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May 6, 2010

Biden Seeks Cooperation from European Parliament

By the Financial Times

From the Financial Times:  Joseph Biden, the US vice-president, on Thursday sought to win over members of the European parliament opposed to a bank data sharing system that Washington believes is crucial to winning the war on terror. Mr Biden, the most senior US leader to address the European parliament since Ronald Reagan in 1985, […]

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May 6, 2010

VP’s Trip to Europe Billed as “a Big Freaking Deal in the Security Sphere”

By Josh Rogin, Foreign Policy

From Josh Rogin, Foreign Policy: President Obama had to cancel his most recent trip to Europe due to the huge ash cloud, but this week Europeans will get the next-best thing — a visit from Vice President Joseph Biden. The White House is billing the trip as a big freaking deal in the security sphere, […]

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May 5, 2010

Advancing Europe’s Security

By Vice President Joe Biden, New York Times

From Vice President Joe Biden, New York Times: This week I will sit down with NATO ambassadors to advance the ongoing dialogue among the United States and its closest allies on the future of European security. I do so because the United States is firmly committed to the view that any decisions about Europe’s security […]

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May 4, 2010

U.S. “Having a Very Hard Time Getting the Rest of NATO to Deliver on Commitments”

By the New York Times

From the New York Times:  President Obama made a convincing case last December for sending an additional 30,000 American troops to Afghanistan. Most of those new forces, plus 58,000 already in country, would fight the Taliban. A smaller number would mold Afghan recruits into an indigenous Army and National Police force that could in time […]

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May 4, 2010

US Has More Than 5,000 Nuclear Warheads

By the Telegraph

From the Telegraph:  The United States has become the first country to disclose an up-to-date figure for the number of weapons in its nuclear arsenal. It has done so to encourage more openness from other nuclear states and to further President Barack Obama’s goal of global disarmament. The Pentagon said 5,113 warheads were either operationally […]

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May 3, 2010

Europe Lacks Plan on Nuclear Arms

By Judy Dempsey, the New York Times

From Judy Dempsey, the New York Times: The European Union, which includes the nuclear powers France and Britain, goes into the major United Nations conference reviewing nuclear nonproliferation on Monday having failed to unite on how to reduce its nuclear weapons. Diplomats involved in the negotiations called the stance a disappointment for the bloc’s ambitions […]

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Apr 30, 2010

Polish Foreign Minister: We’re not Actually Worried About Iranian Missile Threat

By Josh Rogin, Foreign Policy

From Josh Rogin, Foreign Policy: Poland doesn’t see is itself as a target of the missile threat from Iran, the country the nascent U.S. missile shield is supposedly designed to thwart. "If the mullahs have a target list we believe we are quite low on it," Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said in an interview […]

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Apr 27, 2010

Russian Ambassador Responds: Who Needs NATO?

By Foreign Policy

From Foreign Policy: Andrew Bacevich is quite right that Europeans are not happy about NATO being used as an instrument for "underwrit[ing] American globalism" (‘Let Europe Be Europe,’ March/April 2010). And I agree with his premise that European pacifism has taken over the organization, which evidently runs counter to U.S. military aspirations. However, he has […]

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Apr 27, 2010

EU Parliament President Comes to Washington to Open Office, Issue “Wake Up Call”

By Laura Rozen, POLITICO

From Laura Rozen, POLITICO: European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek, a former Polish prime minister, arrives in Washington this week to officially inaugurate the new office. He will be meeting Secretary of State Hillary Clinton tomorrow. Buzek’s mission to Washington is part “wake up call” that Washington should recognize the growing powers of the 27 nation, […]

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Apr 26, 2010

A NATO Force for Israel?

By Marc Lynch, Foreign Policy

From Marc Lynch, Foreign Policy: What role could an international military force play in securing a two-state Israeli-Palestinian peace? That’s the question addressed in "Security for Peace," released today by the Center for a New American Security after nearly a year of discussions and meetings. I wrote the final chapter for the report, which was […]

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