Special to WorldTribune.com By Miles Yu, Geostrategy-Direct.com Last week, Jens Stoltenberg assumed the position of the Secretary General of NATO, replacing his hawkish predecessor, Anders Fogh Rasmussen. The new chief is quite Russia-friendly — so much so he was evenly vigorously recruited by the KGB as an agent during the twilight years of the Cold War. Stoltenberg […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Turkey, despite a U.S.-arranged reconciliation, continues to prevent NATO from cooperating with Israel. A leading Israeli strategic institute asserted that Turkey stopped NATO participation at a conference scheduled for next month. The Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies said a member of the NATO Defense College in Rome was ordered […]
Special to WorldTribune.com Compiled by Miles Yu, Geostrategy-Direct.com NATO took a step forward toward completing a comprehensive ballistic missile shield by announcing that an “interim capability” to destroy incoming missiles was already in operation. “The United States and our European allies are investing in common security and it is an excellent example of the renewed […]
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON — NATO has decided to withdraw from Iraq. Officials said the Western alliance was pulling out all of its staff from Iraq, which failed to agree on an extension. They said NATO would complete its personnel withdrawal from Iraq by 2012. “Agreement on the extension of this successful program did not […]