Afghan-Pakistan Border Incidents: The Underlying Problem
11/29/2011
Richard Weitz looks at the seriousness of the Afghan-Pakistan border problem and its impact on the Afghan mission.
NATO’s Tactical Nuclear Dilemmas
06/12/2011
06/12/2011 - The role of nuclear weapons in NATO’s defense and deterrence policies is clearly declining. But what will be its role?
Allies Struggle to Implement NATO’s Lisbon Summit Decisions
06/07/2011
06/07/2011 - On the D-Day anniversary, are we any closer to the missile defense of Europe?
Romanian and French Army Advise Afghan National Army
04/01/2011
04/01/2011 - Slideshow Mentors from many different countries play a critical role supporting NATO Training Mission-Afghanistan in site throughout the country.
The Afghan Drug Challenge
12/19/2010
By Dr. Richard Weitz and Dmitri Titoff 12/21 /2010 - You ask why narcotics production has grown? Our analysis shows that the fundamental factor is that the introduction of the [foreign] forces provoked resistance. In the beginning, the Taliban resisted and armed conflicts emerged.
The Future of NATO’s Tactical Nuclear Weapons
12/18/2010
By Dr. Richard Weitz 12/21/2010 - One of the most important issues that NATO Heads of State addressed at their November 2010 Summit in Lisbon was what to do about the remaining U.S. tactical nuclear weapons (TNWs) stationed in Europe under the alliance’s “nuclear-sharing” arrangement.
Greece: A Harsh Balancing Act
09/07/2010
By Harry Syringas What happens when a country faces its worst financial crisis in the past few years and asks other Euro Zone states and the International Monetary Fund for loans? The defense budget, which up to now has been hardly scrutinized, cannot be an exception.
French Special Forces in Afghanistan: Lessons Learned
11/30/2009
In an interview published in the French quarterly "Marine", former Commander of Task Group Ares in Afghanistan in 2006, Commander Bruno de Zélicourt of the French Navy Commandos warns that by, now being absent from Afghanistan, the FSF are at risk of being singled out in the eyes of NATO…