Category Archives: NATO

Nato panel
Panel.

By: Tony Santolin

See the rest here:

Nato panel - Video

Exclusive: The U.S. mainstream media portrays the Ukraine crisis as a case of Russian imperialism, but the reality is that Moscow has been reacting to aggressive moves by Washington to expand NATO to Russias border in violation of a post-Cold War pledge, writes ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern.

By Ray McGovern

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov used Wednesdays interview with Bloomberg News to address the overriding issue regarding the future of Ukraine, at least from Moscows perspective. Speaking in fluent English, he said Russia would be categorically against Ukraine joining NATO.

Lavrov said he welcomed the interviewers question regarding whether Ukraine can be part of NATO, recognizing it as a chance to shoehorn background information into the interview.It was an opportunity to explain Moscows position to a wide English-speaking international audience first and foremost Americans.His comments seemed partly aimed at those so malnourished on mainstream media that they might be learning the history of NATO enlargement for the first time.Lavrov said:

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

In my view, it all started back in the 1990s, when in spite of all the pronouncements about how the Cold War was over and that there should be no winners yet, NATO looked upon itself as a winner.

Lavrov said U.S. and NATO reneged on a series of commitments: not to enlarge the Alliance; then (after NATO was expanded contrary to that commitment), not to deploy substantial forces on the territories of new NATO members; and then not to move NATO infrastructure to the Russian border.

All these commitments have been, to one degree or another, violated, said Lavrov, adding that attempts to draw Ukraine into NATO would have a negative impact on the entire system of European security. Lavrov said Russias national security interests and 25 years of recent history make this a key problem, not only for Ukraine and NATO, but also an issue of Russia.

Is Lavrov distorting the history?The answer is important the more so inasmuch as the information needed to form cogent judgments is rarely found in the U.S. mainstream media. What happened in the months immediatelybefore and afterthe fall of the Berlin Wall on Nov. 9/10, 1989, is key to understanding Russias attitude now.

No Dancing

Here is the original post:

How NATO Jabs Russia on Ukraine

The 2014 NATO Show Speakers Share Their Expertise
The 2014 NATO Show, held in Las Vegas on April 8-10, share their expertise on legislative and regulatory issues in addition to current product and marketing trends.

By: The NATO Show

Link:

The 2014 NATO Show Speakers Share Their Expertise - Video

War Storm (WarStorm) - Sono un traduttore nato Gameplay Ita pc #1
Bella a tutti ragazzi e benvenuti in questo nuovo video! Questo un video un po china ma non lo XD Posso dire solo che veramente figo sia livello grafica che tutto Buona Visione !...

By: Weesa Gamer

See more here:

War Storm (WarStorm) - Sono un traduttore nato Gameplay Ita pc #1 - Video

Mettre un bracelet NATO sur une montre
Travail, Date, salles de runions .... Jamais plus tard pour tout. Choisissez une montre spciale pour vous fobuy.com http://www.fobuy.com/categor/1/1/1/1/40/Watches.htm.

By: king zoro

See the rest here:

Mettre un bracelet NATO sur une montre - Video

The NATO Show Show Floor Prize Drawings
The 2014 NATO Show, held in Las Vegas on April 8-10, paid $6500 in cash prize drawings over the course of the show.

By: The NATO Show

Read the original:

The NATO Show Show Floor Prize Drawings - Video

Trasniti din Nato 428
GrupulSTRESSSubscribehttps://www.youtube.com/user/GrupulSTRESS?sub_confirmation=1 Trasnitiihttps://www.facebook.com/pages/Trasnitii/636269183120581?ref=hl ...................................

By: GrupulSTRESS

Here is the original post:

Trasniti din Nato 428 - Video

Trasniti din nato 464
GrupulSTRESSSubscribehttps://www.youtube.com/user/GrupulSTRESS?sub_confirmation=1 Trasnitiihttps://www.facebook.com/pages/Trasnitii/636269183120581?ref=hl ...................................

