A half century of NATO

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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is celebrating its 50th anniversary on Apr 4, 1999. The alliance has been responsible for preventing Soviet attacks in Europe without any bloodshed. A more ironical success attributed to NATO is its role in the air-to-air attacks in the Balkans, which came 45 years after its founding. Alliance leaders are expected to address a shift to the prevention of the proliferation of mass weapons of destruction, ethnic violence and regional wars from its earlier focus on the elimination of the Cold War.

United States, International Affairs, International politics, North Atlantic Treaty Org

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Swamp of the terror in the Sahara

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Africa's vast Sahara desert, which is vast, trackless and ungoverned, is now a magnet for many Islamic terrorists from the Middle East and Afghanistan. The American presence is small and discreet and they are expanding military training and assistance for local armed forces in those African nations thought to be most vulnerable to terrorist infestation.

Public affairs, Africa, Social aspects, Military aspects, Sahara, Antiterrorism measures, Islamic militants

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Russia's military retrenchment

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The cut-and-reshape program was launched by Russian President Vladimir Putin to revitalize Russia's military forces. Painful reform can no longer be avoided.

Russia, Presidents, Presidents (Government), Putin, Vladimir, Armed Forces, Military policy

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