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NATOSource

Aug 23, 2010

Ankara tells US it won’t adhere to new sanctions on Iran

By Zaman

From Zaman:  Turkish officials have told an American delegation that it has no intention of following unilateral US sanctions on Iran, a move likely to deepen a rift between the two NATO allies over the Islamic republic’s contentious nuclear program that Washington believes is aimed at developing nuclear weapons. Turkish and American officials have confirmed […]

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NATOSource

Aug 23, 2010

Trained Afghan Security Force More Than One Year Off

By Anne Flaherty, AP

From Anne Flaherty, AP: A senior U.S. commander says Afghanistan is still more than a year away from building a security force with enough soldiers and police to protect the country. Lt. Gen. Bill Caldwell, who heads NATO’s training mission, said that because Afghanistan was still scrambling to recruit and train its security forces, he […]

NATOSource

Aug 23, 2010

Afghan Government: Corruption Largely Fault of Western Contracts

By Radio Australia News

From Radio Australia News: Afghanistan says the blame for most of the corruption plaguing the country lies with its Western backers who dole out "illegitimate" contracts that have created an "economic mafia". Presidential spokesman Waheed Omer says security deals between US and NATO troops and private security companies are chief among the "corrupt contracts". Mr […]

NATOSource

Aug 23, 2010

Drone Strike in Pakistan Kills 20

By Michael Georgy, Reuters

From Michael Georgy, Reuters: Missiles fired from a U.S. pilotless drone aircraft killed 13 militants and 7 civilians in Pakistan’s North Waziristan on Monday, Pakistani intelligence officials said. They said the missiles were fired at a militant hideout. Most of the militants killed were members of the Afghan Taliban. Four women and three children were […]

NATOSource

Aug 23, 2010

Canada Turned Down NATO Request for More Troops

By Macleans.ca

From Macleans.ca: Ottawa rejected a direct plea from NATO to send more troops into southern Afghanistan in the lead-up to last year’s Afghan presidential election, according to federal documents. The briefing note, which was prepared for Defence Minister Peter MacKay, revealed that both NATO and the U.S. expected Canada to send extra troops to Kandahar […]

New Atlanticist

Aug 23, 2010

Ukraine Boosts State Control

By Alexandra Hrycak

I see that Adrian Karatnycky, author of "Orange Peels," asks us to take a close look at the pattern of behavior exhibited by the Yanukovych administration over the past half year. Upon doing so, he says in reply to recent critical discussions of his piece, we will see that Ukrainians are "tired of protesting" (but […]

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New Atlanticist

Aug 23, 2010

Ukraine’s Leadership: Follow-up

By Alexander Motyl

This discussion of Yanukovych is beginning to resemble the kind of conversations I used to have with Soviets back in the days of the Cold War. You say A, they say –A. You say B, they say –B. After a while, you begin to realize that you and they inhabit different worlds, have different values, […]

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New Atlanticist

Aug 23, 2010

Orange Peels: Follow-up

By Adrian Karatnycky

In his rejoinder to my recent article, “Orange Peels: Ukraine After Revolution,” my good friend Alexander Motyl claims he and other critics of Ukraine’s President Viktor Yanukovych gave him the benefit of the doubt. For the record, Motyl’s benefit of the doubt did not last long.

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NATOSource

Aug 22, 2010

Why Europe fears Petraeus’s urge to surge

By Ahmed Rashid, the Financial Times

From Ahmed Rashid, the Financial Times:  For weeks there has been a spectre haunting European corridors of power. That spectre is [Gen.] David Petraeus. Since he stepped in last month as head of combined US and Nato forces in Afghanistan, many European governments have feared the US general would try and extend the time and […]

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NATOSource

Aug 22, 2010

Iceland should keep its faith in NATO

By Vera Knútsdóttir, the Guardian

From Vera Knútsdóttir, the Guardian:  Formal talks on Iceland’s accession to the European Union started on 27 July, spurring heated debates between the pro-EU and anti-EU camps. Some of the more optimistic EU advocates believe that once Iceland joins the EU there will be no need for Iceland to stay in Nato. … These optimists […]

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