country after an investigation revealed Russian involvement in the forgery of Irish passports.

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Feb 1, 2011

Pakistan capable of overtaking Britain and France among world’s largest nuclear weapons powers

By David Sanger and Eric Schmitt, the New York Times

From David Sanger and Eric Schmitt, the New York Times:  New American intelligence assessments have concluded that Pakistan has steadily expanded its nuclear arsenal since President Obama came to office, and that it is building the capability to surge ahead in the production of nuclear-weapons material, putting it on a path to overtake Britain as […]

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NATOSource

Feb 1, 2011

NATO Secretary General discusses 2011 priorities with US leaders

By NATO

From NATO:  The Secretary General met with the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton and Defence Secretary, Robert Gates, as well as with other senior members of the US Administration, to discuss NATO priorities in 2011

NATO Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Feb 1, 2011

Egypt Crisis: A View From Europe

By Ioan Mircea Pascu

My experience during the Romanian Revolution of 1989 taught me that no one can control the unfolding of events once a revolution has started. The possibilities for its deflection or losing control over it are practically endless. Therefore, no one can credibly predict how revolutions end. The fundamental element during such a situation is to […]

Transatlantic

New Atlanticist

Feb 1, 2011

Atlantic Update 2/1/11

By Jason Harmala

European leaders react to the Egypt crisis, and the Irish Prime Minister dissolves the government to set an election date.

New Atlanticist

Feb 1, 2011

Iran Cracks Down While Egypt Cracks Up

By Barbara Slavin

While the world’s attention has been riveted by Arab uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt this month, Iran’s government has taken the opportunity to execute a record number of prisoners in an apparent bid to head off the return of the dramatic street protests that pushed President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s government to the brink in June 2009. […]

NATOSource

Feb 1, 2011

U.S. and Europe Move Against Belarus’s Leader

By Michael Schwirtz, the New York Times

From Michael Schwirtz, the New York Times:  The United States and the European Union on Monday imposed sanctions against President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko and scores of other officials in Belarus for a broad crackdown on the opposition after the fraudulent presidential election late last year.

European Union International Organizations

New Atlanticist

Jan 31, 2011

Egypt, Values, and Geostrategy

By James Joyner

A group of academics have issued an open letter to President Obama calling on him to "approach Egypt through a framework of shared values and hopes, not the prism of geostrategy." It is also clear to us that if you seek, as you said Friday "political, social, and economic reforms that meet the aspirations of the Egyptian […]

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