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Aug 25, 2009

Petraeus to open intel training center

By the Washington Times

From the Washington Times: Gen. David H. Petraeus plans to open an in-house intelligence organization at U.S. Central Command this week that will train military officers, covert agents and analysts who agree to focus on Afghanistan and Pakistan for up to a decade. The organization, to be called the Center for Afghanistan Pakistan Excellence, will […]

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Aug 24, 2009

Fears of regime change add new dimension to Russia-Ukraine tensions

By Deutsche Welle

From Deutsche Welle: Medvedev is unlikely to lose much sleep over any EU response should the Kremlin – one way or another – install its favored candidate in the Kyiv hot seat. The EU, currently hugely dependent on Russian gas, imposed no serious penalty on Moscow over the war with Georgia and recent signs hint […]

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Aug 24, 2009

FACTBOX: German parties’ election policies

By Reuters

From Reuters: FOREIGN POLICY * CDU/CSU – Against Turkey joining the EU. Germany should continue its participation in NATO’s mission in Afghanistan. * SPD – Should leave open the possibility of Turkey joining the EU. Chancellor candidate Frank-Walter Steinmeier has said Germany should start thinking about when to pull its troops out of Afghanistan.* FDP […]

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Aug 24, 2009

Afghanistan Mission: Germany’s Steinmeier Calls for Withdrawal Plan

By Spiegel

From Spiegel: German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s challenger in the federal election, Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, says it’s time to think about a timeframe for withdrawing the country’s troops from Afghanistan, where the Bundeswehr has been deployed since 2002. Chancellor candidate Frank-Walter Steinmeier of the center-left Social Democratic Party says that, if his party wins Germany’s […]

NATOSource

Aug 24, 2009

Missile Defense Community Shifts Away from European Third Site in Poland and the Czech Republic

By missiledefenseadvocacy.org

From missiledefenseadvocacy.org: The land-based SM3 could alleviate some of Russia’s concern on the third site due to range and placement of those sites. The system would first be placed in Israel and additional land-based SM3s will likely be placed in Turkey or the Balkan nations if an international agreement could be attained. The placement in […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Aug 24, 2009

Armenia, Azerbaijan Turkey to participate in joint NATO exercise

By Zaman

From Zaman: Armenia, Azerbaijan and Turkey will be among participants of a joint exercise to be held by NATO in Kazakhstan in September, according to an announcement released by the Prime Ministry General Directorate for Emergency Management. NATO’s Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Center (EADRCC) is organizing a Consequence Management Field Exercise in cooperation with Kazakhstan, […]

NATOSource

Aug 24, 2009

The misunderstanding over the NATO expansion that brought decades of grief

By Bill Bradley at Foreign Policy

From Bill Bradley at Foreign Policy: When I spoke with Baker, he agreed that he told Gorbachev that if the Soviet Union allowed German reunification and membership in NATO, the West would not expand NATO ‘one inch to the east.’ But ‘the east,’ for Baker, meant East Germany — not Eastern Europe. The United States […]

United States and Canada

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Aug 24, 2009

The Return of Franco-German Leadership

By Dominique Moisi at project-syndicate.org

From Dominique Moisi at project-syndicate.org: As long as each remains convinced that no alternative to cooperation exists within the EU, and that European cooperation remains a priority for both, it should not be overly difficult to restore their leadership . . . The fundamental question about how to deal with Russia remains a divisive issue, […]

Energy & Environment

New Atlanticist

Aug 24, 2009

The Cost of the War on Climate Change

By Ross Rustici

The challenges posed by climate change are too severe to rely on military institutions that are equipped only to respond to crisis situations.

New Atlanticist

Aug 24, 2009

Afghanistan: War of Necessity?

By Arnaud de Borchgrave

Afghanistan is not only President Obama’s war, but it’s also what he now calls “a war of necessity.” But for Richard Haass, the head of the Council on Foreign Relations who was head of policy planning at the State Department in the run-up to the Iraq War and who voted for Obama, Afghanistan is a […]

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