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NATO and the Nuclear Umbrella

By the New York Times

From the New York Times: As early as 1987, NATO foreign ministers proposed significant reductions of short-range nuclear weapons in their Reykjavik declaration. And 15 years ago, when U.S. Defense Secretary William Perry developed the formula that there is no need and no plan to deploy nuclear weapons to new NATO member states, he correctly […]

An Alarming Franco-Russian Arms Deal

By the Wall Street Journal

From the Wall Street Journal: France’s decision to go ahead with the deal without prompting any NATO objections is particularly disturbing in light of Moscow’s recent aggressions. It’s just some 18 months ago that the Russians snubbed Mr. Sarkozy when they refused to comply with the French-brokered Georgia War cease-fire agreement President Dmitry Medvedev had […]

Russian NATO Envoy Pours Cold Water on Transdnestr’s Missile Proposal

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti: Russia’s envoy to NATO has poured cold water on an offer by Moldova’s unrecognized republic of Transdnestr to deploy Russian missile defense elements… Russia’s envoy to NATO Dmitry Rogozin said Transdnestr’s move to deploy Russian Iskander missiles could lead to a serious regional conflict, and added that there could be no talk […]

Moldovan Rebels Offer to Host Russian Missiles

By Reuters

From Reuters: Moldova’s rebel region of Transdniestria said on Monday it was ready to host Russian tactical missiles if the Kremlin were to ask, escalating growing tensions about defence between Moscow and Washington. NATO and European Union member Romania, which borders Moldova, this month approved a U.S. plan to deploy interceptor missiles which Washington says […]

Russia Seeks Quid Pro Quo to Rein Iran In

By the New York Times

From the New York Times: I talked to an international security and nuclear arms expert who spent most of a recent week speaking to Russian counterparts. He said there wasn’t a conversation that didn’t begin without a Russian’s saying something like, “The important thing these days is for NATO to make clear it is not […]

Yanukovich says Ready for Russian Fleet, Gas Deals

By Reuters

From Reuters: Ukraine may allow Russia to station its Black Sea Fleet in the port of Sevastopol beyond a scheduled withdrawal in 2017, Viktor Yanukovich, who won the presidential election last Sunday, told Russian television… Ukraine fully depends on Russian energy while Moscow is keen to keep its fleet in Sevastopol — one of its […]

Russia’s NATO Envoy: Twit or Twitter?

By the New York Times

From the New York Times: Normally the formality of European diplomacy would be shattered if, say, an ambassador suggested that his country might kick its opponents’ posterior. But when the remark comes from Dmitri O. Rogozin, Russia’s bombastic ambassador to NATO, it tends to elicit at most a cringe. Even so, when Mr. Rogozin took […]