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Jan 18, 2010

Sikorski Criticizes Allies for Excluding Their Forces From Combat Missions

By the Telegraph

From the Telegraph: Poland’s foreign minister has said his country is willing to commit more troops to Afghanistan and criticised other European nations for excluding their forces from combat missions… Mr [Radek] Sikorski expressed his frustration over caveats used by other nations, including Germany, that often exclude their forces from combat operations in Afghanistan. “The […]

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New Atlanticist

Jan 17, 2010

Yanukovych Comes Out On Top, But Tymoshenko Has Momentum

By Damon Wilson

Ukrainian voters today braved frigid temperatures to narrow the field of presidential contenders to Viktor Yanukovych and Yulia Tymoshenko.

Ukraine

New Atlanticist

Jan 17, 2010

Ukraine Election Day: First Thoughts

By Adrian Karatnycky

The signs are pointing to a relatively clear, free and fair first round in Ukraine’s presidential elections. As of 3 p.m. Kyiv time, turnout was 46 percent, with no dramatic regional anomalies that would suggest ballot stuffing or ballot rigging. Opora, an activist group with a high degree of credibility and independence, is reporting no […]

Ukraine

NATOSource

Jan 16, 2010

NATO and Chinese Commanders Discuss Counter-Piracy Operations

By NATO

From NATO: On 11 January 2010, Portuguese Rear Admiral Pereira da Cunha, Commander of NATO’s counter piracy Task Force 508 (TF 508) had a successful meeting with the head of mission of the Chinese counter piracy forces, Senior Captain Zha Bao Raw, on board of the Chinese frigate ‘Chao Hu’ to discuss counterpiracy operations off […]

NATOSource

Jan 15, 2010

Thanks to Poland, the Alliance will Defend the Baltics

By the Economist

From the Economist: In A crunch, would NATO stand by its weakest members—the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania? After five years of dithering , the answer now seems to be yes, with a decision in principle by the alliance to develop formal contingency plans to defend them. The shift comes after hard-fought negotiations, […]

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Jan 15, 2010

A Glass Half Full: Contemplating a Yanukovych Presidency

By Nikolas Gvosdev

President Viktor Yushchenko has little chance of engineering a last-minute election victory; after Ukrainians go to the polls this Sunday, the most likely outcome will be a February run-off pitting the two former prime ministers against each other: Yuliya Tymoshenko and Viktor Yanukovych. Some are portraying this contest as a choice between a "European future" […]

New Atlanticist

Jan 15, 2010

Ukraine’s Anti-Orange Election

By Alexander Motyl

As Ukrainians go to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president, Western observers should interpret the outcome in light of how the U.S. premier political scientist distinguished between good and bad government.

Ukraine

New Atlanticist

Jan 15, 2010

Ukraine Election Backgrounder

By Adrian Karatnycky

Ukraine votes in the first round of presidential elections on Sunday, January 17th. 

Ukraine

New Atlanticist

Jan 15, 2010

General Stéphane Abrial on Allied Command Transformation

By Peter Cassata

Sarwar Kashmeri, a nonresident senior fellow with the Atlantic Council’s International Security Program, interviewed General Stéphane Abrial, Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, for the New Atlanticist Podcast Series.

New Atlanticist

Jan 14, 2010

Afghanistan Polling Difficult But Not Impossible

By James Joyner

A recent ABC-BBC-ARD survey of Afghanistan has both given hopes to those who support NATO’s mission in Afghanistan and created a backlash among doubters. ABC News polling director Gary Langer begins his summary of the findings with the good news: Hopes for a brighter future have soared in Afghanistan, bolstered by a broad rally in […]

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