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Feb 18, 2010

NATO Commander Says Recruitment of Afghans Gaining

By the AP

From the AP: Afghanistan’s military and security forces are on track to meet their goal of recruiting 300,000 troops by the end of 2011, though retaining those troops has been a challenge, NATO’s top military officer said Thursday.   With a high desertion rate, expanding the Afghan ranks has been difficult, but a decision last […]

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Feb 18, 2010

Large NATO Exercise Starts in Northern Norway

By the Barents Observer

From the Barents Observer: Near 9.000 soldiers from 14 countries participates when the exercise Cold Response 2010 started in Northern Norway this week. This year is the first time such NATO exercise also includes Swedish territory. The exercise involves land forces, air forces and naval forces. The portal of the Norwegian Armed Forces reports that […]

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Feb 18, 2010

Kazakhs Sign Up to Moscow-Backed Force

By the AP

From the AP: Kazakhstan ratified an accord Wednesday committing it to a NATO-style rapid-reaction force drawn from the armies of former Soviet nations, the Kazakh presidential press office said in a statement. The force will operate under the auspices of the Collective Security Treaty Organization, a Russian-backed military bloc that also includes Armenia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, […]

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Feb 18, 2010

Georgia Denounces French Sale of Tanks and Warships to Russia

By the Times (London)

From the Times (London): Georgia today denounced the proposed French sale of tanks and warships to Russia as extremely dangerous, saying that it would allow Moscow to invade any former Soviet republic or East European country “within hours”. On a visit to London President Saakashvili said that the sale of a Mistral-class advanced amphibious ship […]

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Feb 18, 2010

Russian Defense Pact with Abkhazia Upsets NATO

By Iran's PressTV

From Iran’s PressTV: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has hit back at Moscow for signing a deal with Abkhazia for the construction of a military base in the Black Sea enclave. The alliance swiftly urged the Kremlin to reverse what it called its “invalid” agreement, saying it violates restrictions on military forces set in […]

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Feb 18, 2010

Poland to Host NATO Exercises?

By Polskie Radio

From Polskie Radio: Poland is lobbying to host the NATO Response Force (NRF) maneuvers on its territory. According to the daily Gazeta Wyborcza, Poland having the opportunity to host such military exercises would increase the country’s security. NATO maneuvers could be a response to the joint exercises of the Russian and Belorussian armies planned in […]

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Feb 18, 2010

NATO’s New Strategy of Global Use of Force Worries Russia – Lavrov

By Russia Today

From Russia Today: Moscow is concerned about NATO’s new strategy which allows the alliance to use force all around the world, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. “It does not fully comply with the UN Charter, and, of course, raises our concerns,” the top diplomat said Thursday during a meeting with Russian NGOs. “NATO […]

New Atlanticist

Feb 18, 2010

Extending Vietnamization to Afghanistan

By Don Snow

The war in Afghanistan took a familiar turn this week, as the U.S. Marines began an Aghan “surge” to wrest the city of Marja in the opium-infested province of Helmand from the Taliban. The term “surge” kept coming up to describe the purpose and intent of the operation, presumably because of the widely advertised “success” […]

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Feb 17, 2010

Russia to Put Military Base in Georgia’s Abkhazia

By theAP

  From theAP: President Dmitry Medvedev says Russia is to station a permanent military base in Georgia’s breakaway republic of Abkhazia. Abkhazia and South Ossetia, another separatist-held part of Georgia, declared independence after the 2008 Russia-Georgia war. Thousands of Russian troops are thought to have remained in the Moscow-sponsored republics, which Georgia and the West […]

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Feb 17, 2010

The Russo-Turkish Dance

By the New Atlanticist

From the New Atlanticist: While in Moscow, [Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip] Erdogan said that Russo-Turkish “relations are developing and becoming more diversified in the political, military, economic and cultural spheres. What is exciting for me is that both sides have a positive will” to strengthen ties. On the question of visa requirements, Erdogan said […]

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