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Feb 28, 2010

Europe’s Errors

By  Time

From Time: The third strategic error is to remain obsessed with the transatlantic relationship. It is difficult to capture in a few words the strange mix of European attitudes towards America: admiration and resentment of American hyperpower, respect and condescension towards U.S. culture, dependence on and discomfort with American leadership. At the core of this is […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Feb 28, 2010

Five NATO Governments Call for Reduction in Alliance’s Nuclear Arsenal

By the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs

From the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Norway, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg have called on NATO to support efforts to achieve a world without nuclear weapons. “Our aim is to reduce the importance of nuclear weapons in NATO’s security policy,” said Foreign Minister Jonas Gahr Støre. The foreign ministers of the five countries presented […]

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Feb 28, 2010

Latvia and Lithuania Propose Stricter EU Rules to Stop Mistral Sale

By  Itar-Tass

From Itar-Tass: Latvia and Lithuania demand stricter arms trade rules in the European Union and NATO in order to prevent the selling of Mistral helicopter ships to Russia. They made a statement to that effect at the Thursday meeting of EU defense ministers in Palma de Majorca. “The European Union and NATO should sell armaments and […]

European Union International Organizations

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Feb 28, 2010

NATO not Going Global, for Now: U.S. Official

By the People's Daily Online

From the People’s Daily Online: A senior U.S. official said Friday that NATO’s area of responsibility should remain the Euro-Atlantic region, but it can become a platform for coalition operations involving non-member states, as is the case of South Korea and Australia’s participation in the Afghan mission. Alexander Vershbow, U.S. assistant secretary of defense for international […]

United States and Canada

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Feb 28, 2010

U.S. Warns Russia Against Assertion in Baltic Region

By  RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti: Though seeking to find new ways of working with Russia, the United States will not accept Moscow’s policies in the Baltic region, Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Michele Flournoy said at a news conference in Tallinn on Friday. "We’ve made it very clear that even as we seek to find new ways of […]

United States and Canada

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Feb 28, 2010

Baroness Ashton Under Fire for Missing European Defence Summit

By the Times (London)

From the Times (London):  Simmering discontent across the European Union with Baroness Ashton of Upholland’s performance as its first foreign minister turned into outright criticism yesterday as several senior politicians from member states attacked her for missing a key defence meeting. The sniping at Lady Ashton, High Representative for Foreign Affairs — who attended the inauguration of […]

European Union International Organizations

New Atlanticist

Feb 26, 2010

Dutch Afghanistan Exit a Game Changer

By Julian Lindley-French and Kurt Volker

The Dutch Government has fallen over Afghanistan. As a result the August 2010 withdrawal of Dutch forces from Uruzghan, the Afghan province into which the Netherlands has invested money and lives for eight years, will be confirmed.

New Atlanticist

Feb 26, 2010

Russian Economic Model Dead? From BRIC to BIC?

By James Joyner

Anders Åslund asserts that “The Putin model of crony state capitalism is dead” and consequently “the juggernaut of emerging economies in Brazil, Russia, India and China is being reduced from BRIC to BIC.”

New Atlanticist

Feb 26, 2010

Azerbaijan’s Foreign Policy

By James Joyner

Alexandros Petersen, a senior fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Eurasia Energy Center, was interviewed by Azerbaijan’s News.Az’s Aliyah Fridman. Three Azerbaijani soldiers were killed and one was wounded when Armenians broke the cease-fire on 18 February. May the incident lead to a new war between Azerbaijan and Armenia? Unfortunately, cease-fire violations are common in the […]

NATOSource

Feb 26, 2010

German Parliament Votes to Send More Troops to Afghanistan

By the Financial Times

From the Financial Times: The German government secured broad parliamentary backing to raise its contingent of troops in Afghanistan from 4,500 to up to 5,350, although the traditional cross-party consensus about the mission looked increasingly shaky. Lawmakers from the ruling Christian Democrats and Free Democrats were joined by most opposition Social Democrats. A total of 429 […]

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