Category: Blogs

SecGen: “Only NATO can fit the bill”

By David Brunnstrom, Reuters

From David Brunnstrom, Reuters:  NATO leaders will recommit the alliance to playing a global military role when they meet to agree a new mission statement this week, despite the bruising and demoralizing experience of the war in Afghanistan.

Russian military delegation to visit NATO college

By RIA Novosti

U.S. and NATO allies to announce ‘transition’ strategy in Afghanistan war

By Karen DeYoung, the Washington Post

From Karen DeYoung, the Washington Post:  The Obama administration and its NATO allies will declare late this week that the war in Afghanistan has made sufficient progress to begin turning security control over to its government by spring

A New Era of US-Indian Energy Cooperation?

By Alexandros Petersen

President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s reaffirmation of their commitment to energy cooperation during this past weekend’s state visit to India highlights the special position India occupies in energy geopolitics.

Germany proposes moving NATO’s military HQ out of Belgium

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  NATO’s central military command may be relocated from the Belgian city of Mons to a city in Germany, a deputy from the Belgian parliament said on Friday. "Actually, there is a proposal from Germany to relocate the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) to a well-equipped place with an airport and facilities," […]

Medvedev confirms report of U.S. spy in Russian intelligence

By the AP

From the AP:  Russia’s president suggested Friday changes to the country’s spy agency are coming in the wake of this summer’s arrest of agents in the United States and a report that a top Russian intelligence officer helped capture them.

Moldova asks NATO to support withdrawal of Russian troops in Transnistria

By ITAR-TASS

NATO to offer Russia access to US satellite data: Report

By AFP

From AFP:  NATO will offer Russia access to some US military satellite data in exchange for its participation in a missile shield project for continental Europe, a Moscow newspaper reported Friday.

Is the new Anglo-French Treaty the beginning of a European Defense System?

By Jose Ignacio Torreblanca, the European Council on Foreign Relations

From Jose Ignacio Torreblanca, the European Council on Foreign Relations:  At first sight, the agreement is a step backward in the establishment of a common European defence force.