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New Atlanticist

Jun 17, 2009

Knowing When to Act

By Harlan Ullman

If you are president of the United States, how do you know when things are going wrong, and what to do about it, especially when the evidence is hidden in clear sight? These may be the toughest questions and conditions any president will face. Given the extraordinary pace with which the Obama administration has attacked […]

New Atlanticist

Jun 17, 2009

Whither the Social Democrats?

By Nicholas Siegel

As Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Germany’s current Foreign Minister and Hail Mary Social Democratic candidate for Chancellor in the September elections, began to speak at his inaugural campaign rally this Sunday in Berlin, Europe’s socialists held their collective breath. 

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New Atlanticist

Jun 17, 2009

Negotiating with Iran without Preconditions

By James Joyner

Atlantic senior editor Andrew Sullivan has a short post up titled “No Recognition Of Ahmadinejad” in which he asserts, “This is the first and absolute requirement of all Western governments. The disgusting visuals of Medvedev and Ahmadinejad yesterday must not be repeated.”

New Atlanticist

Jun 17, 2009

Georgia after UNOMIG and EUMM

By David Smith

Russia on Monday kiboshed the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG).  Throughout the day, UN Security Council members failed to agree upon a two week extension that would have provided time for further negotiations.

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NATOSource

Jun 17, 2009

NATOSource: State Department view of the future of Ukraine and Georgia in NATO

By U.S. Department of State

Statement by Philip H. Gordon, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, before the Subcommittee on Europe of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. From U.S. Department of State: “The United States strongly supports the right of both Ukraine and Georgia to pursue their membership aspirations in NATO. To achieve NATO membership, both countries […]

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NATOSource

Jun 17, 2009

NATO boss says Afghan strategy was flawed

By Reuters

From Reuters: “Making individual NATO members responsible for specific provinces in Afghanistan has hindered international cooperation efforts, NATO chief Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said in a magazine interview. ‘All countries like to think they are the champions of reconstruction,’ NATO Secretary General De Hoop Scheffer said in an interview with Dutch magazine Vrij Nederland on […]

NATOSource

Jun 17, 2009

Military Reform Exposes Tension within the Russian Government

By the Jamestown Foundation

From the Jamestown Foundation: “General Makarov [Chief of the General Staff Army] confirmed this during a press conference on June 5, also characterizing the military reform as a response to the conventional strength of Western forces: ‘The U.S. and NATO armed forces’ superiority, many times over, in their general-purpose forces in all strategic sectors, is […]

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NATOSource

Jun 17, 2009

Russia Loses Allies

By Heritage

From Heritage: “The other day, Minsk unveiled the likelihood of introducing border and customs controls on the Russian border. This move actually signifies an end of the unified state project. Lukashenko is clearly looking to the EU’s support in his standoff against Moscow and is counting on the Kremlin’s deep appreciation of Belarus’ geopolitical position […]

NATOSource

Jun 17, 2009

U.S. expert says Ukraine’s joining NATO won’t guarantee support in case of military intervention

By Kyiv Post

From Kyiv Post: “A senior fellow at the Cato Institute (Washington, the United States), Doug Bandow, has said that Ukraine’s joining NATO will not guarantee the country full-scale protection in the case of any military attack. ‘The fundamental question during Ukraine’s accession to NATO is how much such an action would really ensure the country’s […]

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NATOSource

Jun 17, 2009

NATOSource: Belarus and Uzbekistan refuse to join Russia’s new rapid reaction force

By Associated Press

From Associated Press: “Two former Soviet republics refused to sign onto a deal Sunday to create a NATO-style rapid-reaction force for a Moscow-dominated security alliance, undermining a Kremlin bid to bolster its power and prestige amid a struggle with the West for regional clout. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko angrily boycotted the Moscow summit of the […]

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