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New Atlanticist

Aug 2, 2010

Security Questions in the Caucasus

By Borut Grgic

News.Az interviews Borut Grgic, non-resident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council and founder of the trans-Caspian initiative at the EPC in Brussels, and Institute for Strategic Studies in Slovenia.

NATOSource

Aug 1, 2010

US drawdown in 2011 will be ‘limited’: Gates

By Dan De Luce, AFP

From Dan De Luce, AFP:  Despite growing clamor against the war in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Sunday large numbers of US troops will remain after a "limited" July 2011 drawdown. Despite mounting casualties and public doubts, Gates said the US-led force was making headway in the war and Taliban insurgents would not be […]

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NATOSource

Aug 1, 2010

US on the verge of activating a partial missile shield over southern Europe

By Craig Whitlock, the Washington Post

From Craig Whitlock, the Washington Post:  The U.S. military is on the verge of activating a partial missile shield over southern Europe, part of an intensifying global effort to build defenses against Iranian missiles amid a deepening impasse over the country’s nuclear ambitions. Pentagon officials said they are nearing a deal to establish a key […]

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NATOSource

Aug 1, 2010

Dutch become 1st NATO member to quit Afghanistan

By  Robert Reid, the AP

From Robert Reid, the AP:  The Netherlands became the first NATO country to end its combat mission in Afghanistan, drawing the curtain Sunday on a four-year operation that was deeply unpopular at home and even brought down a Dutch government. The departure of the small force of nearly 1,900 Dutch troops is not expected to affect […]

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NATOSource

Jul 30, 2010

Canadian jets intercept Russian bombers

By Brian Lilley, the QMI Agency

From Brian Lilley, the QMI Agency:  Canadian fighter jets scrambled to repel Russian bombers that made several attempts to probe Canadian airspace on Wednesday. QMI Agency has learned that two CF-18s took off from CFB Bagotville to intercept two TU-95 long range bombers about 463 km east of Goose Bay, N.L. Attempts by Russia to test […]

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Jul 30, 2010

Gusher of WikiLeaks

By Arnaud de Borchgrave

The WikiLeaks scandal isn’t even a pale carbon copy of the Pentagon Papers 39 years ago that accelerated America’s Vietnam defeat. But even then there was nothing that wasn’t known by the war correspondents covering Vietnam. Deception and disinformation were part of the U.S. arsenal. And the daily afternoon military briefing was known as the […]

NATOSource

Jul 30, 2010

US wants missile defense center in Czech Republic

By Karel Janicek, the AP

From Karel Janicek, the AP:  The Czech prime minister said Friday his government has been negotiating a plan with the United States to place a warning center in the Czech Republic as part of a reworked U.S. missile defense plan. Petr Necas said the purpose of the center was to gather and analyze information from […]

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Jul 30, 2010

Interpreting the Stress Tests

By Edward Hugh

Evidently there is now a considerable debate out there about the famous (or should that be infamous) CEBS stress tests. Methodologically all sorts of weaknesses have been identified, but in many cases these are decidedly beside the point. It is important to be aware what the tests were (and weren’t) designed to show. They were, […]

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New Atlanticist

Jul 30, 2010

Possible Deliverables at OSCE Summit in Kazakhstan: Part 2

By Vladimir Socor

The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) is the primary international organization in charge of resolving the Transnistria conflict since 1993. This task forms the basis, and sole raison d’etre, of the OSCE Moldova Mission’s mandate. Russian veto power, however, has prevented the OSCE from making any headway there. Any document on Moldova […]

NATOSource

Jul 29, 2010

Germans Express Solidarity with the Troops

By atlantic-community.org

From atlantic-community.org:  Expressing support for the country’s soldiers in Afghanistan may be common in the United States, but can be hard to find in Germany.

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