NATO
NATO as an Essential Source of Stability in a Highly Unpredictable World
NATO as an Essential Source of Stability in a Highly Unpredictable World
Today, NATO finds itself in a new global constellation of powers and in a new and increasingly complex and interdependent securitized world. The contemporary NATO, essentially a transatlantic military organization…
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NATO Summit 2012: More Questions than Answers
NATO Summit 2012: More Questions than Answers
The NATO summit in Chicago lacked the political resolve and commitment needed to adequately respond to the challenges ahead. The transfer of responsibility of governance from NATO to the Afghan…
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Drones and their ability to defeat al Qaeda
Drones and their ability to defeat al Qaeda
The accelerating use of drones in Yemen, as well as the recent resumption of airstrikes in Pakistan, has highlighted the US' increasing reliance on the unmanned vehicles to target enemies…
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Germany: Savior or Victim of Europe?
Germany: Savior or Victim of Europe?
In his new book “Wege ins Abseits. Wie Deutschland seine Zukunft verspielt” ("How Germany gambles away its Future"), Osning Verlag, BrigGen ret. Dieter Farwick, Senior Vice President of the World…
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LtGen (ret) Ulf von Krause: "Lessons learned from Afghanistan - a German perspective"
LtGen (ret) Ulf von Krause: "Lessons learned from Afghanistan - a German perspective"
LtGen (ret) Dr. Ulf von Krause on foot patrol in Kabul, 2004: "The Afghanistan conflict makes it very clear that a first decision whether to become militarily involved in an…
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Riaz Khokhar, former Foreign Secretary of Pakistan, on Extremism, Terror, Afghanistan, and India
Riaz Khokhar, former Foreign Secretary of Pakistan, on Extremism, Terror, Afghanistan, and India
Riaz Khokhar, Foreign Secretary of Pakistan from 2002 to 2005, former Ambassador to China and the USA as well as High Commissioner to India, discussed with Dr. Hubertus Hoffmann, President…
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Former Pakistani Chief of Staff and ISI Director Gen. Ehsan ul Haq on Afghanistan and Pakistan
Former Pakistani Chief of Staff and ISI Director Gen. Ehsan ul Haq on Afghanistan and Pakistan
Gen (ret.) Ehsan ul Haq, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Pakistani Military and director of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), and now a member of the…
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NATO's new Strategic Concept on Energy
NATO's new Strategic Concept on Energy
Over the past years, energy security has turned into a major theme of the international security debate. Several developments account for this: Europe’s growing dependency on oil and gas; the…
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