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May 3, 2011

Hungary has the EU’s last functioning embassy in Tripoli

By EurActiv

From EurActiv:  Of all EU countries’ embassies in Libya, only Hungary has a diplomatic presence in Tripoli and provides information to the EU.

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Event Recap

Apr 29, 2011

5th Annual Transatlantic Symposium on the EU’s Common Security and Defense Policy

By Transatlantic Security Initiative

On April 29, 2016 the Atlantic Council partnered with the Delegation of the European Union to the United States and the United States Institute of Peace to organize the 5th Annual Transatlantic Symposium on the EU’s Common Security and Defense Policy (CSDP). This flagship conference is the largest public event hosted each year by the […]

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Apr 29, 2011

NATO in Libya: ” France and the US seem to have switched roles”

By  Dominique Moïsi, the European Voice 

From Dominique Moïsi, the European Voice :  France and the US seem to have switched roles from just a few years ago.

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Apr 28, 2011

CSDP – the Atlantic Alliance’s savior?

By Sarwar Kashmeri, European Geostrategy

From Sarwar Kashmeri, European Geostrategy:  Even before the onset of hostilities in Libya it was obvious to insiders on both sides of the Atlantic that NATO was increasingly dysfunctional.

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Apr 27, 2011

How Libya revealed the huge gap between U.S. and European military might

By Lawrence F. Kaplan, the New Republic

From Lawrence F. Kaplan, the New Republic:  In 1992, the foreign minister of Luxembourg, Jacques Poos, declared that “the hour of Europe” had arrived.

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Apr 27, 2011

Turkey: Bosnia and Serbia should join NATO, EU

By Jovana Gec, the AP

From Jovana Gec, the AP:  Turkey wants to help turn the war-ravaged Balkans into a region of cooperation with a joint future in the European Union and NATO, the Turkish president said Tuesday

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Apr 26, 2011

European mercenaries fighting for Gaddafi, expert says

By Andrew Rettman, the EUobserver

From Andrew Rettman, the EUobserver:  Between 300 and 500 European soldiers of fortune, including EU nationals, are working for Colonel Gaddafi in Libya, a leading criminologist has said.

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Apr 26, 2011

Finish the Job

By James M. Dubik, the New York Times

From James M. Dubik, the New York Times:  In war, leadership is not exercised from the rear by those who seek to risk as little as possible.

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Apr 22, 2011

Humanitarian missions can be cruel

By Eugene Robinson, the Washington Post

From Eugene Robinson, the Washington Post:  President Obama made the intervention possible by giving his approval and committing U.S. assets.

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Apr 22, 2011

Europe Falters in Efforts to Implement the UN Resolution in Libya

By Hugh De Santis

NATO’s management of the UN-sanctioned campaign to take “all necessary measures” to protect Libyan civilians is looking more futile by the day. Reminiscent of Europe’s hapless effort to assert leadership following the breakup of Yugoslavia in 1991, internal bickering has once again precluded military cohesion and made mockery of the European Union’s Common Foreign and Security […]

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