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Sep 26, 2009

Belgium to join Sheppard AFB program

By the Times Record News

From the Times Record News: Belgium will be reentering the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training Program at Sheppard’s 80th Flying Training Wing next year, and the business of training NATO air warriors will continue as usual, according to ENJJPT steering committee chairman Brig. Gen. Franco Marsiglia, commander of the Italian Air Force Academy. The steering […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Sep 26, 2009

Before German Vote, Qaeda Threatens Europe

By the New York Times

From the New York Times: In a new recording, the leader of Al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, urged European nations on Friday to withdraw their troops from Afghanistan, with a veiled threat of reprisals and an allusion to past bombings in Madrid and London… For Germany, the message, which was posted online, was the fourth […]

United Kingdom

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Sep 25, 2009

Germany and Russia: likely bedfellows

By the Guardian

From the Guardian: Germany is Russia’s closest ally inside Europe. Berlin remains a pragmatic advocate for Russia within the EU and Nato – to the point of defending Moscow from attacks by the new EU members of eastern Europe. There are, of course, sound reasons for this: Germany is Russia’s biggest export and trading partner. […]

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NATOSource

Sep 25, 2009

Europe must stand up for Georgia

By the Guardian

From the Guardian: As Europe remembers the shame of the Ribbentrop-Molotov pact of 1939 and the Munich agreement of 1938, and as it prepares to celebrate the fall of the Berlin wall and the iron curtain in 1989, one question arises in our minds: Have we learned the lessons of history? Put another way, are […]

NATOSource

Sep 25, 2009

Shooting down a plan

By the Economist

From the Economist: But Czech and Polish politicians feel abandoned. They pushed for the scheme in the face of Russian threats and sceptical public opinion at home. They hoped that a permanent American military presence in their countries meant a stronger commitment to defend their territory than the paper guarantee offered by NATO. To make […]

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Sep 25, 2009

Transatlantic Inequality

By James Joyner

Mark Mardell, the BBC’s newly minted North America editor, offers an interesting take on the so-called “Special Relationship.”

NATOSource

Sep 24, 2009

Eastern Europe feels like the desert of Nato

By NRC Handelsblad

From NRC Handelsblad: Nato sees Eastern Europe as “a desert”, a high-ranking Polish official said last week . . . Countries like Poland and the Czech Republic are disappointed at what it means to belong to Nato, they say. After they joined the alliance, no scenarios were prepared in the event they were attacked, which […]

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NATOSource

Sep 24, 2009

Russian war games worry Poland

By Polish Radio

From Polish Radio: “Russian and Belarusian army military near the Polish border is a clear warning sign to Poland from the Kremlin,” claims Defence Minister Bogdan Klich. The military manoeuvres, called “West 2009,” taking place in Belarus, are the biggest joint military training operation by Russian and Belarusian armies since the establishment of the Union […]

New Atlanticist

Sep 24, 2009

Did Obama Snub Brown?

By James Joyner

The Telegraph blares the headline “Barack Obama rebuffs Gordon Brown as ‘special relationship’ sinks to new low” over a piece alleging relations have gotten frosty since the Lockerbie bomber was released.  Brown says this is nonsense.

United Kingdom

New Atlanticist

Sep 24, 2009

Afghanistan: The Intervention Dilemma

By Don Snow

The military dimension of the counterinsurgency in Afghanistan requires establishing a high enough degree of security in the country that the Afghan people will transfer their loyalty away from the Taliban (or will feel adequately unthreatened by the likelihood of a Taliban return to express opposition to the insurgents). As noted in a previous posting […]

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