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Exercise Joint Warrior: At the Tip of the Spear

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Oct 2, 2024

A man in a hurry: Keir Starmer’s early approach is making waves at home and abroad

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Ed Owen

The new UK prime minister’s much-anticipated speech at the Labour Party’s recent gathering in Liverpool is a window into where the country may be headed.

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Exercise Joint Warrior: At the Tip of the Spear

New Atlanticist
Oct 2, 2024

Three state elections have backed Germany into a corner

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Jurek Wille and Friedrich Conradi

The recent successes of populist parties in Germany’s state elections could signal an imminent shift in Berlin’s policies on climate, immigration, and aid for Ukraine.

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Exercise Joint Warrior: At the Tip of the Spear

New Atlanticist
Sep 26, 2024

France’s new government aims to calm the political storm. What will it mean for foreign policy?

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Léonie Allard, Jean-Loup Samaan

Prime Minister Michel Barnier is likely to follow the path of President Emmanuel Macron, but the big question is whether the delicate political context in Paris will allow ministers to focus on crises in Ukraine and Lebanon.

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New Atlanticist

Apr 22, 2013

Exercise Joint Warrior: At the Tip of the Spear

By Julian Lindley-French

Exercise Joint Warrior 2013 is certainly Europe’s, and possibly the world’s biggest maritime amphibious military exercise this year, and I am having the pleasure to observe and be sea-sick all over it.

Maritime Security Security & Defense

NATOSource

Apr 22, 2013

Attack on NATO base shows how Taliban exploit security cutbacks

By Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Washington Post

From Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Washington Post:  The Taliban fighters who blew up a half-dozen U.S. Marine fighter jets on a sprawling NATO base last fall were able to walk easily onto the encampment because patrols of the perimeter had been scaled back and watchtowers left unmanned, according to senior military officials.

United Kingdom

NATOSource

Apr 20, 2013

Britain, France claim Syria used chemical weapons

By Colum Lynch and Karen DeYoung, Washington Post

From Colum Lynch and Karen DeYoung, Washington Post:  Britain and France have informed the United Nations that there is credible evidence that Syria has used chemical weapons on more than one occasion since December, according to senior diplomats and officials briefed on the accounts.

United Kingdom

New Atlanticist

Apr 15, 2013

Euro-Realism: A British-German Axis?

By Julian Lindley-French

Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder once said, “They have it wrong if they ask if Schroeder favors Britain over France or France over Britain. Schroeder favors Germany.”  Watching David Cameron with family enjoying a German weekend break with Angela Merkel one could be forgiven for thinking all is well in the British-German relationship.

European Union International Organizations

NATOSource

Apr 15, 2013

West has ‘evidence’ of chemical weapons used in Syria, diplomats say

By AFP

From AFP:  Western diplomats say they have "hard evidence" chemical weapons have been used at least once in the Syrian civil war, but the Assad regime is refusing to let international experts into the country to investigate the claim.

United Kingdom

New Atlanticist

Apr 12, 2013

Reflections on Thatcher

By Julian Lindley-French

“To those waiting with bated breath for that favorite media catchphrase, the U-turn, I have only one thing to say: ‘You turn if you want to. The lady’s not for turning.’”

Economy & Business United Kingdom

NATOSource

Apr 10, 2013

An independent Scotland would have to ‘support nuclear weapons’ to gain access to NATO

By Auslan Cramb, Telegraph

From Auslan Cramb, Telegraph:  Lord Robertson of Port Ellen, who as George Robertson was a Labour defence secretary, said the confirmation from Nato that a separate Scottish state would have to apply for membership had left the SNP facing a “huge dilemma.”

United Kingdom

NATOSource

Apr 10, 2013

NATO warns that an independent Scotland would lose membership in the Alliance

By BBC

From BBC:  Nato has said that if Scotland was considered to be a "new state" it would need to reapply for membership.

United Kingdom

NATOSource

Apr 8, 2013

World leaders react to Thatcher’s passing

By David Cameron, Office of the Prime Minister

From David Cameron, Office of the Prime Minister:  It was with great sadness that l learned of Lady Thatcher’s death. We’ve lost a great leader, a great Prime Minister and a great Briton.

United Kingdom

NATOSource

Apr 8, 2013

Rasmussen: Thatcher was ‘a powerful advocate of NATO and the transatlantic bond’

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

From Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO:  I am deeply saddened by the death of Baroness Thatcher. I express my most profound condolences to her family and the people of the United Kingdom. Baroness Thatcher was an extraordinary politician who was a staunch defender of freedom, a powerful advocate of NATO and the transatlantic bond. She strongly […]

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