Tag: NATO

Omnivore 16/10/09

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To Beat the Taliban, Fight From Afar, Robert Pape, New York Times

We’re Too Focused on Al Qaeda, Caroline Wadhams & Colin Cookman, AfPak Channel/Foreign Policy

From COIN to Chaos, David P. Fidler, AfPak Channel/Foreign Policy

The Forever War Continues, Kenneth Payne, Kings of War

Lens: Under the Radar in Kandahar, Editors, At War/New York Times

When the Walls Come Down, Rod Nordland, At War/New York Times

A Surge of Discontent on Afghan Policy, Editors, At War/New York Times

Islamabad: From Green City To Red Mosque, Salman Massood, At War/New York Times

Stanley McChrystal’s Long War, Dexter Filkins, NYT Magazine

Military Committee Visits Afghanistan, NATO Newsroom

Three Days in Afghanistan, ACO Public Affairs Office/SHAPE

Omnivore 14/10/09

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Reliance on Private Security, NYT, At War/New York Times

Enclosure, Area Studies, and Virtual Worlds, Alex Golub, Savage Minds

The Logic of Violence in Counterinsurgency, Drew Conway, Zero Intelligence Agents

New: Harvard’s National Security Journal, Duncan Hollis, Opinio Juris

Foreign Policy Cage Fight, David Betz, Kings of War

Support Troops Swelling US Force in Afghanistan, Ann Scott Tyson, Washington Post

Sway Over Afghan Insurgents Proves Elusive, Joshua Partlow and Greg Jaffe, Washington Post

New Seminar On Strategic Concept, NATO Newsroom

Omnivore 13/10/09

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Statement by the NATO SecGen on UNAMA, NATO Newsroom

Afghanistan From the Air, Moises Saman, At War/New York Times

Heratis Mourn Rebel Commander, Mustafa Saber, Afghan Recovery Report/IWPR

Insurgents Taking Charge in Kunduz, Gul Rahim Niazmand, Afghan Recovery Report/IWPR

Political Tensions Bring Economic Woes To North, Abdul Latif Sahak, Afghan Recovery Report/IWPR

Could IMU Chief’s Death Curb Rebel Forces in Afghanistan? Jan Mohammad Habibi & Sayed Ahman Abedi, Afghan Recovery Report/IWPR

Omnivore 12/10/09

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Statement by the NATO Secretary General on the Nobel Peace Prize, NATO Newsroom

NATO Secretary General Goes to Air Policing Base in Lithuania, NATO Newsroom

NATO Secretary General Visits Estonia, NATO Newsroom

NATO Secretary General Condemns Kabul Bombing, NATO Newsroom

SACEUR Speaks at RUSI, Public Affairs Office, Allied Command Operations

15 Things For Leaders, Admiral James Stavridis, From the Bridge/ACO Sitrep

The Danger of Delay in Afghan Policymaking, Bruce Riedel and Bernard Gwertzman, Brookings Institute

Taliban Cannot Be Split From al-Qaeda, Obama Warned, Philip Sherwell, Daily Telegraph

NATO & Critical Infrastructure Protection – Tech Demo

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I (and a lot of other people) helped define some of the margins of and requirements for this, once upon a time. 

NATO Sponsors Critical Infrastructure Protection Technology Demonstration

From 5-15 October, “BELCOAST 09” is marking the fifth anniversary of NATO’s Defence Against Terrorism Programme of Work (DAT PoW), demonstrating technologies that can improve the protection of military installations in operations. The event will take place at Koksijde Air Base and other locations along the Belgian coast.

More than 160 companies will join military units and technology experts to show, test and explain technologies for defending against different threat scenarios, including mortar, rocket and improvised explosive devices; chemical and biological attacks; and threats to land-based, maritime and aviation infrastructure. Technologies for intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, target acquisition and non-lethal capabilities will also be shown.   

In response to the terrorist bombings in Madrid in March 2004, NATO launched the DAT PoW to develop cutting-edge technology or adapt existing technology to protect troops and civilians from terrorist attacks and other asymmetric threats. It comprises 10 technology initiatives, to include countering improvised explosive devices, defending against mortar attack and developing non-lethal capabilities. One initiative, critical infrastructure protection, led by Belgium, focuses on technologies that protect important civilian and military infrastructure.

Media is invited to attend on Wednesday, 14 October, at Koksijde Air Base for video presentations of the demonstrations and keynote speeches by Deputy Supreme Allied Command Europe, General Sir John McColl, and the Chairman of the NATO Research and Technology Board, Dr Robert S. Walker.

Media registration by 8 October is compulsory. The programme is available and registration can be done online on the website of the Belgian Ministry of Defence in French and in Dutch.

More information on this event can be found at: http://www.belcoast09.org/.