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Nov 24, 2009

Americans Seek Up to 7,000 Extra NATO Troops for Ramp-Up in Afghanistan

By the Wall Street Journal

From the Wall Street Journal: The Obama administration is in advanced talks with its North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies for a coordinated rollout of a new Afghan war strategy, which U.S. officials hope will include a commitment by European allies to send several thousand additional troops. U.S. and European estimates of the new troops they […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Nov 24, 2009

NATO plans Afghan troops meeting on December 7

By Reuters

From Reuters: NATO will hold a meeting on December 7 to raise forces for Afghanistan, in the expectation that President Barack Obama will have laid out his plans for U.S. troop levels by then, alliance officials said on Monday. The meeting of countries contributing to the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan will follow […]

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Nov 24, 2009

Ashton Can Fix EU Foreign Policy

By Borut Grgic

The new pair to lead Europe on the world stage has a tall order of business to attend to as soon as sworn into office. It is shameful that so many are wasting time and energy on wishing that the European leaders decided differently on these appointments. 

European Union International Organizations

New Atlanticist

Nov 24, 2009

Global Financial Collapse Coming?

By Arnaud de Borchgrave

Reputable financial houses, as they are described online, are telling their clients how to prepare for potential “global collapse” over the next two years. France’s Societe Generale, according to the London Daily Telegraph’s chief investigative reporter, Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, is such a house that is now “mapping a strategy of defensive investments to avoid wealth destruction.”

Economy & Business

New Atlanticist

Nov 24, 2009

Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict Needs a New Security Conference

By Alexandros Petersen

Alexandros Petersen, Dinu Patriciu Fellow for Transatlantic Energy Security and associate director of the Eurasia Energy Center at the Atlantic Council, was interviewed by Leyla Tagiyeva of Azerbaijan’s News.Az on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

New Atlanticist

Nov 23, 2009

Obama and Afghanistan: No Good Choices

By Don Snow

Within the next several days, President Obama will likely announce his decision regarding American strategy in Afghanistan. He has kept his counsel close to the vest on this, and I have no idea good enough to bet on what he will decide. One thing I do know for certain: regardless of what his decision is, […]

Afghanistan

NATOSource

Nov 23, 2009

Tories to pull British forces out of Germany

By the Telegraph

From the Telegraph: The Shadow Defence Secretary told The Daily Telegraph that ending Britain’s 25,000 strong military presence on the Rhine would be part of a fundamental reorganisation of Nato forces designed to free troops for military operations outside Europe… As part of a strategic defence review if the Tories win power, Dr. [Liam] Fox […]

United Kingdom

New Atlanticist

Nov 23, 2009

Role of the EU in Nagorno-Karabakh

By Borut Grgic

Atlantic Council nonresident senior fellow Borut Grgic was interviewed by Aliyah Fridman of Azerbaijan’s News.Az on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Nov 21, 2009

America is listening to Russia’s call for new security arrangements in Europe

By the Economist

From the Economist: In theory, Russian diplomats accredited to NATO are welcome friends: the reality is murkier. For more than a decade now, Russian officials have been trusted to roam the alliance’s maze-like headquarters in Brussels just like envoys from other “partner countries” such as Sweden, Finland or Malta. In practice, says a diplomat, everyone […]

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Nov 21, 2009

Could China fill a power vacuum in eastern Europe?

By the Economist

From the Economist: As the countries of eastern Europe bump nervously between a near-neutralist Germany, a revisionist Russia and an absent-minded America, the search is on for a powerful outsider, with strong interests in the region, willing to put all kinds of clout behind the smaller countries’ sovereignty and independence… Maybe China. It has plenty […]

European Union International Organizations
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