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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NATO stories: 160 news summaries

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Opinion

 Russia Roars,
 NATO Purrs

Alliance needs to step up and protect Eastern Europe

Aug 22, 08 7:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Russia had better watch its back. NATO has proven that if it goes around invading its neighbors, the world’s mightiest alliance will take action and…er… cancel the next NATO-Russia Council meeting. That’s the lone consequence NATO put forth in its statement on the “situation in Georgia,... More »

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Russia • NATO • Georgia

Russia Returns Favor, Cuts Off NATO Council

Alliance earlier stopped 'business as usual' over Georgia invasion

Aug 21, 08 4:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Russia formally suspended military cooperation with NATO today over Georgia, the Guardian reports, a move affecting operations in Afghanistan and the Mediterranean. “Cooperation had really already been ended with the Russians,” a US official said, per an alliance declaration earlier in the week. If NATO supports “the... More »

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Russia • NATO • Georgia • international relations • SERGEY LAVROV • military exercises

OPINION

Nuke Advantage Emboldened Putin's Russia

US disarmament partly to blame for Georgia war, says Schoenfeld

Aug 21, 08 9:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Diplomats and pundits have debated what led Russia to attack Georgia so forcefully, pointing to everything from newfound economic strength to a sense of national humiliation. But Gabriel Schoenfeld, editor at neoconservative magazine Commentary, has another explanation: it's Russia's growing nuclear advantage, especially with short-range arms, that has "helped... More »

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Russia • NATO • Vladimir Putin • nuclear weapons • Georgia • Cold War • nuclear disarmament • nuclear arsenal • George W. Bush • neoconservatves

OPINION

Shunning Won't Work:
Invite Russia to Join NATO

Increased engagement with the bear will avert more crises: Meier

Aug 20, 08 12:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - The kneejerk impulse to punish Russia for its Georgia incursion by withdrawing NATO civilities is exactly wrong, Andrew Meier writes in the Los Angeles Times. The only way the West can get leverage, given the case of nerves the Russians have over NATO’s expansion into former Soviet states,... More »

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Russia • NATO • Vladimir Putin • Georgia • United States • Mikheil Saakashvili • Dmitry Medvedev

 Sarkozy Renews Afghan Support

Visits troops, meets with Karzai

Aug 20, 08 7:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nicolas Sarkozy reaffirmed his support of the Afghan mission today, in the wake of a Taliban ambush that killed 10 French soldiers and wounded 21 others, the BBC reports. After meeting with Hamid Karzai, Sarkozy told troops to be proud of their “indispensable” work. “We're going to make... More »

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Afghanistan • NATO • Nicolas Sarkozy • Hamid Karzai • Afghanistan war • French military • French troops

US Tells Russia Not to Redraw Borders

Rice takes hard line
at NATO meeting on Georgia invasion

Aug 19, 08 4:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Russia’s “strategic objective” won’t be met by its invasion of Georgia, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice warned Moscow today during a NATO gathering, the Guardian reports. “This NATO which has come so far in a Europe that is whole, free, and at peace is not... More »

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Russia • United Nations • NATO • Condoleezza Rice • Georgia

OPINION

Georgian War Lays Bare
Bush Policy's Failures

US encouraged Georgian bluster; provoked Russian paranoia

Aug 19, 08 3:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Georgian war crystallizes the failure of the Bush administration's foreign policy, writes HDS Greenway in the Boston Globe. Besides the ready-made justification the Iraq war provides to any invading country, America has stoked Georgian boldness, "and now America's client is wiping blood from its nose," he writes.... More »

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Russia • NATO • missile shield • Vladimir Putin • Georgia • United States • America • Tbilisi

Russia, Georgia
Exchange Prisoners

But Russian military remains in Gori as NATO meets

Aug 19, 08 7:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Russia and Georgia exchanged prisoners of war today in a gesture that observers hope will reduce tensions and expedite a Russian withdrawal. Fifteen Georgians and five Russians were set free, the Georgian military says. Yet despite the exchange, there was still no movement of Russian troops out of Gori or... More »

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Russia • NATO • Georgia • Dmitry Medvedev • prisoner exchange • South Ossetia

 Georgian Conflict
 Highlights Eastern Anxieties 

Ex-Soviet states unite in opposition to Russia

Aug 18, 08 2:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - As Russian forces continue to roll through Georgia, both Eastern and Western nations are reconsidering their relations in the face of an emboldened and insolent Moscow. The Christian Science Monitor examines this new geopolitical reality from the perspective of ex-Soviet states determined to prevent a renaissance of Russia's hegemony over... More »

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Russia • NATO • Eastern Europe • Poland • Georgia • missile defense system

ANALYSIS

Russia's Saber-Rattling Puts NATO Into Rethink Mode

Bolstering neighbors' defenses one option as alliance tries to analyze threat level

Aug 18, 08 12:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - The invasion of Georgia has NATO trying to figure out exactly how strong Russia’s rejuvenated military is, and what the alliance should do about it, Gordon Lubold writes in the Christian Science Monitor. It’s clear the military has rebounded from its 1990s malaise, but it doesn’t look... More »

