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Time for Obama administration to appreciate European allies

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Jul 16, 2025

Reading between the lines of the new France-UK nuclear entente

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Léonie Allard

French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Kier Starmer released a “truly historic” declaration on nuclear planning on July 10.

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Time for Obama administration to appreciate European allies

New Atlanticist
May 27, 2025

British ambassador to the US: The UK must ‘become less dependent on America, while remaining inseparably linked’

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Peter Mandelson

In speaking at the Atlantic Council’s 2025 Christopher J. Makins Lecture, Peter Mandelson outlined how the United Kingdom and the rest of Europe can foster peace through military, economic, and technological strength.

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Time for Obama administration to appreciate European allies

New Atlanticist
Jan 27, 2025

The case for a US-UK trade and investment agreement

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L. Daniel Mullaney

As US President Donald Trump begins his second term, the United Kingdom is the right partner for the United States, and now is the right time for a deal.

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Feb 13, 2013

Time for Obama administration to appreciate European allies

By Simona Kordosova, New Atlanticist

From Simona Kordosova, New Atlanticist:  [I]f challenged, Europe is more willing and able to carry the security burden than its reputation indicates.

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NATOSource

Feb 13, 2013

Nearly 450 British military drones lost in Iraq and Afghanistan

By Nick Hopkins, Guardian

From Nick Hopkins, Guardian:  Almost 450 drones operated by the British military have crashed, broken down or been lost in action during operations in Afghanistan and Iraq over the last five years, figures reveal.

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NATOSource

Feb 4, 2013

NATO Chief: Mali and Libya exposed gaps in European defense capabilities

By James Blitz, Financial Times

From James Blitz, Financial Times:  France’s military intervention in Mali has provided a fresh indication of how European states rely heavily on the US when trying to conduct their own operations, Nato’s secretary-general has warned.

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New Atlanticist

Jan 31, 2013

Mali: Now What?

By Julian Lindley-French

Oscar Wilde once wrote “One of the many lessons that one learns in prison is that things are what they are and will be what they will be.” As I witness the French, British, and other Europeans rush to offer their very little militaries in support of an expanding Mali mission I am reminded of that […]

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NATOSource

Jan 30, 2013

RAF assumes command of air component of the NATO Response Force

By Britain's Ministry of Defense

From Britain’s Ministry of Defense:  The current incumbents, the German Air Force, were represented by Brigadier General Nolte at a handover of the NRF lead duty to the RAF’s JFACC Air Commodore Martin Sampson at an official ceremony at HQ Air Command.

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NATOSource

Jan 29, 2013

Europe’s army?

By Paul Ames, Global Post

From Paul Ames, Global Post:  [T]here are few troops anywhere in the world better prepared for their task than the marines, foreign legionaries, and other elite French units rolling north to confront the Jihadist militants controlling much of Mali.

European Union International Organizations

New Atlanticist

Jan 29, 2013

Britain’s History of Hedging on Europe

By Rajan Menon

First there was talk of a possible “Grexit,” the forced departure of a bankrupt Greece from the EU. Now, with British prime minister David Cameron’s Wednesday announcement that he will put the question of the UK’s continued membership to vote should his Conservative Party win the 2015 election, there’s speculation about what might be called […]

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Jan 28, 2013

Why France Can’t Fight

By Wall Street Journal

From Wall Street Journal:  The French armed forces field some of the world’s most sophisticated fighter jets, nuclear submarines, attack helicopters and armored vehicles.

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New Atlanticist

Jan 23, 2013

Euro-Realism: Well Said, Prime Minister!

By Julian Lindley-French

In November 1942 Winston Churchill famously said, “This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end, but it is the end of the beginning.” For two years I have waited for Prime Minister Cameron to stand up and make a speech that establishes Britain’s Euro-Realist principles and gives the EU […]

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Jan 22, 2013

Cameron announces Britain to join NATO’s Cyber Defense Center

By NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Center of Excellence

From NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Center of Excellence:  UK Prime Minister David Cameron announced yesterday that UK is determined to join the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence this year. The statement was given during the bilateral meeting with Estonia’s Prime Minister Andrus Ansip. Joining process for UK is expected to be completed within […]

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