by Steffen Westerburger | Oct 15, 2015 | Monitor
Key Reads Putin may hate it, but NATO may be about to expand again Adam Taylor / Washington Post In 1999, NATO was dropping bombs on Montenegro, a small state in southeastern Europe that at that point was part of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia alongside...
by Steffen Westerburger | Oct 9, 2015 | Monitor
Key Reads Obama Administration Ends Pentagon Program to Train Syrian Rebels Helene Cooper and Eric Schmitt / New York Times The Obama administration has ended the Pentagon’s $500 million program to train and equip Syrian rebels, administration officials said on...
by Steffen Westerburger | Oct 2, 2015 | Monitor
Key Reads U.S. Admits: We Can’t Protect Syrian Allies From Russia’s Bombs Nancy Youssef, Michael Weiss and Tim Mak / The Daily Beast United States officials conceded Thursday that there is little the they could do in Syria to protect CIA-vetted rebels, the very people...
by Steffen Westerburger | Sep 30, 2015 | Monitor
Ever since its formation in early 1949, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has been an important cornerstone of the national security strategy of the United States. This military alliance, once founded to counter the Soviet threat during the Cold War,...
by Steffen Westerburger | Sep 18, 2015 | Monitor
Key Reads U.S. to Begin Military Talks With Russia on Syria Michael R. Gordon / New York Times Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday that the United States was prepared to engage in military-to-military talks with Russia concerning Syria. Obama ramps up attacks...