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Russia • NATO • Georgia • Balkans • former Soviet state

Promising to Leave, Russia Amps Up Forces in Georgia

NATO divided on response to Moscow

Aug 18, 08 6:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Despite promises from the Kremlin and ultimatums from the American and French presidents, Russia is stalling on its promise to withdraw from Georgia, reports the Guardian. The Russian military has moved ballistic missile launchers into South Ossetia, and its troops remain entrenched near Tbilisi, the Georgian capital. But ahead of... More »

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Russia • NATO • diplomacy • Nicolas Sarkozy • Georgia • George W. Bush • NATO summit • South Ossetia

opinion

 Georgia Is the Victim, 
 So Blame Russia

History reveals Russia as the aggressor

Aug 17, 08 5:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Why blame Georgia for Russia's invasion when Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is clearly at fault? Putin has been seething ever since pro-Western Mikhail Saakashvili came to power in Georgia 3 years ago, writes Matthew Continetti in The Weekly Standard. "Putin has been pressuring Georgia for years," writes... More »

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Russia • NATO • European Union • Vladimir Putin • Georgia • Mikheil Saakashvili • Dmitry Medvedev • Abkhazia • South Ossetia

OPINION

Saakashvili: West Must Stop Russia Brutality

Moscow seeks 'new world order,' warns Georgian president

Aug 14, 08 12:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - As Russia maintains a troop presence in several Georgian cities, Mikheil Saakashvili writes in the Washington Post, "We cannot allow Georgia to become the first victim of a new world order as imagined by Moscow." The Georgian president says the international community must recognize that Russia intends to... More »

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Russia • NATO • Moscow • Georgia • Kremlin • Mikheil Saakashvili • Abkhazia • South Ossetia

OPINION

How the West's Mistakes Stoked War in Georgia

Diplomatic laziness increased the likelihood of conflict

Aug 13, 08 6:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - With the conflict between Georgia and Russia cooling and a truce in progress, it’s time for the West to appreciate its role in the conflict, writes Ronald D. Asmus for the New Republic.
  • From the early '90s, the West accepted the Russians as peacekeepers in the secession dispute.
... More »

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Russia • NATO • Vladimir Putin • Georgia • George HW Bush • separatists • Abkhazia • South Ossetia

Russia May Put Pressure on Ukraine Next

After dominating Georgia, Moscow could try to block NATO bid

Aug 13, 08 3:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - After flexing its military might against Georgia, Russia may next set its sights on US-backed Ukraine by trying to foil its attempts to join NATO, analysts say. Already, tensions are flaring, Bloomberg reports. Ukraine restricted the movements of Russian ships in the Black Sea, which are based at a Ukrainian... More »

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Russia • NATO • Vladimir Putin • Georgia • Ukraine • Viktor Yushchenko • Dmitry Medvedev

(Newser) - Robert Gates is backing a plan to pump $20 billion into Afghanistan’s army and restructure the command of NATO and US forces, in an effort to revamp the struggling war effort there. With American troops tied up in Iraq, Gates intends to almost double the size of the Afghan... More »

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Afghanistan • NATO • Pentagon • Robert Gates • US military • NATO troops

 French Troops
 Head to Afghanistan

Will train local forces to fend off Taliban

Aug 7, 08 8:00 AM CDT
(AP) - Hundreds of French troops have been deployed to train local infantry battalions in southern Afghanistan to help them fend off Taliban fighters, according to NATO officials. The deployment was one of the largest ground military convoys in the area in years, and came in response to NATO commanders' repeated requests... More »

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Afghanistan • NATO • Taliban • France • US troops • NATO troops

500th US Death a Troubling Omen in Afghan War

'Other' war claims 500 lives, now deadlier than Iraq conflict

Aug 7, 08 5:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - The 500th American died in Afghanistan last month and the grim milestone has helped bring the conflict back to the forefront of the nation's consciousness, the New York Times writes. Afghanistan has long been overshadowed by the Iraq war, but enemy action killed over three times as many Americans in... More »

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Afghanistan • NATO • Taliban • US military • death toll • Afghanistan war

NATO Hires Coke Exec to Boost its Brand

Alliance hopes image makeover will prove to people it still matters

Jul 16, 08 2:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - NATO: the Real Thing? The alliance is seeking an image makeover in the face of public apathy and has hired a Coca-Cola executive to help, reports the New York Times. Support for NATO has waned in many of its 26 member nations since the end of the Cold War, and... More »

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NATO • Cold War • public relations • alliance • branding

Taliban Shows Fresh Fangs in US Base Attack

Secure in Pakistan, insurgents gain next door in Afghanistan

Jul 14, 08 3:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Taliban demonstrated complex tactics and a renewed taste for conventional warfare in the attack on a remote outpost that claimed the lives of nine US soldiers yesterday, Reuters reports. The militants drove the residents from a nearby village and used it as a base of operations from which to... More »

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Afghanistan • NATO • Taliban • Pakistan • suicide bombing • US Army • warfare

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