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| IA Forum discusses issues concerning Italy with Federiga Bindi, Director of the Jean Monnet Center of Excellence and Jean Monnet Chair at the University of Rome Tor Vergata and visiting fellow at the Brookings Institute. By Valentine Pasquesoone. (03/22/2009) |
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| Dr. Jolyon Howorth discusses EU security issues including the Libya crisis and NATO. (06/28/2011) |
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| Author discusses issues facing the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. By Zhidas Daskalovski. (IA-Forum, 10/01/2009) |
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| Author provides analysis of the European Ballistic Missile Defense issue and its impact on the key players involved. By Elizabeth Zolotukhina. (03/24/2009) |
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| IA-Forum speaks with Rebecca Moore, author of "NATO's New Mission: Projecting Stability in a Post-Cold War World," about changes in the organization. (IA-Forum, 07/04/2008) |
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| IA-Forum speaks with Prof. David Chandler about Western interventions in the name of promoting democracy. By Katharine Slocombe (IA-Forum, 03/17/2008) |
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| IA Forum Interview: Dr. Hall Gardner |
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| International Affairs Forum talks about NATO, transatlantic relations, and security issues with Dr. Hall Gardner, Professor and Chair, International Affairs Department, American University of Paris. Author of American Global Strategy and the War on Terrorism (IA-Forum, 5/17/2005). |
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| EDITORIALS |
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| Author examines current military situation in Afghanistan and prospect for removing Western troops by 2014. By Michael Orfanos. (05/23/2011) |
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| Author analyzes NATO's efforts in Afghanistan to bring peace and stabilty. By M. Patel. (IA-Forum, 04/22/2009) |
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| Russia's resistance should not be a determining factor - either contra or pro - in the Ukraine's quest to be a member of NATO. By Jens F. Laurson and George A. Pieler (IA-Forum, 04/17/2008) |
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| FEATURED ELSEWHERE
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| The United States is hooked on privatized warfare in Afghanistan. And it's more costly than you think. |
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| The news from Afghanistan all year has been dispiriting, and the last few weeks have been especially tough in terms of the violence. Yet most foreign and Afghan officials and officers who the author encountered on a recent weeklong visit sponsored by the U.S. military are guardedly optimistic about our prospects. By Michael O'Hanlon. (The Washington Times/Brookings Institute, 11/18/2009) |
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| The news from Afghanistan all year has been dispiriting, and the last few weeks have been especially tough in terms of the violence. Yet most foreign and Afghan officials and officers who the author encountered on a recent weeklong visit sponsored by the U.S. military are guardedly optimistic about our prospects. By Michael O'Hanlon. (The Washington Times/Brookings Institute, 11/18/2009) |
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| More troops is a start. But to win in Afghanistan, US will need help from its powerful neighbors, writes Henry Kissinger (Newsweek, 10/03/2009) |
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| An article about the abandonment of missile defense program in Eastern Europe by the U.S government and the possibility of Turkey's participation in a new defense program against Iran. By Ozgur Unluhisarcikli (German Marshall Fund of the United States, 09/25/2009) |
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| Mikhail Gorbachev called Afghanistan “our bleeding wound”. Why hasn’t Nato learned from the Soviet Union’s mistakes? By Victor Sebestyen (New Statesman, 08/13/2009) |
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| In this comprehensive report, Kenneth Katzman discusses the challenges facing US and NATO forces in Afghanistan. By providing a thorough overview of the primary actors and relevant history, the report contextualizes the current war effectively. (CRS, 6/17/2009) |
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| The current conflict in Afghanistan may hold parallels to the Soviet's war in the 1980s, especially with regard to Pakistan's role as a safe haven. However, there are many substantial differences between the two conflicts as Bruce Riedel points out in this informative report. (Brookings, May 2009) |
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| With a resurgent Taliban, a shift in strategy is drastically needed. Coalition forces can succeed only if Afghan institutions are given room to grow. By concentrating efforts in select areas, coalition partners will improve the survivability of Afghanistan's central government, a key measure of success. By Gilles Dorronsoro. (Carnegie Endowment, 01/01/2009) |
