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Jan 14, 2010

Article 5 Jitters at Prague Conference

By Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Specifically, there is growing concern, particularly in Poland and the Baltic states, that NATO’s eastern borders remain largely unprotected. There are also worries in Eastern Europe that Article 5 of the alliance charter, which obligates the entire alliance to come to the defense of a member who is attacked, would […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jan 14, 2010

Web Is New Front Among Cold War Foes

By the Wall Street Journal

From the Wall Street Journal: Alleged attacks on Google Inc. from China redraw the battle lines between the U.S. and its former Cold War adversaries, who are now squaring off on a new front: cyberspace… Past attacks directed at the private sector—like Chinese and Russian efforts to surveil the U.S. electric grid and Chinese penetrations […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Jan 14, 2010

Connecting the Dots is Not the Prolem

By Harlan Ullman

In the wake of the attempted Christmas bombing of a Northwest Airlines flight over Detroit, once again criticism has focused on failure to connect the poor, overworked dots. Yet, however understandable this reaction, Rome is burning in a metaphoric sense and we are attacking dots. We must wake up. Consider several stunning — indeed staggering […]

New Atlanticist

Jan 14, 2010

The Future of Iran’s Green Movement

By Nazenin Ansari and Jonathan Paris

The deadline for Iran to accept a U.N.-brokered deal on its controversial nuclear program expired on December 31, proving yet again that the policy of modifying the behavior of the Islamic Republic is not working. While Washington frets over what the Obama Administration should do next, legitimate power is tilting away from the central government […]

NATOSource

Jan 13, 2010

Israel Seeks to Influence NATO Strategic Review

By the Jerusalem Post

From the Jerusalem Post: Israel is launching a diplomatic initiative in an effort to influence the outcome of NATO’s new Strategic Concept which is currently under review by a team of experts led by former United States Secretary of State Madeline Albright. On Thursday, the third seminar on the Strategic Concept will open in Oslo […]

NATOSource

Jan 13, 2010

Sen. Levin to Press Allies to Honor Pledges

By the AP

From the AP: Afghanistan is facing a major shortage of instructors needed to train Afghan forces, a senior American lawmaker said Wednesday, calling the deficit “inacceptable.” Sen. Carl Levin, chairman of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee, said he would press nations in the international coalition to honor their pledges to train the Afghan security […]

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Jan 13, 2010

South Asia in 2010: A Make or Break Year for Afghanistan

By Jawad Joya

2010 will most likely define the character of the next decade for U.S. foreign policy in Central and South Asia. For Afghanistan and Pakistan, the year will foreshadow what awaits them in the new decade – fatal chaos, expensive stability (with some hope) or a blend of both.

New Atlanticist

Jan 13, 2010

The Coming Pentagon Boost: Obama Strong on War Funding

By Damon Wilson

For all the talk around town of increasing pressure on defense spending in a time of austerity, high unemployment and eye-popping deficits, the Pentagon budget is poised to reach the historic level of $700 billion – a 4.8 % increase over Obama’s FY2010 request (and a 125% increase since 2001).

New Atlanticist

Jan 13, 2010

Derivatives Market 20 Times Size of American Economy

By James Joyner

The nation’s chief commodities regulator told the Atlantic Council that, "A healthy financial future requires that we bring comprehensive reform to the over-the-counter derivatives markets. It is critically important that we bring transparency to this market and address the significant information advantage enjoyed by Wall Street." Gary Gensler, chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, […]

New Atlanticist

Jan 12, 2010

America’s Billion Dollar Intelligence Boondoggle

By Arnaud de Borchgrave

The Jordanian “triple” agent bomber whose suicide killed seven CIA agents in Afghanistan December 30 was a physician and self-avowed jihadist whose virulent anti-Americanism was well-known in the capital city of Amman. Homam Khalil Abu Mallal al-Balawi, 33, “moderated” a Yemen-based, radical Islamic forum (Hisbah.net) on which he said his “ultimate dream in life is […]

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