Category: Blogs

Content

New Atlanticist

May 21, 2010

Sneak Preview of the New World Not-Quite Order

By Robert Manning

Don’t look now, but a surge of pro-active diplomacy by Brazil and Turkey toward Iran may offer a glimpse of evolving new patterns in international affairs. This is the world of the G-20, where rising middle powers (and larger ones like China and India)  will decide whether the period ahead is one more of New […]

NATOSource

May 21, 2010

Turkey’s Zero-Problems Foreign Policy

By Ahmet Davutoğlu, Foreign Policy

From Ahmet Davutoğlu, Foreign Policy:  During the Cold War, Turkey was a "wing country" under NATO’s strategic framework, resting on the geographic perimeter of the Western alliance. NATO’s strategic concept, however, has evolved in the post-Cold War era — and so has Turkey’s calculation of its strategic environment. Turkey’s presence in Afghanistan is a clear […]

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

May 21, 2010

High-Level Consultations Between NATO and Pakistan

By NATO

From NATO: Deputy Assistant Secretary General Robert Simmons visited Islamabad on 19 and 20 May for an exchange of views with Pakistani authorities on a range of issues of common interest to NATO and Pakistan. Mr. Simmons met with Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir

NATOSource

May 21, 2010

North Atlantic Council Visits KFOR

By NATO

From NATO: NATO’s senior decision-making body the North Atlantic Council (NAC) is visiting KFOR on 21 May. The representatives of NATO’s 28 member states and the Secretary General are meeting with COM KFOR LtGen Markus Bentler

NATOSource

May 21, 2010

NATO Agrees to Split of Regional Command South, Afghanistan

By NATO

From NATO: On 21 May 2010, the North Atlantic Council, in consultation with non-NATO ISAF Troop Contributing Nations, gave final authorisation for the reorganisation of ISAF’s Regional Command South and the establishment of an additional Regional Command South-West – RC(SW) – in Afghanistan.

United Kingdom United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

May 21, 2010

NATO in the Present and Future: A Conversation with General John Craddock

By Jason Harmala

Atlantic Council senior fellow Sarwar Kashmeri’s latest New Atlanticist Podcast features General John Craddock, former Supreme Allied Commander Europe and Atlantic Council Board Director. General Craddock discusses NATO in the Horn of Africa, and European contributions to NATO operations and the planned missile defense shield.

New Atlanticist

May 21, 2010

NATO’s Center of Gravity: Political Will

By Jorge Benitez

Whether you call it alliance solidarity, unity, or cohesion, NATO needs political will to overcome the external and internal forces threatening its success in Afghanistan and ultimate survival. A consensus of transatlantic elites will not be sufficient for the Alliance to overcome the economic crisis, military conflicts, and internal friction it is currently facing.

New Atlanticist

May 20, 2010

Albright: NATO is Much More than Afghanistan

By James Joyner

"NATO is much more than Afghanistan," former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, chair of the Group of Experts advising the Alliance on its Strategic Concept, told the Atlantic Council. 

New Atlanticist

May 20, 2010

Stavridis: 2% is 2%

By James Joyner

Admiral Jim Stavridis, NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander, isn’t very sympathetic to arguments that Allies can’t afford to meet their commitments because of the dire economy.  “Two percent is two percent,” he flatly stated. In a speech to the Atlantic Council, Stavridis noted that, despite the downturn, NATO is incredibly wealthy, with a combined GDP of […]

NATOSource

May 20, 2010

Turkey Attempts to Decrease Tensions Over Aegean Flights

By Hurriyet

From Hurriyet: The air force is meaningless if you do not fly its pilots, said Chief of General Staff Gen. İlker Başbuğ regarding the dogfights occurring over the Aegean Sea between Turkish and Greek fighter jets. Başbuğ attended a panel at the General Staff headquarters titled “Atatürk as a soldier and politician in the 129th […]

Load More