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29.06.2006
Britain's Nuclear-Weapons Fix
(By Paul Rogers)
The determination of Britain's political elite to maintain the country as a nuclear-weapons state is rooted in a half-century of military planning to which the possibility of tactical and first use of nuclear weapons is central.
Zdroj: Open Democracy (USA)

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NATO's Afghanistan Challenge
(By Max Boot)
THE North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created in 1949 to contain communist expansionism in Europe. When the Soviet Union collapsed, the widespread expectation was that NATO would go the way of the Warsaw Pact. Instead, the alliance's role has grown since the end of the Cold War. In 1995, it fought its first war, to pacify Bosnia, followed by the 1999 conflict over Kosovo, where a NATO peacekeeping contingent remains. But it is in Afghanistan, a country about as remote as you can get from the Fulda Gap in Germany — where NATO once prepared to fight the Red Army — that the North Atlantic alliance faces its latest, greatest test.
Zdroj: Los Angeles Times (USA)

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13.06.2006
Time for a hard look at troops' role
(By Bronwen Maddox)
WHAT is Britain doing in Afghanistan? The death of the first British soldier in fighting since the operation was expanded should make everyone take a hard look at that question. The Government says it has answered it, but it hasn’t.
Zdroj: The Times (Great Britain)

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04.06.2006
How Close is Georgia to NATO Membership?
(By Liz Fuller)
On May 11, the Georgian parliament passed a resolution expressing support for the country’s aspirations to NATO membership. And three weeks later, on May 30, NATO’s Parliamentary Assembly adopted a resolution noting Georgia’s "significant progress" in implementing the goals set out in the Individual Partnership Action Plan endorsed in late 2004 and calling for the beginning of Intensive Dialogue -- the next stage in cooperation -- with Georgia. But Georgia’s chances of joining NATO before President Mikheil Saakashvili’s first presidential term expires in January 2009 are nonetheless slim, if not nonexistent.
Zdroj: Eurasianet.org (USA)

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(By Mark John)
A decade and a half after the end of the Cold War, NATO has embarked on its first country-wide roadshow of Russia to convince a sceptical public the former foes have much to gain by working together.

Zdroj: Reuters AlertNet (United Kingdom)________________________________________________________

15.05.2006
For EU, Turkey may provide constructive link between East, West
(By John C. Bersia)
As Turkey plods along with its contentious bid to join the European Union, worried voices sound off on issues ranging from environmental problems to Ankara's potential as a "Trojan horse."
Zdroj: FortWayne.com (USA)

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04.05.2006
Old problems haunt new Kosovo
(By John Simpson)
Seven years ago, virtually the whole of Nato was engaged in an air war against Serbia to protect the ethnic Albanians of Kosovo. Nato troops finally invaded Kosovo, and the UN took it over. Ever since, it has slowly been brought towards independence. But there are big problems: in particular the bitter tensions between the ethnic Albanians and the much smaller number of ethnic Serbs who live in Kosovo.
Zdroj: BBC News (Great Britain)

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26.04.2006
How to end Darfur slaughter
(By Nicholas D. Kristof)
The first step to stop the killing is to dispatch a robust UN peacekeeping force of at least 20,000 well-equipped and mobile troops. But because of precisely the nationalistic sensitivities that Osama is trying to stir, it shouldn't have American ground troops. Instead, it should be made up mostly of Turks, Jordanians, Bangladeshis, Pakistanis and other Muslims, and smaller numbers of European and Asian troops. The U.S. can supply airlifts, and NATO can provide a short-term bridging force if necessary. 
Zdroj: Toronto Star (Canada)

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18.04.2006
Beijing's 'new thinking' on energy security
(By Wenran Jiang)
China’s growing appetite for energy has caused widespread concern around the world. The Middle Kingdom is blamed for the sharp increase in global oil prices in the past few years, and the United States grows uneasy about Beijing’s evolving cozy relations with major oil producers such as Iran, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and Venezuela - some of which are hostile toward Washington. Moreover, there is a growing call to contain China as an energy threat in a world of diminishing resources. Yet Beijing is resentful of such attitudes and has taken new measures to counter its critics. 
Zdroj: International Relations and Security Network (Switzerland)

18.04.2006
Before the war
(By Sergei A. Karaganov)
Experience has made us wary of attempts to bring democracy to the larger Middle East. The day American and NATO troops leave Afghanistan, having proclaimed it democratic, the situation in the country will deteriorate into the chaos of the past, if not worse. The same will happen if U.S. and allied troops withdraw from Iraq. 
Zdroj: St. Peterburg Times (Russia)

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18.04.2006
Russia will only gain from the crisis with Tehran
(By Yin Gang)
Opponents of NATO's expansion into the volatile south seem to believe either that Afghanistan can be stabilized without confronting the insurgents militarily or that American troops alone should do the confronting. The first notion is Pollyannaish, the second is, well, just plain selfish. 
Zdroj: The Daily Star (Lebanon)

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16.04.2006
Darfur's children deserve our protection
(By William Hague)
'We send our grandmothers to collect the firewood. We know they will be beaten. But we have no choice; if we send our men, they will kill them. If we send our women or our girls, they will rape them.' I could see the bitterness and despair on the young woman's face as she described the cruel choice that her family is forced to make every day. We were standing in Abu Shouk displaced persons' camp in Darfur, Sudan, in front of the flimsy tent that she called home. 
Zdroj: The Observer (United Kingdom)
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