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Jul 14, 2009

SACEUR hosts North Atlantic Council and Military Committee Sea Day in Rota, Spain

By NATO

From NATO: Admiral James Stavridis, Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR), today hosted NATO’s Secretary General, the Permanent Representatives of the North Atlantic Council (NAC), and the Chairman and members of the Military Committee (MC) at the bi-annual NAC-MC Sea Day held in the Spanish port city of Rota.  (photo: NATO)

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jul 14, 2009

SBU Challenges the FSB in Crimea

By the Jamestown Foundation

From the Jamestown Foundation: In line with implementing stricter security policies in Sevastopol and the Crimea, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) is adopting tougher policies towards Russian intelligence activities in the peninsula. These follow the August 2008 decrees restricting the movement of Russian Black Sea Fleet vessels in and out of Sevastopol without Ukrainian […]

NATOSource

Jul 14, 2009

US destroyer anchors off Georgia for exercises

By AP

From AP: A week after a Moscow summit intended to smooth over the differences between Russia and the U.S., both countries on Tuesday engaged in displays of military might near Russia’s southern border. A U.S. warship anchored off the Black Sea coast of Georgia in preparation for joint naval maneuvers with the ex-Soviet nation, which […]

United States and Canada

New Atlanticist

Jul 14, 2009

At War with Pakistan’s Taliban

By Shuja Nawaz

After years of self-denial, Pakistani society and its government now face the reality of a dangerous – nay, existential – threat to their polity from a home-grown variant of the Afghan Taliban, a movement that was spawned by the U. S. invasion of Afghanistan and grew into a potent political force in the past three […]

New Atlanticist

Jul 14, 2009

European Youth Unemployment Creating Lost Generation?

By James Joyner

At 9.3 percent, unemployment in the European Union is at its highest rate in more than a decade.  For those under 25, however, the rate is more than twice that.

European Union International Organizations

New Atlanticist

Jul 14, 2009

U.S.-China Relations: The Changing Climate of Diplomacy

By Banning Garrett

From the start of the global economic crisis, it has become clear that a new world order has emerged. While the world is increasingly interconnected, it is specifically the U.S.-China relationship that will determine how and if our leaders can meet the major global challenges of the 21st century.

China

New Atlanticist

Jul 13, 2009

Trust-Busting Popular on Both Sides of the Atlantic

By James Joyner

The European Union has long been aggressively using its anti-trust laws to go after large companies who may be abusing their marketplace dominance while the United States has been more inclined to look the other way.  There have been recent signs, however, that a convergence is taking place.

NATOSource

Jul 13, 2009

There’s life in the alliance yet

By the Taipei Times

From the Taipei Times: It is a mistake, however, to believe that extended deterrence depends on parity in numbers of nuclear weapons. Rather, it depends on a combination of capability and credibility. During the Cold War, the US was able to defend Berlin because our promise to do so was made credible by the NATO […]

United States and Canada

NATOSource

Jul 13, 2009

Cleaning up Nato

By the Guardian

From the Guardian: Most of the alliance’s work takes place away from the glare of publicity in an assortment of projects involving over 400 specialised agencies, centres, committees, groups and panels. Why is there no permanent parliamentary committee to monitor these Nato efforts (akin to the European scrutiny committee)?

United Kingdom

New Atlanticist

Jul 13, 2009

Africa’s Future: The West’s Role

By Derek Reveron

President Obama concluded weeks of travel not in Russia or Italy, but in Ghana. While there less than a day, he outlined four areas of partnership that begins, in his words, “from the simple premise that Africa’s future is up to Africans.”

Africa
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