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Apr 28, 2010

SACEUR Spotlights Bulgaria’s Contributions to NATO

By Allied Command Operations

From Allied Command Operations:  The Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) visited Bulgaria from 26 -27 April, meeting with the Prime Minister, Minister of Defence and Chief of Defence. …. The topics of discussion ranged from Bulgaria’s role in NATO’s security plan to their contribution in the United Nations Mandated International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, […]

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Apr 28, 2010

Turkey, Bosnia, Croatia Hold Three-Way Talks After Key NATO Move

By Hurriyet

From Hurriyet:  The foreign ministers of Turkey, Croatia and Bosnia held Wednesday a second round of trilateral talks in an effort to improve dialogue between the major players on the Bosnian issue. The meeting comes after NATO foreign ministers agreed last week in the Estonian capital of Tallinn to approve a Membership Action Plan, or […]

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Apr 28, 2010

Ukraine to Continue Developing Relations with NATO

By Interfax

From Interfax: Ukraine will continue promoting cooperation with NATO, Ukrainian First Deputy Defense Minister Hryhoriy Pedchenko said at a meeting with the alliance’s delegation led by head of NATO’s Defense Policy Planning Directorate Frank Boland in Kyiv on April 27. We will continue developing our relations with NATO within the Annual National Program, the Ukraine-NATO […]

Ukraine

New Atlanticist

Apr 28, 2010

Financial Reform Must Restore Liability

By Harlan Ullman

Will Rogers famously quipped that every time the U.S. Congress wished to make a joke, it passed a law and every law it passed turned out to be a joke.

New Atlanticist

Apr 27, 2010

Nick Clegg Rocking British Election

By James Joyner

We’ve known for more than a year that Gordon Brown and his party were in trouble.  But the surprisingly strong performance of Liberal Democrat Nick Clegg in the first debate has changed the dynamic so much that Labour could come in third. A new Guardian poll suggests Labour, which is polling at a mere 28%, […]

United Kingdom

New Atlanticist

Apr 27, 2010

U.S. Not Credible Middle East Mediator

By Arnaud de Borchgrave

The nasty spat with Israel over Jewish settlements in Arab East Jerusalem didn’t last long. Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu apologized for the unfortunate timing during U.S. Vice President Joe Biden’s March 10 visit of the announcement of the building of 1,600 housing units, but he also made clear the new housing plans would go […]

NATOSource

Apr 27, 2010

Russian Ambassador Responds: Who Needs NATO?

By Foreign Policy

From Foreign Policy: Andrew Bacevich is quite right that Europeans are not happy about NATO being used as an instrument for "underwrit[ing] American globalism" (‘Let Europe Be Europe,’ March/April 2010). And I agree with his premise that European pacifism has taken over the organization, which evidently runs counter to U.S. military aspirations. However, he has […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Apr 27, 2010

Norway, Russia Agree on New Barents Sea Border

By the AP

From the AP: In a surprise move, Norway and Russia agreed Tuesday to evenly divide a long-disputed area in the Barents Sea, a promising oil and gas region in the Arctic made more accessible by global warming. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said only technical details remain to be worked […]

Energy & Environment

NATOSource

Apr 27, 2010

Protests as Ukraine Approves Russian Base Extension

By  Reuters

From Reuters:  Opposition lawmakers hurled eggs and smoke bombs inside Ukraine’s parliament on Tuesday as the chamber approved an agreement allowing the Russian Navy to extend its stay in a Ukrainian port until 2042. … "Today will go down as a black page in the history of Ukraine and the Ukrainian parliament,’ opposition leader and former […]

Ukraine

NATOSource

Apr 27, 2010

NATO Waste Risks Lives, Says Alliance Head Rasmussen

By Reuters

From Reuters: Poor NATO coordination is putting lives at risks in Afghanistan, with field commanders sometimes using four different radios to communicate with troops around them, the head of the alliance said on Monday. NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said in a speech in Brussels failure to standardise equipment, from helicopters to combat vehicles, was […]

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