Episode 66: Ambassador Nicholas Burns Mark Leon Goldberg May 26, 2015 Nicholas Burns is one of America's most decorated diplomats. He began his career in the foreign service as an intern in Mauritania in the early 1980s. By the time he retired in 2008, he had served as the US Ambassador to NATO and the Undersecretary of ...
NATO: New Tools for New Security Challenges Penelope Chester December 3, 2014 NATO's largest military expansion since the end of the Cold War
The NATO Summit’s Most Important Outcome (Maybe) Penelope Chester September 10, 2014 Could a Rapid Reaction Force be the key to NATO's future?
Expanding NATO Mark Leon Goldberg May 21, 2012 One thing that will not be decided on in Chicago today is expanding NATO membership. Four countries have been on the short-list since 2008: Macedonia, Georgia, Montenegro and Bosnia and the Chicago Summit's outcome document is full of supportive words for their membership, but no action.
What Will Happen to Afghanistan’s Security Forces After 2014? Una Moore April 13, 2012 Will plans to massively build up --and then massively downsize-- the Afghan security forces contribute to more violence and turn Afghanistan into Central Asia’s bargain bazaar for small arms?
Afghanistan in Transition, Civilians in Armed Conflict, and the Implications of Libya: My Week at NATO Una Moore February 10, 2012 Earlier this month, I spent a week at NATO with eight other bloggers, attending briefings on issues as varied as the mission in Afghanistan and cyber security. Here’s what stood out to me.
NATO Combat Operations in Afghanistan to End Gradually: Secretary General Una Moore February 3, 2012 When NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen spoke to the press yesterday at the end of the first of two days of meetings with NATO defense ministers, he tried to dispel confusion surrounding the end of NATO’s role in Afghanistan.
NATO Meeting to Discuss Early End of Combat Operations in Afghanistan Una Moore February 2, 2012 NATO will end combat operations in Afghanistan in mid-2013, more than a year ahead of schedule. The accelerated withdrawal of NATO forces will dominate the agenda of the NATO ministerial summit today and tomorrow.
UN Dispatch at NATO Una Moore January 29, 2012 I’m in Brussels for two days of briefings at NATO Headquarters and the February ministerial meeting. Have a question you would like me to ask at NATO this week? Post it in the comments on this post or tweet it to me @UnainKabul.
