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New Atlanticist

Aug 10, 2009

Weak Russia, Dangerous Russia

By Donald Bandler and Jakub Kulhanek

The reaction from the American defense establishment to news that Russian submarines have been operating off the U.S. coast has been fairly nonchalant, bordering on smug. The submarine operation is widely seen as a rather feeble show of strength by the Russian military after a series of embarrassments over botched missile tests and undistinguished conduct […]

Russia

NATOSource

Aug 9, 2009

Britain’s Afghan role could last “30 to 40 years” – general

By Reuters

From Reuters: Britain could play some role in Afghanistan until 2050, the next head of the British army said in an interview published on Saturday. General Sir David Richards, who becomes chief of the general staff later this month, said Britain’s military involvement should only be needed for the medium term before giving way to […]

United Kingdom

NATOSource

Aug 9, 2009

Minister: Germany could be in Afghanistan for another 10 years

By topnews.in

From topnews.in: German Defence Minister Franz Josef Jung said in a newspaper interview Saturday that the country’s armed forces could be in Afghanistan for up to 10 more years “until the security situation stabilizes for good.” Jung told the Bild daily that in order to bring stability to the northern province of Kunduz, over which […]

New Atlanticist

Aug 7, 2009

Cyber Attack Shuts Down Twitter and Facebook

By James Joyner

Yesterday, Twitter, Facebook, and other popular social media sites were brought to a halt by distributed denial of service attacks.  It appears the target was a lone blogger in Georgia and the attack was timed to coincide with the anniversary of Russia’s invasion of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Aug 7, 2009

NATO boss wades into Canadian politics with Afghan plea

By the Globe and Mail

From the Globe and Mail: NATO’s new secretary-general is broaching what is apparently the unthinkable in Canadian politics today, urging Ottawa to keep combat troops in Afghanistan past a planned exit date of 2011. “Of course, I’m not going to interfere with domestic politics in individual allied nations, but seen from an alliance point of […]

NATOSource

Aug 7, 2009

One year on: Georgia rebounds from war with Russia

By the Telegraph

From the Telegraph: In violation of the peace agreement signed by President Medvedev, over 10,000 Russian troops remain in these two Georgian territories. Their presence is more threatening now that Russia has blocked the extension of neutral UN and OSCE monitors whose mission was to safeguard human rights and observe troop movements . . . […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Aug 7, 2009

Georgia to go ahead with policy toward joining NATO – Saakashvili

By ITAR-TASS

From ITAR-TASS: Georgia will go ahead with its policy toward joining NATO, because this course has no alternative, President Mikhail Saakashvili said on Thursday. “That policy was selected by a large majority of the population in the January 5, 2008 plebiscite (77 percent of the participants then said they would like their country to be […]

New Atlanticist

Aug 7, 2009

There Is a Military Option on Iran

By Chuck Wald

In a policy address at the Council on Foreign Relations last month, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said of Iran, “We cannot be afraid or unwilling to engage.” But the Iranian government has yet to accept President Obama’s outstretched hand. Even if Tehran suddenly acceded to talks, U.S. policy makers must prepare for the eventuality […]

Iran

New Atlanticist

Aug 7, 2009

U.S.-China Strategic & Economic Dialogue

By Patrick deGategno and Damien Tomkins

If you think the first U.S.-China Strategic & Economic Dialogue last week lacked substance, you are wrong.  It was a promising step in the growing bilateral relationship.

China United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Aug 7, 2009

The Global War on Terror Now Just A Global War on Terror

By Bernard Finel

John Brennan, President Obama’s senior advisor on terrorism, gave a speech yesterday that was supposed to signal something of a new approach to the challenge. But in proclaiming that al Qaeda “remains the most serious terrorist threat we face as a nation” and “the most immediate and extreme threat to global security the possibility that […]

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