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Mali insurgency endangers French pull-out plan

France wants to cut its forces in Mali sharply by the year-end and is urging its ex-colony to hold...

NATO needs to follow the U.S. pivot to Asia

NATO is unlikely to immediately follow the U.S. shift to Asia. The alliance cannot become a serious...

Missile defence pivots away from Europe?

The Obama Administration has announced a shift in emphasis for missile defence capabilities away...

The saga of US-Poland missile defense cooperation

Missile defense cooperation stands among the most prominent dimensions of the strategic...

Karzai rebuke to US: What maddened the Afghan leader?

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has been critical of several aspects of Nato's mission in his country...

Stupidity and stinginess in Mali

Despite what its European partners say in public, France is alone in fighting the armed Islamists...

Pay up for Nato or shut it down

Mr Rasmussen is parti pris, but his speech at last month’s Munich Security Conference made as good...

Maintaining defence capabilities: European share

This brief will argue that European allies in particular need to dramatically improve the way they...

Why is NATO still needed, even after the downfall of the Soviet Union?

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is an international military alliance that was...

It’s the military, stupid!

A Transatlantic Free Trade Area (TAFTA) appears to be the best bet at the moment, and it is true...

More indispensable than ever: why NATO is crucial for European and international security

Despite doomsayers, NATO is not yet obsolete. On the contrary, it is a fundamental component of the...

Withdrawal symptoms: NATO struggles over Afghanistan's future

NATO has long said it wouldn't abandon Afghanistan following the conclusion of combat operations at...

Kabul’s foreign reliance

The embattled Afghan president, who has been struggling to assert his writ beyond Kabul and is...

NATO, US must shore up Libya

Today, as Libyans mark the second anniversary of the revolution that ousted Muammar Qaddafi,...

The hidden story of airpower in Libya

As the United States and its allies continue to debate intervention in Syria, the example of NATO's...

Gen. John Allen’s steady hand in Afghanistan

As Gen. John R. Allen steps down as commander of NATO forces in Kabul this weekend, several...

Unterstanding the Malian crisis from a Euro-Atlantic perspective

From a NATO perspectove, what role shoul the Alliance play in this area, if any? While the African...

U.S. must seize opportunity of Polish modernization

Boasting the seventh-largest army in Europe, Poland is dramatically increasing defense...

Hagel's hearing: profoundly depressing

Watching the Senate Armed Services Committee interact Thursday with former Republican Senator Chuck...

NATO RIP - Can NATO RIP be made to mean "Rejuvenation, Insurance and Protection"?

A recent half-day conference at a major Washington think tank on "the budget and U.S. defense...

France in Mali: What risk for the 'new' Hollande?

As French troops continue to engage Islamist rebels in Mali, questions are being raised over how...

'NATO must make a humanitarian intervention in Syria'

"All international actors have a moral responsibility to end the humanitarian crisis facing the...

Rasmussen: ‘No role for NATO in Mali’

"NATO can’t be the world’s policeman, travelling from country to country, solving all the problems....

Austerity haunts NATO's future

NATO members may be forced to provide more security with fewer resources in the age of austerity,...

Making sense of Mali's armed groups

Al-Qaeda gets the most attention, but local groups and ethnic fighters are part of a complicated...

Defense Specialization: Indispensable or Unachievable?

If organizations such as NATO are to maintain their future effectiveness, their members must divide...

France and NATO

At the last NATO summit in Chicago, very soon after he took office, President François Hollande set...

Patriot policy in Turkey shows NATO solidarity

NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen has supported the Turkish government's argument, stating that...

Can the rebels ever win in Syria?

The unrest in Syria broke out more than a year and a half ago, in March 2011. Rebel groups, now...

War by all means – How the IDF fights in 2012

Israel has taken a new tactic in the current round of violence, centered both in the air and in...

Obama, Congress should push NATO missile defense program off 'fiscal cliff'

As the automatic defense spending cuts loom, President Obama and Congress should cancel the flawed,...

Redrawing the Middle East map: Iran, Syria and the new Cold War

The increasingly painful waiting game is escalating global tension, and linking the Middle East...

Removing Brigade Combat Teams from Europe undercuts NATO allies

The U.S. simply cannot project the same degree of power with rotational forces that it does with...

NATO needs strength of robust European and U.S. economies

One thing is clear — the challenges facing the alliance are so substantial that we'll need more...

Don’t forget NATO

By creating economic interdependence and then building deep political, cultural and societal ties,...

NATO must offer Turkey military support in Syria crisis

Turkey has twice turned to NATO for support in the face of attacks from Syria. But the...