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Apr 2, 2010

NATO’s New Strategic Concept: Not an Either or Proposition

By  Andrew Michta, Center for European Policy Analysis 

From Andrew Michta, Center for European Policy Analysis :  In recent years, different security optics of the members have splintered NATO. The United States wants an expeditionary alliance with a global reach, able to deliver security where needed. The Western Europeans hold to a vision of a regional club of liberal democracies that continues to anchor America […]

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NATOSource

Apr 2, 2010

Russia to Make Unilateral Declaration When Signing START Treaty

By Interfax

From Interfax: Russia may withdraw from a new treaty with the U.S. on the reduction of strategic offensive weapons if the U.S. missile defense potential reaches a scale threatening Russia’s national security interests, Russian presidential aide Sergei Prikhodko said. "This provision concerns both a quantitative and qualitative increase in the U.S. strategic missile defense potential," […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Apr 2, 2010

Estonia’s President Sees Mistral Sale as a “Difficult Situation for Us”

By Josh Rogin, the Cable

From Josh Rogin, the Cable:  Ilves:  What we do see with a weakened transatlantic relationship is a return to a much more national agenda than you had before. … Rogin: How do you view the coming sale of the amphibious assault ship Mistral from France to Russia? Ilves: What has been said is that if […]

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Apr 2, 2010

Balancing Middle East Interests

By Don Snow

In a recent CNN appearance, Obama administration official David Axelrod answered a question about American-Israeli relations with the reply that it is the U.S. interest to guarantee “the long-term security of Israel and the region.” It was a standard, boiler plate answer and undoubtedly intended as such: Axelrod, after all, is not a foreign policy […]

New Atlanticist

Apr 2, 2010

Plea for Pakistan

By Harlan Ullman

Last week’s visit of a very high level Pakistani delegation to Washington to meet with their opposite American numbers was at best a first step in a very long, testing and crucial journey essential to bringing a measure of peace, stability and even some prosperity to a volatile and dangerous region. To be blunt, the […]

New Atlanticist

Apr 1, 2010

OSCE: From Ambivalence to Relevance

By Boyko Nitzov

Dr. Boyko Nitzov, Director of Programs for the Atlantic Council’s Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center, was interviewed by Aliyah Fridman for Azerbaijan’s News.Az.

New Atlanticist

Apr 1, 2010

Franco-Russian Warship Deal Meeting Little Resistance

By Vladimir Socor

French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s US visit has carefully been protected against any fallout from his proposed sale of Mistral-class power-projection warships to Russia.

NATOSource

Apr 1, 2010

What France Can Do

By the New York Times

From the New York Times:  France needs to be a country that does more than lecture. When Mr. Obama ordered 30,000 more American troops to Afghanistan, he rightly expected significant increases from European NATO members as well. In particular, he looked to France, with one of Europe’s most modern and effective military forces, to send […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Apr 1, 2010

Moscow Weighing “Right to Withdraw” From START Treaty

By the Cable

From the Cable: The administration officials also spelled out in detail how the new treaty will deal with the thorny missile-defense issue. There will be one line in the preamble of the treaty acknowledging that there is a connection between offensive and defensive weapons, and that’s it. There "could" be unilateral statements by each side […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Apr 1, 2010

France Sceptical Over NATO Missile Defence Plan

By Reuters

From Reuters: French Defence Minister Herve Morin on Wednesday expressed doubts over a NATO push for costly missile systems to defend against states such as Iran, pointing to tight military budgets. NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, a vocal proponent of missile defence, met Morin to discuss issues from the war in Afghanistan to the future […]

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