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New Atlanticist

Oct 8, 2009

Calling President Blair

By Nicholas Siegel

We may soon have an answer to Henry Kissinger’s infamous question: “Who do I call when I want to call Europe?”  And, depending on how things go, it could become a very familiar phone number.

European Union International Organizations

New Atlanticist

Oct 8, 2009

The Lisbon Treaty and EU Foreign Policy: The View from Europe

By Benjamin Preisler

After the resounding Irish approval of the Lisbon Treaty, its ratification is almost assured … pending signatures of the euroskeptic Polish and Czech Presidents that is.

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Oct 8, 2009

New Missile Plan Would Link Allies’ Radar, Other Systems

By the Washington Post

From the Washington Post: Lt. Gen. Patrick O’Reilly, director of the Pentagon’s Missile Defense Agency, defended that decision Wednesday, saying that the linking of U.S. and allied radar systems with satellites and other sensors would allow officials to follow the path of launched missiles throughout their flight. “This capability did not exist five years ago,” […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Oct 8, 2009

SecGen Rasmussen: “This Alliance is about sharing security, but that doesn’t just mean sharing the benefits.”

By NATO

From NATO: The United States must know and see that in difficult times, indeed precisely when it is most difficult, this Alliance stands together and contributes together. If the United States do not see that now, I am afraid many in the U.S. will wonder about Europe as a real partner in security. And that […]

New Atlanticist

Oct 8, 2009

Will Biden’s Reassurance Trip Succeed?

By Nikolas Gvosdev

Politico’s Laura Rozen is reporting that Vice President Joe Biden will travel later this month to Romania, the Czech Republic and Poland. The vice president is emerging as the administration’s “perestrakhovshchik” – the “reinsurer.”

Energy & Environment

New Atlanticist

Oct 8, 2009

Afghanistan: The Options Debate

By Don Snow

During the past week, General Stanley McChrystal’s leaked redacted report on his needs for prosecuting the war in Afghanistan has sparked an increasingly public debate about where US policy should be heading. One fascinating aspect of this debate surrounds the leaking of the McChrystal recommendations to Washington Post analyst Bob Woodward: who did it? and […]

Afghanistan

NATOSource

Oct 7, 2009

Somali pirates attack French military flagship

By AFP

From AFP: Somali pirates attempted to storm the French navy’s 18,000 tonne flagship in the Indian Ocean after mistaking it for a cargo vessel, the French military said on Wednesday. The crew of La Somme, a 160-metre (525-foot) command vessel and fuel tanker, easily saw off the brazen night-time assault by lightly armed fighters on […]

NATOSource

Oct 7, 2009

NATO to Start Training Afghan Police

By the New York Times

From the New York Times: NATO, criticized by the United States for not doing enough in Afghanistan, will start training the Afghan police in the coming weeks, the alliance’s new leader said. The move by NATO, which said in April that it would take on such a role but did not provide details until now, […]

NATOSource

Oct 7, 2009

NATO chief: US allies must do more in Afghanistan

By the AP

From the AP: America’s allies risk eroding NATO’s trans-Altantic defense pact if they do not contribute more to the Afghan mission, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the alliance secretary general, said Wednesday. Fogh Rasmussen said there must be a “fair balance” between what the United States does to stabilize Afghanistan and what its allies do, but that […]

NATOSource

Oct 7, 2009

NATO Chief on EU-Backed Report on War

By Civil Georgia

From Civil Georgia: NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, said when asked if the findings of the EU-commissioned report on the August war would influence on Georgia’s aspiration to join the alliance, that the report “will not have any impact on the decisions already made in NATO…” On the report itself NATO Secretary General said: […]

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