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Why NATO is Staying Out of Syria Conflict

New Atlanticist
Sep 19, 2025

Three things to note in the UK’s new Defence Industrial Strategy

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Deborah Cheverton

“Defence is an Engine for Growth,” according to an important new British military strategy published on September 8.

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Why NATO is Staying Out of Syria Conflict

New Atlanticist
Jul 17, 2025

Macron and Starmer have a plan to reset Anglo-French relations. What’s in this ‘Entente Industrielle’?

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Philippe Dickinson

The French president’s three-day trip to the United Kingdom saw several notable and welcome announcements. But the real test will be what comes next.

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Why NATO is Staying Out of Syria Conflict

New Atlanticist
Jun 4, 2025

The UK Strategic Defence Review lays out an ambitious roadmap for reform. Will the government deliver?

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AM Sir Christopher Harper, KBE, RAF (Ret.)

The review is a positive step toward revitalizing the United Kingdom’s defense posture, but its success will depend on funding and follow-through.

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Jun 7, 2013

Why NATO is Staying Out of Syria Conflict

By James Joyner, New Atlanticist

From James Joyner, New Atlanticist:  NATO secretary general Anders Fogh Rasmussen reiterated Friday that the Alliance will not intervene militarily in Syria.

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NATOSource

Jun 6, 2013

Germany and Italy Commit to Leadership Roles in Post-2014 Afghanistan Mission

By Ken Dilanian, Los Angeles Times

From Ken Dilanian, Los Angeles Times:  Germany and Italy have committed to join the United States in helping to train Afghan troops after combat operations cease at the end of next year, U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Wednesday.

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NATOSource

Jun 3, 2013

Defense Ministers to Discuss NATO’s Cyber Defenses

By Jerome Rivet, AFP

From Jerome Rivet, AFP:  Defense ministers from NATO’s 28 member states meet on Tuesday with cyber-defence top of the agenda, amid concerns about the threat posed by increasing cyber-attacks, many blamed on China. “The challenge evolves all the time, probably (much faster) than any other type of threat we face at the moment,” said one […]

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NATOSource

Jun 3, 2013

NATO Starts Security Drills in the Baltics

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti:  NATO countries start on Monday large-scale security cooperation exercises on the territory of the former Soviet republics in the Baltic region, the Estonian military said.

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New Atlanticist

May 29, 2013

The Battle of the Atlantic

By Julian Lindley-French

Winston Churchill said “The only thing that ever frightened me during the war was the U-boat peril”. Last Friday in Moscow’s Victory Park I had the honor of an escorted visit to the Hall of Memory and Sorrow in which 2650 ‘teardrops’ commemorate the 26.5 million Russian war dead. It was a truly moving experience. Here in Oslo […]

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NATOSource

May 20, 2013

NATO MPs to Visit Israel to Examine Weapons R&D

By Lahav Harkov, Jerusalem Post

From Lahav Harkov, Jerusalem Post:  A NATO Parliamentary Assembly committee will examine Israeli research and development in the field of security technology, MKs learned Sunday in Luxembourg.

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New Atlanticist

May 20, 2013

Hollande’s Europe

By Julian Lindley-French

“It is my responsibility as a leader of a founder member of the European Union…to pull Europe out of this torpor that has gripped it, and to reduce people’s disenchantment with it.  If Europe stays in the state it is in now, it could be the end of the project.”  Europe owes French President Francois Hollande a […]

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New Atlanticist

May 17, 2013

Dambusters

By Julian Lindley-French

All of we Brits of a certain age remember the film.  Richard Todd coolly leading his elite squadron of Lancaster bombers into attack the Mohne, Eder, and Sorpe dams.  British stiff-upper lip and brilliant “bouncing bomb” technology combining against the backdrop of a stirring but peculiarly 1950s soundtrack to deal the Nazis a crippling blow.  Seventy years […]

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NATOSource

May 16, 2013

NATO’s Plan for Afghanistan Post-2014: A ‘Stable Instability’

By Michael Hirsh, Atlantic

From Michael Hirsh, Atlantic:  Senior commanders with the American-led International Security Assistance Force, which consists of 28 NATO countries and 22 other participating nations, say that substantial aid and military support is going to be necessary well after the scheduled withdrawal at the end of 2014.

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NATOSource

May 15, 2013

Gap Between French Ambitions and Cuts in Deployable Forces

By Julian Lindley-French, New Atlanticist

From Julian Lindley-French, New Atlanticist:  On 29 April the French published their first defense review in over twenty years.

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