Britain

NATO MPs to Visit Israel to Examine Weapons R&D

Jorge Benitez — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:46:06 -0500

From Lahav Harkov, Jerusalem Post: A NATO Parliamentary Assembly committee will examine Israeli research and development in the field of security technology, MKs learned Sunday in Luxembourg.

NATO's Plan for Afghanistan Post-2014: A 'Stable Instability'

Jorge Benitez — Thu, 16 May 2013 10:50:16 -0500

From Michael Hirsh, Atlantic: Senior commanders with the American-led International Security Assistance Force, which consists of 28 NATO countries and 22 other participating nations, say that substantial aid and military support is going to be necessary well after the scheduled withdrawal at the end of 2014.

Gap Between French Ambitions and Cuts in Deployable Forces

Jorge Benitez — Wed, 15 May 2013 18:03:51 -0500

From Julian Lindley-French, New Atlanticist: On 29 April the French published their first defense review in over twenty years.

US Reluctant to Support More European Adventures in MENA

Jorge Benitez — Mon, 13 May 2013 12:04:16 -0500

From Richard Gowan, World Politics Review : Britain, traditionally obsessive about the Atlantic alliance, has responded to the messages coming from the U.S. by deepening defense cooperation with France.

NATO Allies Participate in Estonia's Spring Storm Exercise

Jorge Benitez — Thu, 09 May 2013 12:27:59 -0500

From Postimees: In addition to Estonian troops, around 350 land force personnel from Belgium, Britain, Latvia and Lithuania, as well as about 100 Polish airmen will take part in this year's edition of Spring Storm, the largest annual exercise of the Estonian defense forces.

French defense review has both good and bad news for NATO

Jorge Benitez — Wed, 08 May 2013 16:20:49 -0500

From Jeff Lightfoot, New Atlanticist: France’s new White Book on defense and national security offers no radical thinking on the future posture and structure of France’s military and national security establishment

Defense cuts risk Britain's NATO standing

Jorge Benitez — Mon, 06 May 2013 13:08:10 -0500

From James Kirkup and Peter Foster, Telegraph: New defence cuts mean Britain could fall below the Nato standard for defence spending, straining the UK's military co-operation with the US, it has emerged.

Hammond: NATO split on whether main threat coming from Russia or MENA?

Jorge Benitez — Fri, 03 May 2013 15:45:59 -0500

From Philip Hammond, E-Ring: The further east you go, the more of the concern remains that we should be prepared for a -- maybe not full-blown state-on-state conflict -- but we need to be prepared to protect the borders of NATO