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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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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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Oct 2, 2024

Three state elections have backed Germany into a corner

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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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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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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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NATOSource

Apr 26, 2011

Go After Gaddafi

By Christopher Hitchens, Slate

From Christopher Hitchens, Slate: Stop worrying about an "exit strategy." What America needs in Libya is an entrance strategy.

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NATOSource

Apr 22, 2011

NATO’s strategic incoherence costs Libyan lives

By James Lindsay, CNN

From James Lindsay, CNN: Britain, France, and Italy took a step deeper into the Libyan civil war this week by announcing that they will send military advisers to aid the beleaguered rebels.

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NATOSource

Apr 21, 2011

NATO Denies Reported Bomb Shortage in Libya

By Pierre Tran, DefenseNews

From Pierre Tran, DefenseNews: Adm. Giampaolo Di Paola, the chairman of NATO’s military committee, denied that the air operation in Libya was running short of aircraft or munitions.

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Apr 21, 2011

Britain seeking deployment of US UAV’s to Libya

By James Blitz, the Financial Times

From James Blitz, the Financial Times: Liam Fox, Britain’s defence secretary, will travel to the US next week to try to persuade the Obama administration to provide fresh air assets

Drones Technology & Innovation

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Apr 21, 2011

NATO’s Four Categories of Power

By Julian Lindley-French, the New Atlanticist

From Julian Lindley-French, the New Atlanticist: Coalitions are fast replacing alliances as the place where real security business is done.

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New Atlanticist

Apr 21, 2011

The Franglosphere – No, Not Bad BBC Science Fiction

By Julian Lindley-French

I was in London this week and two things happened that suggest l’albion perfide might be about to do the dirty on both America and France. First, in high-level meetings in the Ministry of Defence British officials confirmed that the disastrous 2010 Strategic Security and Defence Review (Strategic Pretence and Impecunity Review) had been the […]

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Apr 21, 2011

Obama and Cameron agree to increase military, diplomatic, and economic pressure on Gaddafi

By the White House

From the White House: President Obama spoke with British Prime Minister David Cameron today [4/20] as part of his ongoing consultations with coalition allies and partners on Libya.

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Apr 20, 2011

NATO Mission Creep Underway

By James Joyner, the New Atlanticist

From James Joyner, the New Atlanticist: A month to the day of my post Libya Mission Creep Inevitable, the creeping began in earnest with the announcement that the Brits and French will send in advisors to the Libyan rebels.

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Apr 20, 2011

France to send military liaison officers to Libya

By Sylvie Corbet, the AP

From Sylvie Corbet, the AP: France is joining Britain in sending military officers to Libya to help rebel forces organize and bolster the NATO air campaign that has failed to rout Moammar Gadhafi’s military.

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Apr 20, 2011

Libya: Mission creak

By the Editors of the Guardian

From the Editors of the Guardian: The 20 British and French military advisers being sent to help the rebels in Benghazi do not constitute an occupation force.

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