United States and Canada

The United States has enjoyed an unparalleled period of peace and prosperity since the end of the Second World War, due to its construction of a rules-based international order and maintenance of close alliances and partnerships. Canada has been a key partner for the United States, both due to their close economic links and their shared border, the world’s longest at 5,525 miles. Canada is also a key NATO ally for the United States and is active in international diplomacy around the world.

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Apr 12, 2010

Turkey’s Bid to Join NATO’s Cyber Defense Team to be Reviewed in May

By Zaman

From Zaman:  In an exclusive interview with Sunday’s Zaman, Ilmar Tamm, the director of the Cooperative Cyber Defense Center of Excellence (CCDCOE) in Tallinn, said he expects a steering committee meeting to be held in May to review Turkey’s application to become a full member and hopefully announce a date for a signing ceremony. Membership […]

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Apr 9, 2010

Obama’s Dinner with Central European Leaders: Alternative Views

By the Economist

From the Economist: The president was in Prague to sign a new nuclear disarmament agreement with Russia. Even the twitchiest ex-communist countries don’t mind that. The choice of a key American ally as the signing location was meant to signal America’s continued commitment to the region’s security. Mr Obama could have simply headed home after […]

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Apr 9, 2010

Obama’s Dinner with Central European Leaders: A Positive View

By Reuters

From Reuters: President Barack Obama met leaders of NATO allies in central and eastern Europe on Thursday to soothe fears that better U.S. relations with Russia might mean weaker security links with the former Soviet satellites. … "This notion that somehow if we work with Russia that’s to the disadvantage of our allies, like the […]

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Apr 9, 2010

U.S. Russia Considering Cooperation on Kyrgyzstan

By the AP

From the AP: U.S. officials said Thursday they’re working closely with Russia to respond to the uprising in Kyrgyzstan despite previous conflict over a military base in the Central Asian nation. … Michael McFaul, Obama’s senior director for Russian affairs, emphasized that the U.S. did not view the conflict as any kind of proxy struggle […]

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Apr 9, 2010

NATO’s Response Force Conducts Maritime Excercise

By Allied Command Operations

From Allied Command Operations:  NATO’s Response Force (NRF) will conduct Exercise Brilliant Mariner between 12-22 April in the Northern and Baltic Sea to ensure they are fully prepared to respond as required to world-wide operations or crisis situations. The maritime exercise will include 6,500 military personnel from 11 NATO nations, including France as Maritime commander, […]

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Apr 9, 2010

Rasmussen: NATO’s Problems and Promise

By NATO

From NATO: Diplomats, defense ministries and development experts sit together, plan together and operate together, including in Provincial Reconstruction Teams all over Afghanistan. But at the international level, this lesson has simply not yet been learnt. Let me illustrate it by a concrete example. The European Union does both development and police training in Afghanistan. […]

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Apr 8, 2010

Medvedev Proposes Global Missile Defense Cooperation with U.S.

By RIA Novosti

From RIA Novosti: Russia has proposed cooperation with the United States in creating a global missile defense system, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday. "We are interested in cooperating with our American partners on this issue as close as possible," Medvedev told a press conference in Prague after the two presidents signed a new nuclear […]

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Apr 8, 2010

START: Cultivating Old Frienships and New

By the New York Times

From the New York Times:  With flourish and fanfare, President Obama and President Dmitri A. Medvedev of Russia signed a nuclear arms control treaty on Thursday and opened what they hoped would be a new era in the tumultuous relationship between two former cold war adversaries. Meeting here in the heart of a once-divided Europe, […]

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Apr 8, 2010

A New Metaphor for Afghanistan

By Foreign Policy

From Foreign Policy: Rather than describing Afghanistan with the language of war and battles, we have come to think of the country as an ailing patient — in many ways analogous to a weakened person under attack by an aggressive infection. … NATO’s combat presence in Afghanistan is considerable. At its peak, combat troops will […]

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Apr 7, 2010

U.S. and Russian Bases in Kyrgyzstan Affected by Unrest

By Stars and Stripes

From Stars and Stripes: The U.S. air base in Kyrgyzstan was temporarily closed on Wednesday amid anti-government protests that may have forced the country’s president to flee. A U.S. official confirmed a media report that the airport at Manas, including the U.S. air base, was closed at 8 p.m. local time and would reopen 12 […]

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