NATO

  • Feb 5, 2010
  • 6 min read

EUROPE: NATO-EU cooperation remains difficult

Calls for better cooperation between the EU and NATO have gained new urgency as both...

  • Jan 22, 2010
  • 7 min read

AFGHANISTAN/PAKISTAN: Al-Qaida-Taliban ties to endure

The central US and NATO concern is to prevent al-Qaida from re-establishing a safe haven in...

Afghanistan
  • Jan 18, 2010
  • 7 min read

US/NATO/AFGHANISTAN: Civil-military integration is key

As part of President Barack Obama's imminent surge of troops to Afghanistan, the US State...

United States
  • Jan 15, 2010
  • 7 min read

NATO: Alliance can survive divergent strategic ideas

A two-day meeting of top defence officials to shape NATO's future closes in Oslo today. The...

Nato
  • Dec 29, 2009
  • 13 min read

INTERNATIONAL:Power projection yields dividends, risks

The guiding principle for the formation of any state's armed forces used to be to mirror and...

International
  • Dec 23, 2009
  • 6 min read

EUROPE: CEE is prominent in NATO's Afghan 'surge'

Georgia is committing 900 troops to Afghanistan as a sign of gratitude to the West, President...

Nato
  • Dec 18, 2009
  • 7 min read

BALKANS/NATO: Alliance has limited integrative power

NATO will never attack Russia, although many Russians see its enlargement as a strategy of...

Balkans
  • Dec 16, 2009
  • 12 min read

RUSSIA/NATO: Divisions outweigh shared interests

NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen meets Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and President...

Russia