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Talks with Russia on missile defence stalled - NATO
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By Sebastian Moffett Talks with Russia over NATO's planned missile defence system are failing to progress, the head...
Rogozin Proposes State Body on Aerospace Defenses
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Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin on Friday proposed setting up a government body responsible for consolidating efforts aimed at the creation of an effective aerospace defense network in the country. READ MORE...
Over five year almost 100,000 troops would be cut. Will security risks follow?
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Do you think the security risks will come with the fact the US will have a smaller force or not, and why? Comments by Richard Stoll, Professor of Political Science, Rice University. The cuts to the US defense budget that Secretary of Defense Panett...
Deterrence: why Brussels needs a fly swat
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It is often forgotten that deterrence is the ultimate objective of armed force. But Europeans seem to have forgotten how to deploy it. Why does Brussels need a fly swat? And how should that swat be used?
Strategic Snapshot No. 4 published
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The Group on Grand Strategy publishes today its fourth ‘Strategic Snapshot’, entitled ‘How to bridge the “three islands”: The future of European military co-operation’. This snapshot delves into the world of European military integration,...
Future options for European defense
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By monopolising the attention of European governments and institutions, the Euro crisis is once again overshadowing an equally pressing issue: that of military cooperation amongst member states. Thirteen years into the Saint-Malo summit, in which Fra...
U.S. Military in Europe: On the Tyranny of the Status Quo
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On January 14, 2012, the New York Times reported that the U.S. Pentagon would bring home two brigades from Europe. That would reduce the U.S. Army presence by 10,000 to 30,000. “During the height of the cold war,” according to the Times, “when...
Otherwise They Hate You, America
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The US’ rebalancing of military forces away from Europe and into the Asia-Pacific region is causing consternation in the land of the rich yet needy and helpless. Helsinki lawyer Ralf Grahn summarizes:While both sides want to maintain the NATO alli...
Security and Defence Policy Newsletter No.2
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This is the second in a series of periodic security and defence policy updates from the Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA). Following the publication of the first edition in November 2011, this newsletter addresses a range of topi...
Back to Basics in Defense – and Deterrence?
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BRUSSELS—Full details of the Obama administration’s new look in defense spending, force posture, and strategy are not yet out. But enough has been revealed to venture some thoughts on the logic of the new approach and the longer-term implicatio...
Washington’s Asia-Pacific Security Dilemma
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BERLIN — When President Barack Obama unveiled a new national defense strategy last week, which confirmed the United States’ intent to play a sustained role in shaping a rising Asia, he noted that “the tide of war is receding.” This observ...
A Post-American Europe? Not Just Yet
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PARIS—The Obama administration’s new defense strategy should come as no surprise to observers in France and across Europe. The question of rebalancing American military involvement between Europe and the Asia-Pacific has been a recurring theme of...
The New U.S. Defense Strategy: A Wake-Up Call for Europe
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WARSAW—The new strategic defense guidance from the Obama administration aims to refocus the U.S. defense posture on the increasingly competitive security environment emerging in the Pacific. It also (despite the Pentagon’s protestations to the co...
A Changing NATO for a Changing World
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video By John Adams NATO can expect success if its goals a...
Military: Yankees go while European leaders sleep
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And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from president Barack Obama that private Ryan and his comrades should redeploy to Asia, where the action is going to be.The strategy document Sustaining U.S. Global Leadership: Prioritie...
Experts: The US military presence in Europe will get smaller
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President Barack Obama released the Defense Strategic Guidance. Questions: 1. We did not hear anything very specific from President Obama and Def. Sec. Leon Panetta , but what do you think we could expect from it especially it terms of the US militar...
NATO Foreign Ministers to discuss operations, partnerships and Chicago summit
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video The foreign ministers of NATO Allies and partner countries will meet in Brussels on 7 and 8 December to discus...
Summary
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Dear forum goers, hope you will have a good meeting. I cannot make it to Brussels today. Below, please find a short summary of my thoughts: There is a necessary connection between any new constitution and the military strategy. To finish with the so...
Atlantic Community’s MEMO 34: Security Despite Austerity – Improving Europe’s Defense
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Atlantic Memos showcase the best ideas and arguments from debates in our cooperation Think Tank Atlantic Community. Memo 44 deals with the imrpovement of Europe's defense.
Atlantic Community’s MEMO 33: NATO Partnerships – Strengthening Ties with Asia
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Atlantic Memos showcase the best ideas and arguments from debates in our cooperation Think Tank Atlantic Community. Memo 33 calls for stronger ties with Asia. Atlantic Community members call upon NATO to strengthen its existing partnerships and devel...
The future of European multilateralism in NATO (28 November 2011)
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Monday 28 November 2011: 18.00 for 18.15 – 20.00 Goodenough College, Mecklenburgh Square, London WC1N 2AB A seminar organised by the European Liberal Forum asbl. (ELF) with the support of the British think tank CentreForum, Friedrich Naumann Founda...
NATO Secretary General makes historic Libya trip
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video Anders Fogh Rasmussen is making an historic visit to Libya, the first ever of a NATO Secretary General. The visit marks the conclusion of the NATO-led Operation Unified Protector for Libya, which comes to an end at midnight on...
Military Cooperation of Ukraine and NATO Shall Be Assessed by the Alliance within the Context of Political Events in the Country.
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James-Appathurai.jpg James-Appathurai.jpg The interview of Vice Secretary General of NATO on political issues and security James Appathurai. READ MORE...
Governments need incentives to pool and share militaries
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by Tomas ValasekSince the financial crisis began in 2008, EU countries have cut military spending by an amount equivalent to the entire annual defence budget of Germany, Europe's third largest. While the prospects for an economic upturn are dim, the...
How to Outfox a Euro-skeptic: The Challenges of European Defence Cooperation
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By Paolo Enrico Favino Usually, the current debate around the EU is characterized by a great struggle between Europeanists and Euro-skeptics, where the former say that a supranational Union between European countries represents the better solution to...
European Bank recapitalizations: An imminent credit crunch
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The latest summit did not produce a comprehensive solution as many expected (see The aftermath of the October 26 Euro Summit - No Solution). Apart from the consensus on certain policy areas and despite the vague figures and numbers that are not backe...
Sweden in Europe: EU defence cooperation?
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The Swedish prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt read the Statement of Government Policy at the opening of the parliament (Riksdag) 15 September 2011. It left me wondering if the government's short descriptions of its EU policies were accurate, or if con...
One Step Forward
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video By Konstatin Eggert The relationship between Russia and NATO will forever be defined by encouraging steps forward hampered by regular setbacks. But soon, other regional...
