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A Call to Arms  Even as the new Nobel Peace Prize winner, American President Barack Obama, weighs up whether the United States will send thousands more soldiers to Afghanistan to stem the resurgent insurgency of the Taliban, new NATO NATO and the EU: what a difference a decade makes  Jaap de Hoop Scheffer will soon hand over his responsibilities as NATO Secretary-General (SecGen) to the former Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen. Recently, Javier Solana announced that he would not seek a new mandate Economic crisis will not affect Afghanistan mission The economic crisis gripping Latvia will not affect the country’s commitment to the NATO mission in Afghanistan, President Valdis Zatlers said in Riga on July 9. Speaking after a meeting with outgoing NATO Secretary General NATO head says it’s important interlocutor for Kazakhstan  Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, the outgoing NATO Secretary General was a main guest of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) Security Forum, which was held in Sweden in 2005 and in FYROM in 2007. NATO is Kazakhstan’s contribution to global security Between June 24-25, the third Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC) Security Forum was held in Astana. Following a proposition by the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev which was then supported by the North-Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). . The A Cold Day in Georgia  NATO and Russian diplomats were set to disagree on Georgia, but nevertheless break a long standoff and restart bilateral cooperation on a number of issues during their meeting, NATO spokesman James Appathurai told New Europe A Cold Day for Georgia: NATO-Russia warm up relations in Corfu  NATO and Russian diplomats were set to disagree on Georgia, but nevertheless break a long standoff and restart bilateral cooperation on a number of issues during their meeting, NATO spokesman James Appathurai told New Europe NATO cops for Afghanistan as heavy fighting seen  NNATO defence ministers have approved a mission to train the Afghan police in paramilitary skills in a bid to cut the force’s soaring death rate. But they warned that heavy fighting lies ahead in the NATO 60th anniversary summit: celebration or time for reflection?  On the eve of the NATO´s 60th anniversary summit, he spoke to New Europe’s Magdalena Zackova on the future of the Alliance, the summit and the economic crisis. The event marked NATO’s founding 60 years NATO leaders say they will try again with Russia NATO leaders have agreed to re-start direct talks with Russia, while simultaneously condemning the country’s military build-up in Georgia’s breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. “Despite our current disagreements, Russia is of particular importance NATO’s 60th Celebrations Celebrations didn’t just kick off with arduous laughter at mobile phone usage etiquette as Mr Berlusconi made Madame Merkel wait for him to enter, gave up and decided to start proceedings without him, congratulations continued NATO finally gets its man, Rasmussen to lead alliance  Despite objections from Turkey, NATO leaders meeting in Strasbourg, France resolved a potentially embarrassing rift by picking Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen as the alliance’s new secretary general, outgoing NATO head Jaap de Hoop NATO leaders say they will try again with Russia NATO leaders have agreed to re-start direct talks with Russia, while simultaneously condemning the country’s military build-up in Georgia’s breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. “Despite our current disagreements, Russia is of particular importance Obama wants NATO expansion and closer Russian ties  US President Barack Obama said he backs the expansion of NATO to European countries aspiring to join the alliance but pledged to work towards reinvigorating US-Russian relations, a difficult combination since Russia opposes NATO bringing Obama comes back to Europe, the world in the balance  When he was in Europe in 2008 as a candidate for the presidency of the United States, Barack Obama drew adoring, rock-star-like crowds, especially in Germany, and he was seen by many Europeans as the From Canada to Afghanistan, German Marshall Fund rises to the challenge  When the German Marshall Fund Brussels Forum 2009 wrapped up, Alia Papageorgiou sat down with GMF President Craig Kennedy at the Conrad Hotel in Brussels, for a chat on the highlights, the lowlights and even After 43 years, France will march back into NATO As expected, lawmakers in the French National Assembly have voted 17 in favour of a measure that effectively approved President Nicolas Sarkozys decision to return France to NATOs military command structure for the first time Sarkozy says return to NATO will make France stronger  French President Nicolas Sarkozy said that France, after a 43-year absence, will be rejoining NATO’s military command structure because it is in the country’s best security interests and those of Europe. “NATO is the only Change of heart, NATO will talk to Russia again  S ix months after breaking off talks with Russia after that country’s conflict with NATO-aspirant Georgia, the alliance has decided to resume relations, in a move some critics said was a cave-in to Russian aggression. Sarkozy wanted the limelight at NATO French President Nicolas Sarkozy threatened to stay away from celebrations of 60 years of NATO unless he was given a choice seat at the conference table, the German news weekly Der Spiegel said, reporting that NATO looks at Russia and says, “Re-engage!”  NATO will eventually resume direct dialogue with Russia, alliance officials said as they expressed concern over the membership aspirations of several Eastern European states. On the second and final day of their informal meeting in Merkel won’t anoint Rasmussen just yet German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been non-committal so far over Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen‘s reported interest in becoming secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO.) Rasmussen, who visited her in Berlin, Afghan-NATO team good, more trainers are needed The Afghan army is leading an increasing number of counter-insurgency operations, but NATO needs to provide it with far more trainers if it is to meet its target of expanding to 134,000 by 2010, alliance NATO chief to visit Montenegro NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer will visit Montenegro in the spring. Scheffer will be in Podgorica after a NATO summit planned to take place in Strasbourg and Cologne, according to data unveiled from Biden says a moral US will change foreign policy, but the EU will have to do more than talk  The new United States government will follow a foreign policy based on its stated ideals of democracy and cooperation, US Vice-President Joe Biden told world leaders at the Munich Security Conference, but in return will Mixed signals on missiles  NATO‘s Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer and Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov are scheduled to hold talks this week at a conference in Munich, Germany. US Vice President Joe Biden will also attend, where NATO ready to let EU face the pirates After futilely trying to catch pirates off the coast of Somalia, NATO said it would now let the European Union pick up the chase in trying to track down the elusive hijackers, who have avoided NATO wants more troops in Afghanistan to avert standoff NATO needs more forces in Afghanistan if it wants to avoid a stalemate in its five-year-old fight against the Taliban insurgency, the alliance’s chief said, reiterating what he has been saying over and over again NATO ready to discuss European security with Russia NATO could discuss with Russia a future security structure for Europe, but President Dmitry Medvedev must first clarify his plans - and NATO is in any case not going to dissolve itself, the head of NATO back-track, not fast-track for Georgia and Ukraine  In the lingering aftermath of Russia’s battle with Georgia over South Ossetia, NATO has decided to delicately put plans for Georgia and Ukraine to begin a Membership Action Plan, which would speed them toward membership, |
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