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May 21, 2011

NATO and the EU: Centrifugal Forces and Fragmentation?

By Ioan Mircea Pascu, the New Atlanticist

From Ioan Mircea Pascu, the New Atlanticist:  While we, the former allies of the Soviet Union were watching attentively that behaviour, drawing the right conclusions in regard to our future security

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May 20, 2011

NATO and the EU: Centrifugal Forces and Fragmentation?

By Ioan Mircea Pascu

Even before the adoption of the New Strategic Concept and the Lisbon Summit, one of the major concerns of the new allies, namely us from East-Central Europe, was the necessity that NATO retains the capacity to honour its fundamental obligation to guarantee the security of its members. That was so because, on the one hand, […]

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May 19, 2011

The European Onion and European Defence

By Julian Lindley-French

Deepest, darkest Yorkshire – The Awakening. When I was a lad my grandmother’s house in Sheffield had an outside toilet. This was not uncommon in the grittier parts of the Yorkshire industrial belt. There was a phrase used at the time to describe someone or something that had ideas above their station. “It is like […]

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May 19, 2011

The Limits of Military Force

By Christopher M. Schnaubelt, the International Herald Tribune

From Christopher M. Schnaubelt, the International Herald Tribune:  As the third month of military operations begins, the NATO-led efforts to protect civilians in Libya are subject to a vast array of questions.

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May 17, 2011

NATO is evaluating extending its training mission in Iraq to 2013

By NATOSource

From NATOSource:  Italian Army Maj. Gen. Claudio Angelelli, deputy commander of NATO Training Mission Iraq (NTM-I), recently briefed SHAPE National Military Representatives and NATO’s Military Committee on extending the NTM-I in Iraq through the end of 2013.

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May 17, 2011

The role of EU defense policy in the Eastern neighborhood

By Ariella Huff, European Union Institute for Security Studies

From Ariella Huff, European Union Institute for Security Studies:  The launch of the EU’s Eastern Partnership in 2009 intended to signal a new, elevated level of EU engagement with its Eastern neighbourhood.

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May 16, 2011

International prosecutors seek arrest warrant for Moammar Gaddafi

By Michael Birnbaum, the Washington Post

From Michael Birnbaum, the Washington Post:  Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court requested arrest warrants Monday for Moammar Gaddafi, his son Saif al-Islam Gaddafi and Libyan intelligence chief Abdullah Senussi

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May 12, 2011

German Foreign Policy: The unadventurous eagle

By the Economist

From the Economist:  “Germany has entered a new era of ambivalence and nationalist calculation,” wrote Roger Cohen, a New York Times columnist.

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May 11, 2011

Poland’s foreign minister makes unexpected trip to Libya

By thenews.pl

From thenews.pl:  Poland’s foreign minister Radek Sikorski has made a previously unannounced trip to the Libyan rebel-controlled city of Benghazi.

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May 11, 2011

U.N. chief Ban calls for ceasefire in Libya

By Guy Desmond, Reuters

From Guy Desmond, Reuters:  U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on Wednesday for an "immediate, verifiable cease-fire" in Libya where rebels are fighting to end Muammar Gaddafi’s 41 years in power.

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