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18/12/2012 at 11:48 | 0 comments
Just back from a day in Kosovo, in the heart of the Balkans. What a difference a decade makes.
It wasn't so long ago that there were nearly 60,000 NATO troops in Balkan peacekeeping missions, often engaged in vigorous combat -- it was the Afghanistan of the 1990s.

14/12/2012 at 19:30 | 0 comments
We've had a busy several days at my headquarters in Mons, Belgium as we undertake the primary business of the Alliance: protecting our borders.

Given the continuing turbulence in Syria, the NATO nations -- acting upon the request of member Ally Turkey -- have decided to deploy purely defensive Patriot missiles to the Turkish-Syrian border.

01/12/2012 at 2:43 | 0 comments
I woke up early to the sound of hard rain pounding the side of the hotel in downtown Izmir, an ancient city on the Turkish Aegean coast. So much for the outdoor ceremony, I thought to myself.