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NATO v. Gaddafi in battle of endurance

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NATO v. Gaddafi in battle of endurance

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

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NATOSource

Jun 24, 2011

NATO v. Gaddafi in battle of endurance

By the Financial Times

From the Financial Times:  As David Cameron, Britain’s prime minister, declared confidently this week: “Time is on our side – it is not on Gaddafi’s side.

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NATOSource

Jun 24, 2011

Libya Op creating closer security relationship between Britain and France

By James Blitz, the Financial Times

From James Blitz, the Financial Times:  French officials are quick to talk up the warmth of the relationship. “Ideally we would have had a lot more time for our defence treaties to take effect before Libya got under way,” says a French diplomat.

United Kingdom

NATOSource

Jun 22, 2011

NATO Allies Have a Head Start on Afghan Withdrawal

By Rod Nordland, the New York Times

From Rod Nordland, the New York Times: While officials here wait to hear what President Obama has to say about the pace of United States troop withdrawal, some of the NATO allies have a slight head start. Canada, which has 2,922 troops in Afghanistan, the fifth-largest military contingent among the countries contributing forces to the […]

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NATOSource

Jun 22, 2011

Head of British Army questions deadline for Afghan troop withdrawal

By James Kirkup, the Telegraph

From James Kirkup, the Telegraph:  Just 24 hours after the Prime Minister rebuked military chiefs for publicly criticising the Government, General Sir Peter Wall, the Chief of the General Staff, suggests in a television programme that Mr Cameron’s 2015 “deadline” to end combat operations could slip.

United Kingdom

NATOSource

Jun 21, 2011

NATO’s Command Center for Libya Op

By Fiona Ehlers, Spiegel

From Fiona Ehlers, Spiegel:  The ballroom in Naples is the secret command center in NATO’s war against Gadhafi. Some 350 men and a handful of women sit there in front of computer screens, serving as the military alliance’s eyes and ears

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NATOSource

Jun 20, 2011

Future RAF missions under threat if Libyan intervention continues

By Thomas Harding, the Telegraph

From Thomas Harding, the Telegraph:  Air Chief Marshal Sir Simon Bryant has told MPs that intense air operations in Afghanistan and the Middle East are placing a “huge” demand on equipment and personnel. In a briefing paper delivered to senior politicians and obtained by The Daily Telegraph, the RAF’s second in command said morale among […]

United Kingdom

New Atlanticist

Jun 20, 2011

Comparing Norms for National Conduct in Cyberspace

By Jason Healey

Over the past few years, many states, intergovernmental organizations, and think tanks have offered proposals for new norms and principles to govern activity in cyberspace. We’re nearing a bifurcation between east and west. There is significant overlap between the proposals of the United States and United Kingdom and significant agreement between them and those of the […]

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NATOSource

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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NATOSource

Jun 17, 2011

US funds hunt for Libyan missiles

By Stephen Braun, the AP

From Stephen Braun, the AP:  The U.S. is paying two European mine-clearing groups nearly $1 million to hunt and dispose of loose anti-aircraft missiles that could make their way from Libyan battlefields to terror groups. The hiring of weapons demolition experts hardly dampens concerns about anti-aircraft missiles still in the hands of the Gadhafi regime’s […]

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Jun 16, 2011

Libya Campaign Shows Need to Re-Think the Transatlantic Link

By Camille Grand, the European Institute

From Camille Grand, the European Institute:  NATO itself has looked shallow as a military alliance. The shift from Odyssey Dawn to the NATO led Unified Protector has not increased the commitment of the allies’ forces.

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