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New Atlanticist

Nov 10, 2009

1989’s False Promise

By Kenneth Weisbrode

Twenty years is not a very long time in history but the fall of the Berlin Wall already seems like another era. The euphoria, confidence and excitement that accompanied that event were overtaken in short order by cynicism, fear and doubt resulting, according to some quarters at least, from American triumphalism. Despite the new leaf […]

NATOSource

Nov 9, 2009

US to send $100M worth of weapons to Georgia

By Russia Today

From Russia Today: The US has offered to sell Georgia up to $100 million worth of weapons, which would include, among others, a sophisticated air defense system, small arms and ammunition, according to Russian security services… The head of the General Staff, Aleksandr Shlyakhturov, told the agency [TASS] that, according to the information at their […]

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Nov 9, 2009

Critical Decision Point in Afghanistan

By Don Snow

Although supporters of the Afghan War (including the Obama administration) hate the comparison, the outcome of the recent runoff election fiasco in Afghanistan suggests a parallel with the American experience in Vietnam.

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NATOSource

Nov 9, 2009

Secretary Clinton sees NATO as a “Cornerstone of a Global Architecture of Cooperation”

By the U.S. Department of State

From the U.S. Department of State: “We owe it to ourselves and to those who yearn for the same freedoms that are enjoyed and even taken for granted in Berlin today. And we need to form an even stronger partnership to bring down the walls of the 21st century, and to confront those who hide […]

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Nov 9, 2009

Jim Jones on the National Security Climate

By Frederick Kempe

Atlantic Council president and CEO Frederick Kempe recently interviewed James L. Jones , National Security Advisor to President Obama and former Chairman of the Atlantic Council Board of Directors.

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Nov 7, 2009

Russian Deputy Says Polish Comments Could Hurt Relations

By Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Konstantin Kosachev, the head of the Duma’s International Affairs Committee, said in Moscow that [Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw] Sikorski’s statement about Russia threatening Polish security is “absolutely groundless and unacceptable.” He added that the Russian Foreign Ministry should respond to Sikorski’s statement. Kosachev’s comment came after Russian media outlets quoted […]

United States and Canada

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Nov 6, 2009

A NATO Without Turkey?

By the Wall Street Journal

From the Wall Street Journal: Today, the Turkish military can do little but watch as the secular, democratic, pro-Western republic established by Mustafa Kemal Ataturk in the early 1900s is undermined. While it’s still too early to write Turkey out of NATO, in the not so distant future, the alliance will reach a decision point. […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Nov 6, 2009

Lavrov says surprised Poland seeking U.S. protection from Russia

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti: Moscow is surprised at media reports that Poland is seeking to host U.S. troops to protect it from Russia, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday… “If he [Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski] did say that, I am astonished, as we have discussed in detail European security problems that need to be […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Nov 6, 2009

Central Europe needs NATO forces – Polish Minister

By Reuters

From Reuters: Central Europe needs “strategic reassurance” from Washington and NATO forces should be placed in the region to underscore its value to the alliance, Poland’s foreign minister said on Wednesday. The minister, Radoslaw Sikorski, said a visit last month to Poland and the Czech Republic by U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, to ease concerns […]

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Nov 6, 2009

America’s New Partnership with Central Europe

By Jeffrey Lightfoot

In his remarks in Bucharest, the U.S. Vice President Biden celebrated the democratic and economic development of Central and Eastern Europe since the fall of communism twenty years ago.

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