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New Atlanticist

May 7, 2010

Britain’s Hung Parliament: What Now?

By James Joyner

As expected, yesterday’s UK elections resulted in a hung parliament, with the  Tories falling short of an outright majority needed to form a government on their own.  While Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats wound up in distant third, they’re now in the driver’s seat. Conservative leader David Cameron has reached out to Clegg to […]

New Atlanticist

May 7, 2010

Fiscal WMD

By Arnaud de Borchgrave

Even the world’s most savvy stock market giants (e.g., Warren E. Buffett) have warned over the past decade that derivatives are the fiscal equivalent of a weapon of mass destruction, potentially lethal, and the consequences of such an explosion would make the recent global financial and economic crisis seem like penny ante. But generously lubricated […]

NATOSource

May 7, 2010

SecGen Emphasizes Priorities for the New Strategic Concept During Visit to Romania

By NATO

From NATO: NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen visited Romania on 6 and 7 May, where he met with President Traian Basescu, Foreign Minister Teodor Baconschi and other high-level Romanian officials, and gave a public address at the University of Bucharest. At a joint press conference with President Basescu on 6 May, the Secretary General […]

Cybersecurity Energy & Environment

NATOSource

May 7, 2010

Poland to Deploy C-295 to Afghanistan

By Flightglobal

From Flightglobal: The Polish air force is to permanently base one of its Airbus Military C-295 tactical transports in Afghanistan’s Ghazni Province. The decision follows Warsaw’s agreement to extend its troop presence in the country as part of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force. To be used for tasks including transport, airdrop and medical evacuation […]

NATOSource

May 7, 2010

Belarus to Allocate Commando Unit to Post-Soviet Security Bloc

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti: Belarus will allocate a commando unit to the Collective Security Treaty Organization’s (CSTO) Rapid Reaction Force, the Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Belarusian Armed Forces Vladimir Sulimov said on Thursday. The CSTO is a security grouping comprising the former Soviet republics of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Uzbekistan, and […]

NATOSource

May 7, 2010

General Nominated to be NATO Spec Ops Chief

By the Air Force Times

From the Air Force Times: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization Special Operations Headquarters in Belgium will be getting a new commander. Air Force Maj. Gen. Frank K. Kisner has been nominated for a third star and assignment to that job, the Defense Department announced May 6. Kisner currently is serving as commander of Special Operations […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

May 6, 2010

West Europeans Target US Nukes at Treaty Session

By the AP

From the AP: Germany and other West European nations at the U.N. nonproliferation conference are calling for elimination of U.S. tactical nuclear weapons in Europe — "leftovers from the Cold War" — as a way to advance global arms control. "They no longer serve a military purpose and do not create security," German state minister […]

International Organizations Politics & Diplomacy

NATOSource

May 6, 2010

Biden Seeks Cooperation from European Parliament

By the Financial Times

From the Financial Times:  Joseph Biden, the US vice-president, on Thursday sought to win over members of the European parliament opposed to a bank data sharing system that Washington believes is crucial to winning the war on terror. Mr Biden, the most senior US leader to address the European parliament since Ronald Reagan in 1985, […]

European Union International Organizations

New Atlanticist

May 6, 2010

Greek Meltdown Sends Dow Plunging

By James Joyner

It has long been an axiom that, "When America sneezes, the world catches a cold."  But, in the era of globalization, it works both ways. AP business writer Tim Paradis: Stocks plunged Thursday as investors succumbed to fears that Greece’s debt problems would halt the global economic recovery. The Dow Jones industrials slid almost 1,000 […]

NATOSource

May 6, 2010

NATO SecGen: “New Phase” for the Strategic Concept

By NATO

From NATO: [I]n less than two weeks, we will enter a new phase in the development of the new Strategic Concept. On May 17th, Madeleine Albright, and the other Experts will come to NATO Headquarters to present their report. That report, based on extensive consultations with NATO Allies, partner countries and the civil society, as […]

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