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New Atlanticist

Dec 4, 2009

Obama Afghan Plan: A Wing and A Prayer

By Don Snow

On Tuesday night, President Obama announced his new “strategy” for Afghanistan. It held few surprises, just disappointments. The President’s rhetoric soared, as usual. The content did not. Instead, he sent the country down the road with a series of assumptions and plans that can be called, at best, a wing and a prayer.

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NATOSource

Dec 3, 2009

What to Do About Europe’s Secret Nukes

By Time

From Time: It is Europe’s dirty secret that the list of nuclear-capable countries extends beyond those — Britain and France — who have built their own weapons. Nuclear bombs are stored on air-force bases in Italy, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands — and planes from each of those countries are capable of delivering them. The […]

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Dec 3, 2009

Italy May Add 1,000 Extra Troops in Afghanistan

By the New York Times

From the New York Times: [W]ith NATO foreign ministers set to hold two days of talks at the alliance’s headquarters in Brussels starting Thursday, Italy was reported to be considering the biggest increase among European allies made public so far, about 1,000 soldiers. Corriere della Sera, a daily newspaper, quoted the Italian defense minister Ignacio […]

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Dec 3, 2009

NATO-Russia Council back on constructive track – envoy

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti: The work of the NATO-Russia Council has been put back on a constructive track, Russia’s envoy to the 28-member military alliance said on Thursday. “All the impasses, protests and other [obstacles] have been disavowed,” Dmitry Rogozin said. Rogozin said on Tuesday Canada had blocked the adoption of all documents to be considered […]

New Atlanticist

Dec 3, 2009

Behind Obama’s Afghanistan Decision

By Kurt Volker

All of Washington – and much of the world – was waiting to hear President Obama’s Tuesday night speech about the war in Afghanistan.

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New Atlanticist

Dec 3, 2009

Who’s Really Running Pakistan?

By Arnaud de Borchgrave

From his former incarnation as strategic adviser to Pakistan’s politico-religious parties, the one-time Pakistani intelligence chief Hamid Gul has resurfaced as de facto minister of propaganda and disinformation for the Taliban insurgents. In a dramatic reincarnation for the “meray mutabiq” (“my opinion”) program on Geo television, Gul said the Taliban has 88,000 troops and 35,000 […]

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New Atlanticist

Dec 3, 2009

How Iraq Could Win the War in Afghanistan

By Richard Miniter and Sebestyén Gorka

As strategists and commentators dissect President Obama’s West Point speech, the conversation all too often gets stuck on troop levels. What is missing is a strategic assessment and a willingness to transfer America’s hard-won lessons learned in Iraq, especially in the Al Anbar province, to Afghanistan.


NATOSource

Dec 2, 2009

Afghan strategy review before troop boost: Germany

By Reuters

From Reuters: Germany signaled on Wednesday that it was ready to do more police training in Afghanistan, but said it could not commit more troops before it has reviewed its strategy early next year… U.S. officials said Washington was also seeking 5,000 to 7,000 more troops from allies and German media reports on Wednesday estimated […]

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Dec 2, 2009

Obama’s References to Role of Allies in New Afghanistan Policy

By the White House

From the White House: Of course, this burden is not ours alone to bear. This is not just America’s war. Since 9/11, al Qaeda’s safe havens have been the source of attacks against London and Amman and Bali. The people and governments of both Afghanistan and Pakistan are endangered. And the stakes are even higher […]

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Dec 2, 2009

Poland to send some 600 more troops to Afghanistan

By the AP

From the AP: A Polish official says the country will likely send 600 more troops to take part in the NATO-led force in Afghanistan next year. Government spokesman Pawel Gras said on Radio Tok FM on Wednesday that the decision still needs approval from Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s cabinet and from President Lech Kaczynski, who […]

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