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| Russia's heated reaction to the NATO-sponsored training exercises planned for next month near Tbilisi has added unnecessary strain to Moscow's relations with the West, argues Alexander Golts. (The Moscow Times, 04/21/2009) |
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| Chairman of the Institute for State Effectiveness and former Afghan Minister of Finance Dr. Ashraf Ghani outlines a medium-term framework for state-building in Afghanistan. (Atlantic Council, April 2009) |
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| Although Turkey and Russia face many of the same challenges, their national interests are sources of competition rather than common ground. By Reva Bhalla, Lauren Goodrich and Peter Zeihan. (Stratfor Geopolitical Intelligence Report, 03/17/2009) |
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| Energy concerns primarily drive the European Union's advance into Asia, and not without offering a crushing blow to Russia's 'satellite-style' influence in Eurasia. By Rick Rozoff. (The Centre for Research on Globalization, 02/13/2009) |
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| Even though Moscow claims to welcome the Obama administration's initiative to engage in direct talks with Iran, it is unlikely to alter its public stance that Iran is neither building a nuclear weapon nor presenting a missile threat. By Stephen Blank (World Politics Review, 02/09 2009). |
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| The author analyzes Obama's new approach to US foreign policy, the benefits and the critique. By Fareed Zakaria (The Washington Post 09/28/2009) |
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| The deployment of more U.S. troops to Afghanistan is necessary to tip the balance of power against the Taliban. But this military "surge" must be accompanied with a political one designed to persuade insurgents to give up their fight. By Fotini Christia and Michael Semple. (Foreign Affairs July/August 2009) |
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| The situation in Afghanistan in 2008 resembles that of the late 1980s, when the former Soviet leaders started looking for an exit. Today, a number of Western diplomats and NATO generals are doing the same thing... By Haroun Mir (International Herald Tribune, 10/17/2008) |
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| Despite the Taliban's distinctly un-Islamic practice of targeting fellow Muslims they still garner much support from the local Afghani population as their atrocities are overshadowed by those committed by NATO and American forces. The author argues that the battle for hearts and minds is far from won and a rethink of military strategy is required on both sides (Foreign Policy in Focus, 09/15/2008 |
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| NATO is prepping for its annual summit and celebrating the re-entry of France and possible membership bids of western Balkan states, but must acknowledge its difficulties in producing peace in Afghanistan. By Toby Vogel (European Voice, 04/03/2008) |
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| Two decades of the world’s most stringent environmental regulations have made Germany increasingly energy dependent on Russia. That’s how Russian President Vladimir Putin persuaded a coalition of West European nations to oppose a proposal that would have expanded NATO. By William Yeatman, Competitive Enterprise Institute (Richmond Times, 20/04/2008) |
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| Discusses the prospects for NATO intervention in Darfur, and argues that it is our moral responsibility. (The New Republic, 6/12/06) |
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| The report produced by the National Defense University's Center for Technology & National Security Policy and the Institute for National Strategic Studies. This paper proposes an initiative to enhance NATO’s planning and capabilities in the area of terrorism and other transnational threats (NDU, 05/2006) |
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| Because a nuclear Iran poses the greatest threat to Israel, NATO should either admit Israel as a member or develop a closer strategic relationship with her. By Ronald D. Asmus. (Washington Post, 2/21/2006) |
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| Interview the Director of the Nuclear Policy Directorate Defence Policy and Planning Division NATO Mr Guy Roberts. By Viktor Litovkin. (RIA NOVOSTI, 10/11/2005) |
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| Russia is ready to cooperate with NATO to prevent the threat of terrorism expanding from Afghanistan. (6/24/2005, RIA Novosti) |
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| Washington has rolled out the red carpet for Viktor Yushchenko. Few leaders are received with such warmth or given such high level access. By Jonathan Beale (BBC News 4 Apr 05) |
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| A German proposal to reform the North Atlantic Treaty Organization by establishing a trans-Atlantic forum to agree strategies was brushed aside by U.S. officials and rejected by the organization at a major security conference in Munich over the weekend. By Judy Dempsey (International Herald Tribune, 2/14/2005) |
