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Nov 1, 2010

Turkey not partner but owner of NATO, FM says

By Fulya Ozerkan, Hurriyet

From Fulya Ozerkan, Hurriyet:  Turkey is not a partner, but an owner of NATO, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu said Saturday, adding that an agreement within the multi-national alliance is as important as an accord within the European Union. Speaking to a small group of journalists en route from Xi’an to Shanghai as part of his weeklong […]

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New Atlanticist

Nov 1, 2010

Managing the West’s Decline

By Arnaud de Borchgrave

Is the world balance of power shifting away from the West and moving to India and China? That’s what a number of geopolitical sages are discussing in think tanks from Moscow to Beijing to London to Washington. In a joint SOS piece in the November-December issue of Foreign Affairs, former U.S. Deputy Treasury Secretary Roger […]

NATOSource

Oct 31, 2010

Closer Anglo-French cooperation will make NATO stronger

By Liam Fox, the Telegraph

From Liam Fox, the Telegraph:  [T]his week will mark the beginning of a long-term commitment to closer cooperation on defence and security projects with France our most important bilateral defence relationship in Europe. The aim of this week’s summit will be to strengthen the relationship at all levels and foster closer cooperation in a number […]

European Union International Organizations

New Atlanticist

Oct 29, 2010

Afghanistan Process Will Take Years

By James Joyner

 Ivo Daalder, the US Ambassador to NATO, says that we are "seeing the corner and can peek around it in Afghanistan" and that a province-by-province handover of security responsibilities to the host government will "start in the first half of 2011." 

New Atlanticist

Oct 29, 2010

Merkel Wins EU Reform Showdown

By James Joyner

Once again, Angela Merkel has held her ground and forced the other EU leaders to accommodate Germany’s policy concerns. This time, it’s a set of amendments to the Lisbon Treaty to deal with sovereign debt emergencies. UPI ("EU bows to Merkel over euro crisis rules") Bowing to most of the demands tabled by German Chancellor […]

NATOSource

Oct 29, 2010

Russia, US collaborate in Afghan drug raid

By the AP

From the AP: U.S. and Russian drug control agencies have raided heroin and opium labs in Afghanistan in an unprecedented collaborative bust, destroying $250 million worth of drugs, officials said Friday. Afghan forces also were involved in the raid on four laboratories near the Pakistan border, a U.S. Embassy spokesperson said on customary condition of anonymity. […]

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NATOSource

Oct 29, 2010

Anti-Taliban militia receives training in Australia

By the AP

From the AP:  Afghan militia fighters were secretly flown to Australia to train with its special forces in a contentious new strategy against the Taliban insurgency, Australia’s defense chief confirmed Friday. Six fighters allied to influential warlord Matiullah Khan trained last week at Australian bases to strengthen military operations against the Taliban, said Air Marshall […]

NATOSource

Oct 29, 2010

NATO to cut Kosovo troop numbers to 5,000

By Reuters

From Reuters:  NATO will reduce its troop numbers in Kosovo to 5,000 in the new few months due to improved security, the alliance head said on Friday. NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen announced in September last year that the alliance would cut its Kosovo Security Force, or KFOR, from 15,000 troops to 10,000 troops at […]

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Oct 29, 2010

Why Is Osama bin Laden Going After the French?

By Andrew Lebovich, Foreign Policy

From Andrew Lebovich, Foreign Policy:  Yesterday, in an audio recording released to Qatar-based news station Al Jazeera, al Qaeda Central leader Osama bin Laden for the first time singled out France as a target of attack

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Oct 29, 2010

NATO chief pledges to uphold Afghan women’s rights

By Reuters

From Reuters:  NATO will support a political deal between the Afghan government and the Taliban only if it respects the constitutional rights of women, the alliance’s secretary-general said on Friday. "The Afghan government is trying hard to engage with those Taliban who are willing to stop fighting," NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said in a […]

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