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New Atlanticist

Dec 14, 2009

Colin Powell Looks Back — and Ahead

By Frederick Kempe

Atlantic Council president and CEO Fred Kempe interviewed General Colin Powell, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the 65th U.S. Secretary of State, on the end of the Cold War and the future security environment. You were the chairman of the Joint Chiefs on the day that the Wall came tumbling down. […]

NATOSource

Dec 13, 2009

French army sides with Mozilla in Microsoft email war

By Reuters

From Reuters: A new email client unveiled by Mozilla this week contains code from an unusual source — the French military, which decided the open source product was more secure than Microsoft’s (MSFT.O) rival Outlook… The military found Mozilla’s open source design permitted France to build security extensions, while Microsoft’s secret, proprietary software allowed no […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Dec 12, 2009

Russia says close to deal with Norway over Arctic

By Reuters

From Reuters: Russia said on Friday it would welcome joint oil and gas works with Norway on the Barents Sea and a deal was possible next year to close a decades-long dispute between the two major energy producers. Russia’s resources ministry said in a statement Norway had proposed to sign a memorandum in the first […]

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NATOSource

Dec 12, 2009

U.S. Signs Deal for Troop Deployments in Poland

By Reuters

From Reuters: Poland and the United States signed a deal on Friday that paves the way for the stationing of U.S. troops on the territory of its east European NATO ally. The “status of forces” accord (SOFA), a technical document tentatively approved in November after 15 months of talks, also makes possible deployments of a […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Dec 11, 2009

The Neighbour From Hell

By the Economist

From the Economist: [T]he black hole in NATO’s security guarantee is that it has no formal contingency plans to defend its weakest members: the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. If Russia is NATO’s friend—so the thinking went in the early years of this decade—no such plans are necessary. America has its own military […]

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New Atlanticist

Dec 11, 2009

Zoellick: U.S. Must Play Active Role in Multilateral System

By James Joyner

World Bank president  Robert Zoellick warned that we should be cautious in reforming the structure of  international economic institutions.  Making changes based on theoretical analysis while excluding the practical implications would have serious consequences. Responding to a question from Council president and CEO Fred Kempe about a proposal to end the practice of preserving the […]

NATOSource

Dec 11, 2009

NATO: “We Won’t Bugger Off”

By the Online Journalism Blog

From the Online Journalism Blog: At the start of this week, Dave Cole of the Atlantic Council of the UK organised the first visit to NATO Headquarters for bloggers. The visit was under the auspices of Dr. Stephanie Babst, NATO’s Assistant Deputy Secretary General for Public Diplomacy. From the Liberal Conspiracy: Most of the briefings […]

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NATOSource

Dec 11, 2009

Amb. Hunter: “they want to keep the United States… as a European power”

By the Council on Foreign Relations

From the Council on Foreign Relations: Everybody in Europe understands that managing the future of Russia in regard to Europe can only be done with American engagement and, yes, to a great extent, American leadership. And they want to keep the United States equally engaged in Europe as a European power, not just as an […]

Cybersecurity Energy & Environment

NATOSource

Dec 11, 2009

NATO wants Russia to help more in Afghanistan

By the AP

From the AP: Alliance spokesman James Appathurai said there was “definitely scope for more” collaboration with Russia in the war. New NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen will make his first visit to Moscow on Tuesday. He has called for a “true strategic partnership” with Russia… But diplomats accredited to NATO say they want specific help […]

NATOSource

Dec 11, 2009

The U.S.-Europe Partnership Under the Obama Administration

By the Department of State

From the Department of State: I am certainly aware that some have suggested that the centrality of the relationship between the United States and Europe has somehow diminished as a result of the many far-flung, global challenges the United States is facing today and the simultaneous rise of new powers. In my opinion, this view […]

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