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 4, 2011

Hungry for Security: Can NATO help in a humanitarian crisis?

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  NATO is a unique organisation.

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Apr 3, 2011

Europe needs a miliary avant-garde

By Charles Grant, the Center for European Reform

From Charles Grant, the Center for European Reform:  The Libyan operation has shown that the US now expects Europe to look after its own backyard.

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Apr 1, 2011

Europe Had Better Wake Up

By Lord Robertson, the New Atlanticist

From Lord Robertson, the New Atlanticist:  Europe, despite its relative prosperity and economic muscle, is still not, as we have seen, able to act in its own self-interest without US leadership and military capabilities.

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Apr 1, 2011

NATO military leader: “NATO is not in Libya to decide the future of the Libyan people”

By Daniel Michaels and Charlse Duxbury, the Wall Street Journal

From Daniel Michaels and Charlse Duxbury, the Wall Street Journal:  Adm. Giampaolo Di Paola, chairman of the NATO Military Council and the alliance’s most senior military official, said the NATO operation, dubbed Unified Protectorate, entails enforcing an arms-embargo and no-fly zone and protecting civilians

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Apr 1, 2011

Defense shuffle: U.S. set to name new military commanders

By Laura Rozen, the Envoy

From Laura Rozen, the Envoy:  David Petraeus, perhaps the most celebrated American general of his generation, is likely to leave his job as the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan this summer, multiple defense officials say.

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Apr 1, 2011

NATO in Libya, Memories of Kosovo

By Sean Kay, the Washington Note

From Sean Kay, the Washington Note:  The Kosovo war is the best case in point to think about relative to the current crisis in Libya.

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Apr 1, 2011

NATO Warns Rebels Against Attacking Civilians

By Thom Shanker and Charlie Savage, the New York Times

From Thom Shanker and Charlie Savage, the New York Times:  Members of the NATO alliance have sternly warned the rebels in Libya not to attack civilians as they push against the government of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi

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Mar 31, 2011

House intelligence chairman will block covert arms to Libyan rebels

By Josh Rogin, the Cable

From Josh Rogin, the Cable:  Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI) said in a late Wednesday interview that the Obama administration’s top national security officials were deeply split on whether arming the rebels was a good idea.

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Mar 31, 2011

Factions within Obama’s war cabinet battle over pace of Afghanistan drawdown

By Rajiv Chandrasekaran,  the Washington Post

From Rajiv Chandrasekaran,  the Washington Post:  Military leaders and President [Barack] Obama’s civilian advisers are girding for battle over the size and pace of the planned pullout of U.S. troops from Afghanistan this summer

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Mar 31, 2011

U.S. and Britain have deployed clandestine forces in Libya

By Mark Hosenball, Reuters

From Mark Hosenball, Reuters:  President Barack Obama has signed a secret order authorizing covert U.S. government support for rebel forces seeking to oust Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi

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