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Nov 11, 2009

Germany Holds Back on Top European Roles

By the New York Times

From the New York Times: Mrs. Merkel also never bothered to come up with a candidate to replace Jaap de Hoop Scheffer as NATO secretary general this year. In the end, the Danish prime minister, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, got the job. Germany is not even pushing hard to ensure that it keeps the post of […]

NATOSource

Nov 11, 2009

France-Germany ties fade

By the AP

From the AP: Symbols aside, as much as Sarkozy and Merkel might like to emphasize the privileged nature of the Franco-German couple, ties between the countries are no longer what they used to be – and pushing the restart button over and over again does not guarantee a smooth ride. “Both sides’ sense of the […]

NATOSource

Nov 11, 2009

Slovenia hosts second seminar on NATO’s new Strategic Concept

By NATO

From NATO: NATO’s second seminar on the New Strategic Concept will be held at the Conference Centre in Brdo, Slovenia on Friday 13 November 2009… Hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defence of Slovenia with the support of the UK’s Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), the event will bring together […]

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New Atlanticist

Nov 11, 2009

Afghanistan: Implementation Trumps Planning

By Harlan Ullman

Presumably, the Obama administration will soon decide on its strategy and accompanying plan for Afghanistan and the region. No matter what it does, there are three certainties. First, Obama’s choices range from bad to worse. Second, the plan will be savaged by critics of both the left and right. Third, implementation and not troop numbers, […]

New Atlanticist

Nov 11, 2009

Climate and Energy the Dominant Challenges of 21st Century

By Wald Goodman Catarious

As 2009 marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, it also marks the beginning of a new era of challenges posed by threats that were little recognized and less appreciated those 20 short years ago: climate change and energy security.

New Atlanticist

Nov 11, 2009

Hasan: Tens of Thousands Like Him in West

By Arnaud de Borchgrave

Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan is the proverbial canary in the mine. Gunning down 12 soldiers and one civilian, and wounding 31 was not a random act of violence by an army psychiatrist who was slated to deploy to Afghanistan, an evil war in his mind, where American infidels are killing good Muslims. As the Virginia-born […]

NATOSource

Nov 10, 2009

Europe is not yet whole, free or entirely at peace

By the Miami Herald

From the Miami Herald: Europe is not yet whole, free or at peace. Throughout wider Europe other walls remain — historical animosities, ethnic hatreds, struggles for power and control. Festering tensions can explode, as we discovered in the Balkans and again last year when Russia clashed with Georgia. Successful reforms could resonate significantly across the […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Nov 10, 2009

Freedom Award for NATO Troops

By SHAPE

From SHAPE: Admiral James Stavridis, Supreme Allied Commander Europe, accepted a Freedom Award on behalf of NATO troops during a gala banquet of the Atlantic Council in Berlin November 8, the day before the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall. From the Bridge: I was truly humbled by the privilege of accepting […]

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Nov 10, 2009

Helmut Kohl on the Fall of the Wall and German Reunification

By Helmut Kohl

2009 is a special year for anniversaries. We celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989. Inextricably linked to this, we also celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Federal Republic of Germany on May 23, 1949, and of NATO on April 4, 1949.

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New Atlanticist

Nov 10, 2009

Germany Should Support Nabucco

By Alexandros Petersen

Rügen is best known as a popular German tourist destination. But now the Baltic Sea island has taken on a new role as staging point for an energy project that is as ambitious as it is controversial: the Nord Stream gas pipeline from Russia to Germany.

Energy & Environment European Union
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