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| Ukraine’s Orange Revolution, Georgia's Rose Revolution, the European Union’s decision to begin membership negotiations with Turkey... The importance of these events and their far-reaching effect on CIS. By Stephen Blank (Eurasianet, 1/05/05) |
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| Speech by Dr. Benita Ferrero-Waldner, EU Commissioner for External Relations and European Neighborhood Policy. (CSIS, 1/13/2005) |
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| Dr. Jamie Shea outlines NATO’s ambitions for the 21st century. NATO, the EU and the OSCE must coordinate their work more closely, particularly with respect to the Balkans. (9/27/2004, EIoP) |
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| Policy Brief on the development and implications of European common foreign and security policies for NATO and the US. By Leslie S. Lebl. (Cato Policy Analysis, 6/24/04) |
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| Former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara and Robin Cook call for a NATO and Russia to cooperate in accounting for and dismantling their Cold War nuclear arsenals. (Financial Times, Reg., 22/06/2005.) |
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| This article focuses on the importance of international involvement in the process of rebuilding Iraq, with a particular emphasis on the necessity of cooperation among members of the NATO alliance. By Ivo Daalder and Robert Kagan. (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 6/20/04) |
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| The Atlantic alliance is keeping the peace in Kosovo and trying to in Afghanistan. Iraq is another matter. (Time Magazine, 09/19/04) |
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| Authors argues that in order to revitalize the Atlantic alliance, Europe and America must forge new "rules of the road" governing the use of force, adapt NATO to meet today's threats coming from outside Europe, and launch a major initiative to bring about political and economic reform in the greater Middle East. By Charles A. Kupchan, Henry A. Kissinger, Laurence H. Summers. (Independent Task F |
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| Calls for maintaing a NATO presence in Greece. By Stephen R. Norton and Harry Dinella. (Kathimerini, 1/22/2003) |
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| (Brookings Institute, 1/1/2003) |
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| (Heritage Foundation, 11/19/2002) |
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| In Afghanistan, the Bush administration seemed determined at first to keep NATO on the sidelines. Now, as war with Iraq looms and the alliance ponders its own future, the president needs to reaffirm his commitment to the organization by including NATO in any new operation from the beginning. By Strobe Talbott. (Foreign Affairs, 11/1/2002) |
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| The world's most impressive military institution has been sidelined over Afghanistan and Iraq. Is Nato's rapid expansion making the alliance dangerously irrelevant to essential security interests? By Henry Nau. (Guardian, 9/15/2002) |
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| Supports the existence of NATO, albeit a reformed NATO. By John C. Hulsman, Ph.D. (Heritage Foundation, 5/8/2002) |
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| Speech by his Excellency Simeon Saxe-Coburg is Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria regarding inclusion of Bulgaria and Romania into NATO. (Heritage Foundation, 4/26/2002) |
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| Lecture by Bernard Jenkin, M.P., Shadow Secretary of State for Defense in Great Britain. who argues that a strong NATO is vital to the war against terrorism. (Heritage Foundation, 3/7/2002) |
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| (World Policy Journal, 12/1/2001) |
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| With the end of the Cold War, we are entering a new era in European security. A European defense force should be encouraged, but not at the expense of a healthy, expanded NATO. By W. Bruce Weinrod (Heritage Foundation, 12/19/1995). |
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| (Heritage Foundation, 1/24/2000) |
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| (Heritage Foundation, 10/21/1997) |
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| Kosovo's consequences were just the opposite of what NATO intended: suffering Kosovar civilians, regional instability, and a fuming Russia and China. By Michael Mandelbaum. (Foreign Affairs, 9/1/1999, $) |
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| The West botched the post-Cold War era by overestimating the power of markets, misreading ethnic conflicts, and relying on outmoded military doctrines. By Charles William Maynes. (Foreign Affairs, 1/1/1999, $) |
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| Everybody wants to believe that expanding NATO won't cost much, but they are wrong. Extending military guarantees is a big, and expensive, step. By Amos Perlmutter and Ted Galen Carpenter. (Foreign Affairs, 1/1/1998, $) |
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