Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Jamshed Baruah IDN-InDepthNews Report http://www.indepthnews.net/ BERLIN (IDN) – In run-up to the NATO Summit in Chicago on May 20, a new report is calling for abandoning the Cold War rationale and ushering in a systemic change in U. S. nuclear force structure, strategy and posture in order [...]
NATO’s Twin Crises
May 17, 2012 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By John Feffer WASHINGTON, May 17, 2012 (IPS) – It’s not an easy time for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The ongoing economic crisis is putting pressure on military budgets on both sides of the Atlantic. Meanwhile, the Libya conflict revealed the stark limitations of the United [...]
NATO Bombs Leave Gaddafi Unimpressed
July 28, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Alexander Cockburn* IDN-InDepth NewsViewpoint PETROLIA, USA (IDN) – After three and a half months of bombing and arms supply to various rebel factions, NATO’s failure in its efforts to promote "regime change" in Libya is now glaring. Obviously NATO’s commanders are still hoping that a lucky [...]
TURKEY: Old Colonial Rivalries Revive over Libya
March 26, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS Analysis by Jacques N. Couvas ANKARA, Mar 25, 2011 (IPS) – Turkey’s volte-face Thursday evening to make a sizeable military contribution to NATO’s intervention in the Libyan crisis, after two weeks of fierce opposition to the Alliance’s mingling with Arab affairs, has further blurred Ankara’s position in the [...]
Libyan Weapons May Come Back to Haunt Europe
March 9, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Thalif Deen UNITED NATIONS, Mar 8, 2011 (IPS) – When Muammar el-Gaddafi went on an arms-buying spree in the 1970s and 80s – stockpiling a staggering array of sophisticated weapons systems both from the East and West – the United States warned that Libya was in danger [...]
NATO Ready to Facilitate Middle East Peace
February 11, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Bernhard Schell IDN-InDepth NewsReport AMMAN (IDN) – As uncertainty and suspense about an emerging new Egypt and its impact on the Middle East grip the international community, the Euro-U.S. military alliance NATO has offered to serve as a facilitator, though in a rather circumspect manner. "Through its [...]
Bringing NATO and the EU Closer Together
November 20, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Jamshed Baruah IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis LISBON (IDN) – The NATO Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, is convinced that the meeting of 28 heads of state and government of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in Lisbon will be "one of the most important summits in NATO’s history". History [...]
Lisbon Armed to the Teeth for NATO Summit
November 20, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Mario de Queiroz LISBON, Nov 19, 2010 (IPS) – Helicopter gunships patrolling the skies, missile launcher ships in the Tagus estuary, police with heavy machineguns and armoured cars deployed on the main streets of the Portuguese capital have created a warlike ambience in the city hosting the [...]
AFGHANISTAN: Do Peace Talks Have Traction?
October 23, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Jim Lobe* WASHINGTON, Oct 22, 2010 (IPS) – Reports over the past 10 days of high-level talks between the government of Afghan President Hamid Karzai and senior representatives of the Taliban have spurred growing speculation here about whether Washington is looking for a speedy exit to the [...]
Think Tank Pleads For Firewalling AfPak Region
October 7, 2010 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Clive Banerjee IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis NEW DELHI (IDN) – In the event of the 28 NATO member nations disengaging from Afghanistan, it would be prudent to firewall the Afghanistan-Pakistan (AfPak) region from all sides with only a minimal foreign military presence inside Afghanistan, states a new study by [...]
