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Jul 29, 2009

Priorities for Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO’s New Secretary General

By Heritage

From Heritage: Rasmussen’s experience working at the heart of the European Union gives him an inside edge on how best to reshape NATO-EU relations. The reintegration of France into NATO’s military command structures, coupled with the Obama Administration’s inclination toward a deeply integrated European Union (EU), threatens to hand over the primacy of NATO in […]

European Union International Organizations

New Atlanticist

Jul 29, 2009

British Conservatives Back Away from Afghanistan

By Steve Hynd

In two scathing op-eds today, the conservative Daily Mail set out a framework for British conservative thinking on the ongoing Afghanistan occupation which is seriously at odds with their American cousins.

Afghanistan United Kingdom

New Atlanticist

Jul 29, 2009

Flight of the F-22

By Harlan Ullman

‘Tis a pity that the F-22 Raptor was not named the Phoenix in the hopes that, despite the best attempts of Republican and Democratic presidents and secretaries of defense to contain the program, it would magically rise again from the ashes. Last week’s vote in the Senate sealed the fate of this most advanced fighter […]

New Atlanticist

Jul 28, 2009

Biden Georgia Visit Could Be Historic

By David Smith

US Vice President Joe Biden stormed Tbilisi last week with a message of American support for Georgian territorial integrity, sovereignty and democracy. 

The Caucasus

New Atlanticist

Jul 28, 2009

Afghanistan Exit Scenario?

By Arnaud de Borchgrave

At the beginning of 2009 Gen. David Petraeus, the new CENTCOM commander, assumed command of a huge theater that stretches from the Horn of Africa to Saudi Arabia, the Persian Gulf, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan, right up to the Indian border.

Afghanistan

New Atlanticist

Jul 28, 2009

Transatlantic Partnership under the Obama Administration

By Damon Wilson

This month’s G-8 Summit in Italy marked President Obama’s third visit to Europe in the first six months of his Presidency.

European Union International Organizations

New Atlanticist

Jul 27, 2009

Smart Power Requires Smart Talk

By James Joyner

Michael Kinsley famously observed that, “A gaffe is when a politician tells the truth.” Vice President Joe Biden’s recent comments about Russia are a classic example.

Russia

NATOSource

Jul 26, 2009

General Stoltz — First French general to lead Joint Command Lisbon

By NATO

From NATO: The change of command marks the first time that a French General assumes command of a NATO headquarters since France announced its return to NATO’s military command structure earlier this year . . . Joint Command Lisbon is, along with its sister headquarters in Naples and Brunssum, one of three NATO’s operational level […]

NATOSource

Jul 25, 2009

Britain opts out of NATO cyber centre

By defencemanagement.com

From defencemanagement.com: Britain will not take part in a NATO cyber security and warfare scheme due to the conflicting interests that participation would cause with other government departments and allies. NATO members Estonia, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia and Spain are all sponsoring a cyber defence and warfare centre that is being setup in Estonia […]

Cybersecurity Security & Defense

NATOSource

Jul 25, 2009

Kyiv Accuses Russia Of Stirring Tensions Over Fleet

By Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

From Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: “Ukraine’s top security body accused Russia on July 24 of stirring up tensions between the two countries after it tried to transport cruise missiles through the streets of the southern Ukrainian town of Sevastopol . . . Ukrainian police said on July 23 officers blocked from leaving the base a […]

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