Category: Blogs

Portuguese spy chief quits ahead of NATO summit

By Barry Hatton, the AP

Moscow Expands NATO’s Routes

By Stephen Fidler and Gregory White, the Wall Street Journal

From Stephen Fidler and Gregory White, the Wall Street Journal:  Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will sign an agreement with the leaders of the NATO alliance on Saturday aimed at expanding the use of supply routes through Russia into Afghanistan

U.S. Nukes in Europe Unnecessary

By Micah Zenko, the Council on Foreign Relations

From Micah Zenko, the Council on Foreign Relations:  When NATO leaders gather in Lisbon this weekend to endorse the alliance’s new Strategic Concept, the most contentious component will be the role assigned to U.S. tactical nuclear weapons in Europe.

Former US Ambassador to NATO previews key issues at Lisbon Summit

By the Council on Foreign Relations

From the Council on Foreign Relations:  Excerpts from interview of Robert E. Hunter (Senior Advisor at the RAND Corporation and U.S. ambassador to NATO from 1993 to 1998) by Bernard Gwertzman (Consulting Editor, Council on Foreign Relations).

NATO Mobilizes for Cyber Warfare

By Pascal Mallet, AFP

From Pascal Mallet, AFP:  In 1989, before the Internet revolution, Suleyman Anil was the lone man in charge of the security of NATO’s IT system, armed with a single computer. Two decades later, with the threat of cyber attacks on the rise, Anil oversees two teams tasked with protecting the networks of the alliance’s political […]

Bulgaria: What NATO means for us

NATO has released new videos on YouTube providing national perspectives on the Alliance.

There is still life in NATO

By John Kerry, POLITICO

From John Kerry, POLITICO:  The North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s summit in Lisbon this week is one of the most crucial in the Western alliance’s 61-year history.

NATO Secretary General welcomes Canadian decision to continue Afghan mission

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

Germany raises security after learning attacks planned for late November

By Michael Slackman and Eric Schmitt, the New York Times

From Michael Slackman and Eric Schmitt, the New York Times:  Germany dispatched heavily armed police officers and bomb-sniffing dogs to train stations, airports and key landmarks on Wednesday

NATO’s Ten Point Strategy

By Karl-Heinz Kamp

There will be disappointment when NATO publishes its new strategy at the Lisbon summit later this week. “Way too general and nothing new in it” will be the verdict of op-ed columnists. Shall these few pages really be the blueprint for NATO’s role in the 21st century? Is NATO’s new Strategic Concept much ado about […]