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New Atlanticist

May 5, 2010

Tough Choices Make for Bad Governance

By Harlan Ullman

Well over a century ago, Karl Marx announced that a specter of communism was haunting Europe. Tragically, he was correct as 70 years of Bolshevism proved. Today, another specter is haunting the world with possibly a greater vengeance.

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New Atlanticist

May 4, 2010

Greek Bailout Greeted with Rioting and Skepticism

By James Joyner

The EU and IMF — but not Germany and France — have agreed on a €110bn bailout for Greece and the Papaconstantinou government has admitted to "mistakes" and announced its "absolute determination to tackle this and, secondly, to get out of the recession earlier."  But while the parliament is debating the austerity measures, analysts are saying […]

New Atlanticist

May 4, 2010

Gulf Oil Disaster and America’s Energy Future

By Robert Manning

It wasn’t supposed to happen. Oil rigs have devices known as blowout preventers that are supposed to stop the oil flows when incidents like the explosion occur. No less disconcerting, it is still not clear why the device did not activate to prevent what appears to be a growing environmental disaster.

NATOSource

May 4, 2010

“NATO is a Divided Alliance”

By M.J. Williams, the Center for European Policy Analysis

From M.J. Williams, the Center for European Policy Analysis:  NATO is a divided alliance. Split between two main camps – Europeanists and Globalists – NATO‘s new Strategic Concept must ultimately address this schism if it is to succeed as a meaningful document. On one hand, Europeanists see NATO as an organization designed to preserve and […]

NATOSource

May 4, 2010

Russia to Sell Weapons to NATO Members

By Russia Today

From Russia Today:  Russia will seek direct opportunities to sell weapons to NATO member states, according to Russia’s envoy to the alliance, Dmitry Rogozin. He also said Moscow is considering sending weapons to Afghanistan to assist its present government. In return, the Alliance might lift all barriers for free military trade between Moscow and NATO […]

NATOSource

May 4, 2010

U.S. “Having a Very Hard Time Getting the Rest of NATO to Deliver on Commitments”

By the New York Times

From the New York Times:  President Obama made a convincing case last December for sending an additional 30,000 American troops to Afghanistan. Most of those new forces, plus 58,000 already in country, would fight the Taliban. A smaller number would mold Afghan recruits into an indigenous Army and National Police force that could in time […]

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NATOSource

May 4, 2010

US Has More Than 5,000 Nuclear Warheads

By the Telegraph

From the Telegraph:  The United States has become the first country to disclose an up-to-date figure for the number of weapons in its nuclear arsenal. It has done so to encourage more openness from other nuclear states and to further President Barack Obama’s goal of global disarmament. The Pentagon said 5,113 warheads were either operationally […]

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

May 3, 2010

Pakistan’s Homegrown Extremists

By Arnaud de Borchgrave

Pakistan is still producing an estimated 10,000 potential jihadis a year out of 500,000 graduates from Pakistan’s 11,000 madrassas —  young gung-ho boys, mostly 16-year-olds, who finish 10 years of Koranic cramming and who can then recite the holy book by heart in Arabic. That means 114 suras (chapters), 6.247 ayats (verses), or 78,000 words. […]

NATOSource

May 3, 2010

Supreme Allied Commander Europe Target of Identity Theft

By Admiral James Stavridis, the Bridge

From Admiral James Stavridis, the Bridge: It seems that my identity, and that of my daughter, have been used in a scam – not uncommon at that. Basically, the scam architects contact victims by email – acting as me – to secure personal trainer or in this case “Pilates yoga” services on behalf of my […]

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NATOSource

May 3, 2010

Europe Lacks Plan on Nuclear Arms

By Judy Dempsey, the New York Times

From Judy Dempsey, the New York Times: The European Union, which includes the nuclear powers France and Britain, goes into the major United Nations conference reviewing nuclear nonproliferation on Monday having failed to unite on how to reduce its nuclear weapons. Diplomats involved in the negotiations called the stance a disappointment for the bloc’s ambitions […]

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