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British Security Policy – the US or the EU?: Choose Your Partners

By Anand Menon, Chatham House

NATO Units discover live mine during exercise BALTOPS 2010

By NATO Maritime Command

From NATO Maritime Command: During the latest exercise, BALTOPS 2010, currently taking place in the Gulf of Finland NATO units not only found and destroyed the dummy exercise mines but they also found a few live mines and other underwater explosive devices which had lain on the sea bed since World War 2.

There’s No Such Thing as a ‘Reset’ Button

By José María Aznar, Foreign Policy

From José María Aznar, Foreign Policy:  The United States and its allies have all the tools at their disposal to defeat our shared enemies. Success will depend on three basic commitments: American leadership, a stronger Europe, and a common transatlantic vision.

US Army to close almost all sites in two German cities

By DPA

From DPA:  The US Army said Wednesday it would close almost all its sites in two German cities, Heidelberg and Mannheim, where it has maintained bases since 1945.

Stephen Walt: “a large U.S. presence isn’t central to European security any longer”

By Stephen Walt, Foreign Policy

The merits of a Russian relationship

By John Kerry, Politico

From John Kerry, Politico:  One year ago, the Obama administration launched an initiative to “reset” relations with Russia. As Russian President Dmitri Medvedev lands in Washington Tuesday, it’s clear that the outreach — which carried significant diplomatic and political risk — is paying off. … The cornerstone of our new cooperation is a new strategic arms […]

Who best articulates why the Allies are in Afghanistan, Clinton or Espersen?

SECRETARY CLINTON:  Now, certainly, we know how hard this is and we believe that this is in our national security interest and the national security interest of our NATO allies and other partners who have voluntarily joined ISAF for this effort. No one likes war.

U.S.-Russia Relations Under the Obama Administration

By Philip H. Gordon, the Department of State

From Philip H. Gordon, the Department of State:  When President Obama came into office less than six months after the Georgia war, U.S.-Russian relations were at their lowest point in years and perhaps in the post-Cold War period.

U.S. Official: the Kyrgyz Government is Having “Trouble Exercising Command over the Security Forces”

By Clifford J. Levy, the New York Times

From Clifford J. Levy, the New York Times:  The provisional Kyrgyz government has lost control of large areas in the southern part of the country because of its failure to quell attacks that have killed at least several hundred ethnic Uzbeks, and possibly many more. As many as 400,000 have fled their homes. … On […]