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Sep 21, 2009

Secretary of Defense Gates: A Better Missile Defense for a Safer Europe

By the New York Times

From the New York Times: Last week, President Obama — on my recommendation and with the advice of his national-security team and the unanimous support of our senior military leadership — decided to discard that plan in favor of a vastly more suitable approach. In the first phase, to be completed by 2011, we will […]

United States and Canada

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Sep 21, 2009

NATO Military Committee Selects Bornemann to Lead International Military Staff

By NATO

From NATO: During their conference in Lisbon, the 28 NATO Chiefs of Defence (CHODS) selected, “Lieutenant General Jürgen Bornemann (Germany) as the new Director of the International Military Staff, which is the executive agency of the Military Committee. The IMS provides staff support to the Military Committee and is responsible for the preparation of assessments, […]

New Atlanticist

Sep 21, 2009

Debating Afghanistan: Beyond the McChrystal Leak

By James Joyner

An interesting sidebar to the debate sparked by the leak of General McChrystal’s Afghanistan strategy review is the question of how such debates should take place to begin with.

Afghanistan

New Atlanticist

Sep 21, 2009

McChrystal: More Troops or Failure in Afghanistan

By James Joyner

As widely rumored, NATO’s Afghanistan commander has asked President Obama for another sizable increase in troops, otherwise suffer “likely failure.”

Afghanistan

NATOSource

Sep 21, 2009

Turkey to oppose hosting US missile shield, Turkish diplomats say

By Zaman

From Zaman: Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu has denied media reports that Turkey is buying missile interceptors against a threat posed by Iran . . . Turkey has long been sensitive over the deployment of US missile systems on its soil and instead opted to come under the missile shield umbrella of NATO, of which […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Sep 21, 2009

Poland eyes closer EU security ties after shield

By Reuters

From Reuters: Poland should seek closer security ties within Europe following U.S. President Barack Obama’s decision to scrap a Bush-era missile defense plan, Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said on Monday . . . “I hope this will prove a salutary shock, especially for the right end of Poland’s political spectrum,” Sikorski told TOK FM radio, […]

European Union International Organizations

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Sep 21, 2009

Russia Tries to Control the Reset Button

By the New York Times

From the New York Times: When Russia issues a reminder that it wants to buy an advanced, helicopter-carrying warship from France that’s built for amphibious assaults — hello all you folks along the Black, Baltic and Caspian Seas — then it’s pressing deeper its own reset button on altered relations with the United States and […]

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Sep 21, 2009

Missile Defense: What Scowcroft Missed

By Adrian Karatnycky

Brent Scowcroft has issued a strong statement of support for President Obama’s decision to scrap George Bush’s planned missile shield in Poland and the Czech Republic in favor of a sea-based system.  General Scowcroft, however, elides the main point. While there may be a strong case in favor of the Aegis alternative, the announcement should […]

Central Europe Eastern Europe

NATOSource

Sep 19, 2009

Russia says it won’t deploy missiles near Poland

By the AP

From the AP: Russia said Saturday it will scrap a plan to deploy missiles near Poland since Washington has dumped a planned missile shield in Eastern Europe . . . Russia’s Deputy Defense Minister Vladimir Popovkin told Ekho Moskvy radio Saturday that [President Barack] Obama’s move has made the deployment of Iskander short-range missiles in […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Sep 19, 2009

Russia calls on NATO to recognize Collective Security Treaty Organization

By the Azeri-Press Agency (APA)

From the Azeri-Press Agency (APA): Russia’s envoy to NATO Dmitry Rogozin called on the military alliance to recognize the Collective Security Treaty Organization . . . “This is ridiculous and unserious attitude. NATO is aware that the Collective Security Treaty Organization is preparing programs on ensuring security in the Central Asia. I hope Collective Security […]

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