United Nations

Greece concerned about Turkey’s future in NATO

By Ben Birnbaum, the Washington Times

From Ben Birnbaum, the Washington Times:  Turkey’s growing ties to Iran and opposition to NATO missile defenses targeting Tehran are raising "many doubts about Turkey’s future" among officials in the alliance, Greece’s No. 2 defense official says.

Should NATO’s New Strategic Concept discuss the role of women?

By Katrin Bennhold, the New York Times

From Katrin Bennhold, the New York Times:  When NATO unveils its new doctrine later this month, it will include a revamped nuclear policy, a section on cyberwar and fresh thinking on how to engage Russia. But will it follow a little-noticed recommendation (from an expert group led by Madeleine Albright, a former U.S. secretary of […]

State Dept. official evaluates transatlantic relations under Obama

By Philip Gordon, the U.S. Department of State

From Philip Gordon, the U.S. Department of State:  [O]n working with Europe on global challenges, we have worked together as never before with our European partners on Afghanistan, on Iran, on missile defense, and on global economic recovery.

Russia may sell S-300 missiles to Venezuela, instead of Iran – analyst

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  Russia’s S-300 air defense systems, which Moscow refused to deliver to Iran following a new round of UN sanctions against the Islamic Republic, could be sold to Venezuela instead, a Russian arms trade expert said on Friday.

Pakistan in NATO?

By Derek Reveron, Nikolas Gvosdev and Hayat Alvi, the New Atlanticist

9/11 Imbroglio

By Arnaud de Borchgrave

No sooner did Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad suggest from the rostrum of the U.N. General Assembly that most of the world believes the U.S. government was involved in a 9/11 conspiracy, than 32 nations followed the U.S. delegation as it walked out. These were members of NATO, the European Union (21 countries are members of […]

Russia received NATO invitation, but won’t attend Lisbon until questions are answered

By the Kyiv Post

From the Kyiv Post:  Russia has received an official invitation to attend NATO’s summit in Lisbon in November, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. "We received an invitation just as I was about to leave for New York [on September 19]. We are now drafting a report to the president," Lavrov told Rossiya 1 television […]

Critical Questions on Iran

By Stuart Eizenstat and Mark Brzezinski

A confluence of events in the next few weeks again will put Iran at the top of the Obama administration’s foreign policy agenda and could shape its course in the months ahead. The annual United Nations General Assembly this week is likely to include another anti-American, anti-Western, anti-Israel rant from Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, while […]

At the U.N., Turkey Asserts Itself in Prominent Ways

By Mark Landler, the New York Times