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Mar 22, 2010

Russia Needs Minimum 50 Nuclear Subs for Fleet – Navy Vice Admiral

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti: The Russian Navy ideally needs to have at least 50 nuclear-powered submarines, a high-ranking Navy officer said during a live interview with Ekho Moskvy radio station on Saturday. The Russian Navy has some 60 strategic, multi-functional and diesel-powered submarines in its fleet that are combat ready. "The number of nuclear submarines in […]

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New Atlanticist

Mar 22, 2010

Ukraine: A Country of People Without Nationality

By Larysa Masenko

Foreign observers have a hard time understanding how the Ukrainian community managed to transfer power to the man whose presidential ambitions five years ago gave rise to a powerful civic movement. Instead, for many of us, above all those who stood in the Maidan back in 2004, the choice the country has made is not […]

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NATOSource

Mar 22, 2010

The Kremlin Temptation

By the European Voice

From the European Voice:  In selling warships to Russia, France’s risks nourishing delusions and selling short the idea of a common EU security policy. … It is sometimes said that Germany has become a ‘second France’ in its ‘selfish’ approach to the European Union. But is France really on its way to becoming a ‘second […]

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NATOSource

Mar 22, 2010

“Fierce Divisions”

By the Washington Post

From the Washington Post:  After Greece recklessly spent its way into a debt crisis, potentially leaving German taxpayers to help fund a bailout, lawmakers in Berlin offered a suggestion to their profligate neighbors to the south: If you want to raise cash, why not sell off a few of your islands? That idea came only […]

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NATOSource

Mar 22, 2010

U.S., “Team Brussels” and EUCOM

By EUCOM

From EUCOM:  On Nov. 25, 2009 I proposed in these spaces an idea of linking the leadership of U.S. European Command with the senior U.S. leaders based in Brussels, the “Capital of Europe.” Then I suggested a meeting involving America’s geographic military command in Europe – EUCOM, with the 3 U.S. Ambassadors representing America to […]

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NATOSource

Mar 19, 2010

A New Command Structure in Afghanistan

By Foreign Policy

From Foreign Policy:  Despite all the cynicism, change, as the old saying goes, also provides the illusion of progress, and nothing spells relief quite like a good old-fashioned shuffling of the decks. Most U.S. forces in Afghanistan, according to statements made earlier this week, are to be formally placed under NATO command. That’s about 20,000 […]

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New Atlanticist

Mar 19, 2010

Security Assistance is a Two-Way Street

By Derek Reveron

On any given day, U.S. military forces are conducting joint naval patrols, training and equipping partners’ military forces, and providing humanitarian assistance. Non-warfighting programs like these increasingly constitute the main line of efforts for US military commands.

New Atlanticist

Mar 19, 2010

The Latest Israeli Settlement Flap

By Don Snow

The Netanyahou government is at it again, this time in a more spectacular display of ham-handedness and arrogance than usual.

NATOSource

Mar 19, 2010

Russia, NATO to Discuss Afghan Drug Issue in Brussels on March 24

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti: Russia and NATO will try to work out a joint position on fighting drug trafficking in Afghanistan during a meeting of the Russia-NATO Council at the ambassador level, which will take place in Brussels on March 24, Russia’s special envoy to NATO has said. Dmitry Rogozin said in an interview with RIA […]

NATOSource

Mar 18, 2010

British Legislators Call on NATO to Co-Ordinate Global Response to Threat of Cyber Attack

By the AP

From the AP:  NATO must do more to co-ordinate the international community’s response to the threat of cyber attacks, members of Britain’s House of Lords said Thursday. In a report, peers said they were shocked at the lack of co-operation between NATO and other blocs like the European Union. Michael Jopling, a Lords member, says […]

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