Open Letter: It’s Time to Invite Russia to Join NATO – SPIEGEL ONLINE – News – International

Posted by Matt in March 8th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Russia, Confrontation, Decades, Defense Experts, Elbe, German Defense, Klaus Naumann, moscow, NATO, News International, Online News, Online Security, Open Doors, Russia News, Russia Online, Spiegel, Spiegel Online, Trans Atlantic, Ulrich, Volker RüHe, Weisser

Trans-Atlantic security needs have changed fundamentally in the last two decades. The East-West confrontation has ended, and Moscow now shares many interests with NATO. It is time for the alliance to open its doors to Russia, say German defense experts Volker Rühe, Klaus Naumann, Frank Elbe and Ulrich Weisser.
Open Letter: It’s Time to Invite Russia [...]

Partners in Decline | Foreign Policy

Posted by Matt in March 2nd, 2010 | no comment

Published in Europe, Andrew Bacevich, Cabinet Officials, Decline, Dysfunctional, Europe, Europeans, Foreign Policy, NATO, Novel, Pacifist, Pitch, Scapegoat, United States, White House

It’s anti-Europe season again in the United States. Once the season opens (usually in the second year of a presidential term, when the White House most needs a scapegoat), cabinet officials and analysts start taking their shots: “Europeans don’t pitch in. They don’t fight enough.”
Andrew Bacevich’s article, “Let Europe Be Europe,” is just the latest [...]

Russia threatens to react to NATO expansion

Posted by Matt in February 24th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Russia, Elements, Europe, Military Officer, Missile Defense System, NATO, Nato Expansion, Russia

Russia will have to respond as it is concerned by NATO’s active eastward expansion and the U.S. plans to deploy elements of a missile defense system in Europe, Russia’s top military officer said on Wednesday.
Russia threatens to react to NATO expansion

AFP: NATO in ‘crisis’; Europe averse to military force: Gates

Posted by Matt in February 23rd, 2010 | no comment

Published in Europe, Afp, Atlantic Treaty Organization, Defense Secretary, Europe, European Countries, Faces, Invest, Military Force, NATO, Nato Alliance, Nato Military, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Robert Gates, Secretary Robert, Systemic Problems, weapons

The NATO alliance faces a “crisis” as European countries have grown averse to military force and failed to invest in weapons and equipment, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Tuesday.
“Right now, the alliance faces very serious, long-term, systemic problems,” Gates said in a speech to officers and officials from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
AFP: [...]

Back to the USSR? | guardian.co.uk

Posted by Matt in February 23rd, 2010 | no comment

Published in Favorites, Russia, Attack On America, Borders, China Shop, Global Functions, Guardian Co Uk, Guardian Uk, infrastructure, Irina, Main Enemy, Missile Defense Systems, NATO, Norms, Nuclear Forces, Nuclear War, Obama, Real World, Russia, Russian Federation, Soviet Days, Ussr

Why would Russia want to launch a nuclear preemptive attack on America? Russia has been kind enough to explain why it might attack America – it feels threatened by NATO and the U.S.
Now if one is oblivious to the world, then you would go on encircling Russia while at the same time reducing your nuclear [...]

Allied bid for Obama to remove US European nuclear stockpile

Posted by Matt in February 22nd, 2010 | no comment

Published in Europe, Nuclear, Barack Obama, Bid, bombs, Cold-War, Era, European Nato, European Soil, NATO, Nato Allies, Nuclear Stockpile, Nuclear Weapons

European NATO allies are to urge President Barack Obama to remove all remaining US nuclear weapons from European soil, as domestic pressure grows to rid its soil of outdated Cold War-era aerial bombs.
Allied bid for Obama to remove US European nuclear stockpile

Russia’s Military Doctrine: New Dangers Appear – The Jamestown Foundation

Posted by Matt in February 22nd, 2010 | no comment

Published in Russia, Aftermath, Chief Source, Conventional Conflict, Conventional Military Capabilities, Dmitry Medvedev, Gap, Jamestown, Jamestown Foundation, Leadership, Military Doctrine, NATO, Nuclear Weapons, Preemptive Nuclear Strike, Realistic Portrayal, Reliance, Russia, Russian Authors, Russian Federation, Russian Military

In the immediate aftermath of President Dmitry Medvedev signing the new Russian military doctrine most attention focused on the fact that a first preemptive nuclear strike was not mentioned in the document and on the attention given to NATO as the chief source of “danger” to the security of the Russian Federation. Comments by NATO’s [...]

Russia finds NATO global reach plan disturbing | Reuters

Posted by Matt in February 18th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Russia, blueprint, Foreign Minister, Global Reach, NATO, New Strategy, Reuters, Russia

Russia is concerned that a new strategy blueprint under development by NATO would allow the alliance to use force worldwide, Russia’s foreign minister was reported as saying on Thursday.
Russia finds NATO global reach plan disturbing | Reuters

Russian doctrine does not reflect real world: NATO | Reuters

Posted by Matt in February 6th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Europe, Russia, Military Doctrine, moscow, NATO, Nato Expansion, Real World, Reuters, Russia, Russian Military, Ties, Western Military Alliance

The Russian doctrine reflects the real world just fine. It’s NATO that is living in another world.
Russia is the enemy of the West, including NATO. That means NATO is the enemy of Russia. Enough said.
NATO said on Saturday a new Russian military doctrine identifying NATO expansion as a threat did not reflect the real world [...]

Romania Accepts U.S. Plan for Missile Defense – NYTimes.com

Posted by Matt in February 4th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Missiles, Antiballistic Missile, Missile Defense System, missiledefense, NATO, Nytimes, Proposal, Romania, Traian Basescu, Warsaw Pact Member

Romania’s top defense body approved an American proposal to base missile interceptors there, the country’s president said Thursday in a hastily arranged announcement.
The president, Traian Basescu, said in a statement that Romania, a former Warsaw Pact member and now part of NATO, was prepared to negotiate with the United States to accept ground-based interceptors as [...]