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New Atlanticist

Sep 30, 2009

Making Nuclear Weapons Impotent and Obsolete

By Harlan Ullman

On March 23, 1983, in a speech to the nation announcing the Strategic Defense Initiative, U.S. President Ronald Reagan pledged to make “nuclear weapons impotent and obsolete.” The left immediately attacked Reagan and his initiative was ridiculed as “Star Wars.” Ironically, President Barack Obama is on his way to making good on Reagan’s pledge. And […]

New Atlanticist

Sep 30, 2009

Dining with a Dictator

By Andrew Kessinger

Very rarely are mere students afforded the chance to meet with heads of state. So when invited to dine with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad last week, I accepted.

NATOSource

Sep 29, 2009

E.U. Report to Place Blame on Both Sides in Georgia War

By the New York Times

From the New York Times: After a lengthy inquiry, investigators commissioned by the European Union are expected to conclude that Georgia ignited last year’s war with Russia by attacking separatists in South Ossetia, rejecting the Georgian government’s explanation that the attack was defensive, according to an official familiar with the investigators’ work. But the report […]

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Sep 29, 2009

Germany’s New Government Faces Tough Work Abroad

By Spiegel

From Spiegel: But the most pressing problem will likely be the development of a new course in Afghanistan, [director of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), Volker] Perthes says. Although the Afghanistan mission, he says, is not a ‘vital question for NATO’ — the alliance is too stable for that — Germany’s […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Sep 29, 2009

EU steps up Georgia patrols before war report

By the AP

From the AP: On the eve of a European Union report on who started the Russia-Georgia war, EU monitors have stepped up their patrols in Georgia to try to keep tensions from boiling over into violence, an official said Tuesday. The August 2008 war ended with Russian soldiers driving Georgia forces out of the separatist […]

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Sep 29, 2009

The EU to use the Maritime Battlegroups more effectively

By thegovmonitor.com

From thegovmonitor.com: “Use the EU’s battlegroups more flexibly” It must become easier to put the EU’s battlegroups into action in crises. In addition, better cooperation between civilian and military actors is needed, to contribute to improved maritime surveillance and more effective peace support operations. This is what the Swedish Presidency emphasised at Monday’s meeting of […]

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Sep 29, 2009

Lugar Wants ‘Boots on the Ground’ in Eastern Europe

By the New Atlanticist

From the New Atlanticist: Senator Richard Lugar, speaking at the Atlantic Council, made a passionate plea for a stronger NATO commitment to East and Central Europe, including “boots on the ground…” “The risk is that whatever strategic benefit the Alliance might realize from the new version of missile defense will be outweighed by the intra-Alliance […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Sep 29, 2009

NATOSource: Sec. Gen. Rasmussen Highlights Alliance Unity and Calls for Change In Afghanistan Policy

By NATO

From NATO: First and foremost, all 28 NATO countries are in the mission. Without exception. That is solidarity. And there are 13 other countries, all NATO partners, with troops in the field as well: 41 countries in total, NATO and non-NATO, but all under NATO command. This is no ad-hoc coalition of the willing – […]

New Atlanticist

Sep 29, 2009

Obama Muddling Through

By Arnaud de Borchgrave

President Obama the juggler has been spinning too many plates.

New Atlanticist

Sep 29, 2009

Seeds of New World Order Planted in Pittsburgh

By Robert Manning

It was overshadowed not least by revelations of a new secret Iranian enrichment facility. But in the fullness of time, decisions taken at the Pittsburgh G-20 Summit contain the seeds of what may evolve into a reshaping of the global order.

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