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New Atlanticist

Jun 4, 2010

Maritime Security Wake-Up Call

By James Joyner

"Our ports and waterways remain woefully vulnerable to terrorist attacks. Nearly a decade after 9/11 revolutionized aviation security, we are long overdue to apply many of those lessons learned to maritime security." 

New Atlanticist

Jun 4, 2010

End Of This World?

By Arnaud de Borchgrave

North Korea can target, attack and sink a South Korean warship, kill 46 of the South Korean crew but South Korea cannot retaliate without triggering a barrage of shells from North Korea’s 11,000 artillery tubes that can lay waste Seoul, a capital city of 11 million. North Korea is also a rogue nuclear power and […]

NATOSource

Jun 4, 2010

NATO and Pakistan Deepen Political Dialogue

By NATO

From NATO:  On 4 June, Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, accompanied by a large government and parliamentary delegation, met with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and addressed the North Atlantic Council at NATO Headquarters. Discussions focused on the fight against terrorism, NATO-Pakistan relations, and the security situation in Afghanistan and the broader region. […]

NATOSource

Jun 4, 2010

Prime Minister of Hungary: Security Remains the “Number One Issue”

By  Viktor Orban, NATO

From Viktor Orban, NATO:  Hungary always considered NATO as a kind of embodiness of transatlantic cooperation and transatlantic cooperation in our understanding is a cornerstone of our security. All Europe, but especially in Central Europe, so we remain as committed as we were for membership in NATO. At the same time we understand that NATO sometimes are […]

New Atlanticist

Jun 4, 2010

Gulf Oil Spill A 9/11 Wake-Up Call?

By Harlan Ullman

The explosion on Transocean’s Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico and subsequent torrent of oil pouring into the gulf could be the United States’ worst environmental catastrophe.

Energy & Environment

NATOSource

Jun 3, 2010

Greece Decreases Participation in International Missions

By AFP

From AFP:  Greece’s military is to massively scale back a peacekeeping mission to Kosovo and cut anti-piracy patrols in Somalia as the nation battles a major debt crisis, the general staff said on Thursday. The move will overall save the military over 23 million euros (28 million dollars), general staff spokesman colonel Nikos Bonoras told […]

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Jun 3, 2010

President of Romania: “We Insist Georgia is Given MAP”

By Financiarul

From Financiarul:  Romania insists that Georgia is given the Membership Action Plan (MAP), a roadmap to entry to NATO, stated on Wednesday President Traian Basescu in a joint press conference with Georgia’s President Mikhail Saakashvili, who is paying an official visit to Bucharest. In respect of Romania’s position, I would like to be extremely clear […]

New Atlanticist

Jun 3, 2010

NSS Review: Europe Given Short Shrift

By Sven Biscop and Thomas Renard

Is the European Union (EU) – or even its Member States – still a key ally for the US? Is the transatlantic alliance in decline?

European Union International Organizations

New Atlanticist

Jun 3, 2010

NATO or Israel?

By James Joyner

Israel’s attack on a Gaza aid flotilla, killing nine, has earned near-universal condemnation, with even sympathetic observers terming it the act of a bully, tone deaf, staggeringly stupid, tactically incompetent, a major tactical blunder, a moral victory for Hamas, and an unqualified disaster for Israel’s reputation. But Israel is rather accustomed to international scorn and […]

NATOSource

Jun 3, 2010

Germany Expected to Announce End of Conscription

By Judy Dempsey, New York Times

From Judy Dempsey, New York Times: Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, the defense minister, is expected to formally propose ending conscription this coming Sunday or Monday, when the cabinet retreats to a government house outside Berlin to discuss how and where to make big cuts to reduce the budget deficit. In his attempt to modernize the army, Mr. Guttenberg […]

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