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New Atlanticist

Feb 2, 2010

Afghanistan and U.S.-Pakistan Relations

By Arnaud de Borchgrave

All the talk is how to end the Afghan war, not how to win it. Until recently, powers that be in Washington were proselytizing about the need for a long-term commitment – five to 10 years if necessary – to defeat the Taliban.

NATOSource

Feb 1, 2010

Navy Stands Up Fleet Cyber Command, Reestablishes U.S. 10th Fleet

By the U.S. Navy

From the U.S. Navy: The chief of naval operations (CNO) officially established U.S. Fleet Cyber Command (FCC) and recommissioned U.S. 10th Fleet during a ceremony at Fort George G. Meade, Md., Jan. 29. At the ceremony, Adm. Gary Roughead, CNO, also named Vice Adm. Bernard J. McCullough III the commander of both FCC and 10th […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Feb 1, 2010

New Head of NATO Theatre Missile Defense Program

By the NATO C3 Agency

From the NATO C3 Agency: On the 1st of February, Brigadier General Alessandro PERA takes up the position of new head of the Active Layered Theatre Ballistic Missile Defence Programme Office. He succeeds retired Brigadier General Michel Billard, in developing a NATO defence against theatre ballistic missile attacks on its forces. He will have quite […]

NATOSource

Feb 1, 2010

France Hopes for Deal on Military Plane this Week

By the AP

From the AP: France hopes that Airbus and the seven governments which ordered the A400M military transport plane can agree new financing terms to save the troubled program by the end of the week, the defense minister said Monday. Herve Morin told journalists that the positions of the seven countries – Belgium, Britain, France, Germany, […]

United Kingdom

NATOSource

Feb 1, 2010

Obama to Skip Annual EU Summit

By the Wall Street Journal

From the Wall Street Journal: The White House has decided that President Barack Obama will not attend what has been an annual summit with the European Union this spring, as Mr. Obama scales back from his record-setting foreign travel last year… The decision to skip the EU summit will likely disappoint many Europeans, especially in Spain, […]

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Feb 1, 2010

Secretary Clinton on the Future of European Security

By the U.S. Department of State

From the U.S. Department of State: [T]he institutions that guarded Europe’s and North America’s security during the 20th century were not designed with 21st century threats in mind. New dangers have emerged, such as global terrorism, including cyber terrorism and nuclear terrorism; climate change; global criminal networks that traffic in weapons, drugs, and people; threats […]

Cybersecurity Energy & Environment

New Atlanticist

Feb 1, 2010

Testing the BRICs: Key to World Order

By Robert Manning

Are the BRICs and other emerging powers of the G-20 ready for Prime Time? To a considerable degree, global stability and prosperity over the coming decades may depend on the answer to that question.

International Organizations Politics & Diplomacy

New Atlanticist

Feb 1, 2010

Defense Spending and the Federal Budget Freeze

By Don Snow

Economy & Business

NATOSource

Jan 29, 2010

New Russian Stealth Fighter Makes First Flight

By Reuters

From Reuters: Russia test-flew a long-awaited new fighter aircraft on Friday, determined to challenge the United States for technical superiority in the skies and impress weapons buyers. The “fifth-generation” stealth fighter — Russia’s first all-new warplane since the collapse of the Soviet Union plunged the defense industry into poverty and disarray — flew for 47 […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jan 29, 2010

China, US, Russia in Cyber Arms Race: McAfee

By AFP

From AFP: China, the United States and Russia are among 20 countries locked in a cyberspace arms race and gearing up for possible Internet hostilities, according to the head of web security firm McAfee. Dave DeWalt, chief executive and president of the US firm said the traditional defensive stance of government computer infrastructures has shifted […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense
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