By: GrupulSTRESS

Continue reading here:

Trasniti din nato 464 - Video

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen delivers a statement to media after meeting with Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico in Bratislava, Slovakia, Thursday, May 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)The Associated Press

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, left, shake hands with Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico as they meet in Bratislava, Slovakia, Thursday, May 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)The Associated Press

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia NATO's secretary general is pushing European countries to invest more in defense to better cope with crises such as the Ukraine conflict, but some governments remain resistant.

Anders Fogh Rasmussen told participants in a security conference in Slovakia on Thursday that NATO members that don't spend enough on defense risk being "free-loaders."

He told reporters later that "every ally is expected to play its part toward contributing to our shared security." He says the Ukraine crisis shows "we have to invest more in defense."

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said he would try to increase military spending toward the 2 percent of gross domestic product that NATO wants, but said it's a "very sensitive issue" as his country tries to keep the deficit down.

See original here:

NATO chief urges Europeans to spend more on defense amid Ukraine crisis

WASHINGTON The crisis in eastern Ukraine has forced NATO for the first time since the collapse of the Berlin Wall to increase its ability to defend the territorial integrity of its 28-member states. The measures taken include sending 600 American troops for military exercises in the Baltic States and Poland. In addition, the United States has dispatched 12 F-16 fighter jets to Poland. Washington has also approved an aid package for Ukraine which includes $8 million dollars in non-lethal supplies such as bomb detection equipment and hand-held radios. It comes as part of reaction from the West to Russian backing of the annexation of Crimea and its support of separatists spreading mayhem in eastern Ukraine. NATO measures not enough But Stephen Blank, Russia expert with the American Foreign Policy Council, said the NATO measures are not enough. I dont think it sends much of a message at all. Its a reassurance message for the Poles and the Baltic States. It does not deter [Russian President Vladimir] Putin at all, Blank said. What would deter Putin is if NATO sent ground and air forces and air defenses to Ukraine at the request of the Ukrainian government. That would register in Moscow, but they are not going to do that. Ian Brzezinski, a senior fellow with the Atlantic Council, said there are several other steps NATO can take to help Ukraine. These would include first and foremost providing military assistance to the Ukrainians that goes beyond non-lethal assistance, he said. I would include anti-tank weapons, surface-to-air missiles, things that would really complicate Russian military operations in Ukraine. Second, I would encourage the West, ideally NATO, but perhaps a coalition of European and North American countries, to deploy intelligence assets - platforms, ISR platforms - intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance platforms in Ukraine and trainers, Brzezinski said. NATO's collective defense policy NATOs 28-members are committed to the notion of collective defense, contained in Article 5 of the NATO Treaty. But Ohio Wesleyan University Russia expert Sean Kay, said Article 5 is not an automatic security guarantee. If you look carefully at Article 5, it says that an attack on one will be considered as if its an attack on all and that the allies will meet and consult on the appropriate response, including military, he said. The way that was made automatic during the Cold War, was through the forward deployment of major U.S. troops at the inner-German border. Today, our policy is one of reinforcement and symbolic forward presence, now with those rotational exercises [in the Baltic States and Poland]. Kay said he does not believe the Western alliance will deploy a huge number of troops in NATO-member east European countries, even if the crisis between Ukraine and Russia intensifies. We would have to be very careful about that, because we might think even if the United States wants to do that, we would not get consensus among the NATO allies for something like that, Kay said. And we have to do that in a way that keeps that consensus going too, because NATO could break apart politically if pushed too hard on that question." Ukraine crisis not yet Cold War Charles Kupchan, with Georgetown University, said by annexing Crimea and attempting to destabilize eastern Ukraine, Russia has bared its teeth in a way that it has not done since the Cold War era. Many people are now saying we now need to deal with Russia with both eyes wide open. We need now to take out of the closet NATOs plans for defense of its eastern frontier, he said. We need to contemplate a set of political and economic steps for response should Putin go into eastern Ukraine and continue to stir up trouble. Kupchan said the current crisis falls short of a new Cold War, but he said it does have the potential to go in a worrisome direction, depending on the Kremlins next moves.

Visit link:

NATO Benefit to Ukraine in Question