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New Atlanticist

Oct 12, 2010

NATO Missile Defense: An American Affair

By James Joyner

 A consistent theme of today’s "Transatlantic Missile Defense" conference hosted by the Atlantic Council was the extent to which the United States dominates the domain.

NATOSource

Oct 12, 2010

NATO Needs a Missile Defense

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the International Herald Tribune

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the International Herald Tribune:  [N]ext month, NATO’s leaders will meet in Lisbon and decide whether the alliance should build a missile defense for Europe.

New Atlanticist

Oct 12, 2010

Mistral Between Scylla and Charybdis

By David Smith

As French officials sat on the beaches of the Côte d’Azur last August, some no doubt thought that they were on a well-earned break from negotiations to sell Mistral amphibious assault ships to Russia.  Imagine their surprise when a northeast wind kicked up the seas, instantly transforming what they thought were nearly concluded exclusive negotiations […]

New Atlanticist

Oct 12, 2010

Killing Olive Trees and Peace Prospects

By Don Snow

The essentially cadaverous Palestinian-Israeli “peace process” took another of its periodic turns away from any meaningful or likely movement in the direction of a peace settlement in the past week, after the equally ritualistic and doomed staging of another peace meeting in Washington last month

NATOSource

Oct 12, 2010

NATO aims to start Afghan handover early next year

By David Brunnstrom, Reuters

From David Brunnstrom, Reuters:  NATO allies are expected to endorse a plan next month to start transferring security responsibility in Afghanistan to Afghan forces at the start of next year or by July at the latest, the head of NATO said on Monday. Alliance Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said he expected the NATO summit in […]

NATOSource

Oct 11, 2010

Woodward on Donilon choice and Obama’s relationship with his generals

By Foreign Policy

From Foreign Policy:  On Friday, the White House parted ways with a very publicly unhappy national security advisor and many blamed his hasty pre-election exit on the account in journalist Bob Woodward’s new book, Obama’s Wars. Woodward tells Foreign Policy what he makes of Jim Jones’s rocky tenure, why the president "is his own chief […]

NATOSource

Oct 11, 2010

Kyrgyz political battle is only beginning

By Robin Paxton, Reuters

From Robin Paxton, Reuters:  While Sunday’s peaceful election in Kyrgyzstan bodes well for attempts to build Central Asia’s first parliamentary democracy, the struggle for influence in a highly fragmented legislature is only just beginning. Five parties won seats in parliament on Monday after a landmark election aimed at shifting the strategic nation in a region […]

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NATOSource

Oct 11, 2010

Clinton promoting peace and reform in the Balkans

By Matthew Lee, the AP

From Matthew Lee, the AP:  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is pressing political reforms to the restive Balkans with the hope that such changes will lead to the region’s full integration into the European Union and NATO. Clinton leaves Washington on Monday for Sarajevo, the capital of ethnically divided Bosnia-Herzegovina, which just held elections, […]

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NATOSource

Oct 9, 2010

Nato chief backs defence deal between Britain and France

By Ian Traynor, the Guardian

From Ian Traynor, the Guardian:  Anders Fogh Rasmussen threw his support behind suggestions that London and Paris were exploring a radical departure in defence policy, in seeking a deal under which French engineers maintain British nuclear warheads.

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NATOSource

Oct 9, 2010

France and Britain discussing nuclear cooperation

By James Blitz and Ben Hall, the Financial Times

From James Blitz and Ben Hall, the Financial Times:  An agreement being negotiated by the UK and France would see British nuclear warheads serviced by French scientists and break with half a century in which neither country has collaborated on its independent deterrent. Ahead of a summit in three weeks, the governments are close to […]

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