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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Jun 21, 2011

Czech government reaffirms support for NATO missile defense

By the Czech Foreign Ministry

From the Czech Foreign Ministry:  The Czech Republic has been a long-term advocate of the development of the NATO Missile Defence capability as it considers it as a crucial issue for the defence of Europe. Therefore, in accordance with its conviction, the Czech Republic supported the November 2010 decision of the NATO Summit in Lisbon […]

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Jun 20, 2011

Stop the Europe-bashing

By Anne Penketh, the Hill

From Anne Penketh, the Hill:  It’s open season on the Europeans at the moment. Following the lead of Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who delivered a stiff warning to NATO the other day, everyone has been piling on.

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Jun 20, 2011

Is NATO going out of business?

By Patrick Buchanan, the Miami Herald

From Patrick Buchanan, the Miami Herald:  [Secretary of Defense Robert] Gates’ patience with the Europeans is, understandably, just about exhausted.

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Jun 20, 2011

Insiders: Despite Gates’s Warnings, NATO Remains Relevant

By Sara Sorcher, the National Journal

From Sara Sorcher, the National Journal:  Three out of four National Journal National Security Insiders say NATO has yet to outlive its usefulness

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Jun 18, 2011

Gates’s parting shot exposes Europe’s military failings

By Charlemagne, the Economist

From Charlemagne, the Economist:  Three months into the war in Libya, and confident talk of Muammar Qaddafi’s forces being broken by NATO’s bombs is being accompanied by worries that the alliance itself is feeling the strain of a prolonged campaign. The British naval chief says that, if the war drags on beyond the autumn, he […]

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Jun 18, 2011

Looking Back, Gates Says He’s Grown Wary of ‘Wars of Choice’

By Thom Shanker and Elisabeth Bumiller, the New York TImes

From Thom Shanker and Elisabeth Bumiller, the New York TImes:  Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, as he prepared to depart the government for the second time, said in an interview on Friday that the human costs of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan had made him far more wary

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Jun 17, 2011

The action in Libya looks like war to us

By the Editors of the Washington Post

From the Editors of the Washington Post:  The Obama administration’s depiction of its Libya venture as too halfhearted to be covered by the War Powers Resolution contains an unfortunately large dollop of truth.

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Jun 17, 2011

Obama rejects views of 2 top lawyers in Constitutional debate over Libya conflict

By Charlie Savage, the New York Times

From Charlie Savage, the New York Times:  President Obama rejected the views of top lawyers at the Pentagon and the Justice Department when he decided that he had the legal authority to continue American military participation in the air war in Libya without Congressional authorization

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Jun 17, 2011

Why Europe no longer matters

By Richard N. Haas, the Washington Post

From Richard N. Haas, the Washington Post:  In the coming decades, Europe’s influence on affairs beyond its borders will be sharply limited, and it is in other regions, not Europe, that the 21st century will be most clearly forged and defined.

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Jun 17, 2011

US lawmaker slams France-Russia warship deal

By AFP

From AFP:  A top US lawmaker on Friday blasted France for agreeing to sell two warships to Russia saying Paris had ignored "the clear danger" the deal would pose to US and regional security.

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