NATO

  • Mar 24, 2009
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EUROPEAN UNION: Crisis gives voice to enlargement foes

On March 16, Germany's ruling Christian Democrats called for a period of "consolidation" during...

  • Mar 17, 2009
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AFGHANISTAN: Community militia experiment starts badly

A pilot programme of forming 'community militias' that began in Wardak province in January was...

Afghanistan
  • Mar 12, 2009
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FRANCE/NATO: Sarkozy confirms Alliance re-integration

President Nicolas Sarkozy yesterday publicly confirmed his country's intention to return to NATO...

France
  • Mar 12, 2009
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DENMARK: Junior Rasmussen lacks leader's sheen

Several unnamed cabinet ministers yesterday complained in the Danish press of the electoral...

Denmark
  • Feb 10, 2009
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WESTERN EUROPE: Nordic states mull defence integration

A report by five Nordic foreign ministries published yesterday proposes that the countries pool...

  • Feb 6, 2009
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FRANCE/GERMANY/UK: European security strategies emerge

The Munich Security Conference gets underway today, with French President Nicolas Sarkozy and...

France
  • Feb 5, 2009
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FRANCE/NATO: Breakthrough on posts will ease re-entry

France has received provisional US backing for two of its officers to take senior command...

France
  • Feb 4, 2009
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FRANCE/GERMANY/NATO: Leadership bid is overambitious

French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German chancellor Angela Merkel today called for greater...

France