http://www.wikio.com/search=Paul Reynolds Wikio - Paul Reynolds http://www.wikio.com/search/Paul+Reynolds?rinfoid=68522268 New York - Draw for the US Open made on Thursday. Rafael Nadal, 1, Spainv Qualifier... Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:07:47 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Paul+Reynolds?rinfoid=68522268 2008-08-21T18:07:47Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Paul+Reynolds?rinfoid=68375248 Writers Jeff Parker and Paul Tobin delve into Silver Age goodness for the AGE OF THE SENTRY limited series! Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:00:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Paul+Reynolds?rinfoid=68375248 2008-08-20T05:00:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Paul+Reynolds?rinfoid=68163455 Paul Reynolds, world affairs correspondent for the BBC News Web site, has filed an interesting analysis piece with the arresting headline: Nato wonders what to do about Russia This is the elaborated with the following summary sentence: On the eve of a special meeting of their foreign ministers to discuss the conflict in Georgia, Nato governments are divided on what to do about Russia. While Reynolds has done an admirable job is filling us in on the current state of play, I would suggest that a bit of historical background on the origins of NATO might serve as useful prerequisite reading. This is one of those situations in which Wikipedia is likely to be as good a resource as any. Here are the first two paragraphs from their entry on NATO : The North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ); French : Organisation du Traité de l'Atlantique Nord ( OTAN ) ; (also called the North Atlantic Alliance , the Atlantic Alliance , or the Western Alliance ) is a military alliance established by the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty on 4 April 1949 . Headquartered in Brussels , Belgium , [3] the organization constitutes a system of collective defence whereby its member states agree to mutual defence in response to an attack by any external party. For its first few years, NATO was not much more than a political association. However, the Korean War galvanized the member states, and an integrated military structure was built up under the direction of two U.S. supreme commanders. The first NATO Secretary General Lord Ismay , famously stated the organization's goal was "to keep the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans down". [4] Throughout the Cold War doubts over the strength of the relationship between the European states and the United States ebbed and flowed, along with doubts over the credibility of the NATO defence against a prospective Soviet invasion - doubts that led to the development of the independent French nuclear deterrent and the withdrawal of the French from NATO's military structure from 1966. Quaint as Lord Ismay's language may seem, it is unclear that there has ever been a revision of the organization's goal in such explicit language since the end of the Cold War; and it is hard to read the "original version" without a strong sense of irony. Taken in reverse order: Not only have the Germans "come up," they have developed a robust democratic governance structure and an economy that is as sound as any other in the current global conditions (along with a generally conscientious attitude towards addressing economic difficulties). On the other hand, as a result of the success of the current Administration in lowering the value of the United States in the eyes of the rest of the world, the idea of keeping "the Americans in" (particularly in terms of the presence of American military facilities on European soil) does not seem like the good idea it was 60 years ago. Finally, the extent to which Russia has pulled itself together enough to become a major supplier of oil to its Western neighbors has led those neighbors to question the desirability of keeping "the Russians out." If the goals of NATO have not been revised de jure , then the de facto situation seems to indicate that the goal of NATO is to supplement American defense resources for whatever objectives the United States government may have in mind. How many of the current NATO members (or, for that matter, countries trying to join NATO) would accept that de facto goal (considered, again, in the wake of the "achievements," so to speak, of the Bush Administration during the President's term in office)? My guess is that every one of those countries, at some time or another, has experienced an American attitude that goes all the way back to the original "Red scare:" "There's no one left but thee and me, and I'm not sure of thee!" Combine that with the Administration's overt disdain for the United Nations; and any non-American NATO member country must be wondering when it will become the next target for such disdain. If the only purpose of NATO is to provide the United States with more toys to play with, isn't it about time that someone with a strong sense of responsible parenting take away the toys? Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:58:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Paul+Reynolds?rinfoid=68163455 2008-08-18T18:58:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Paul+Reynolds?rinfoid=68113126 The BBC's Paul Reynolds says Nato is divided about what to do about Russia on the eve of a meeting of Nato foreign ministers Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:41:56 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Paul+Reynolds?rinfoid=68113126 2008-08-18T12:41:56Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Paul+Reynolds?rinfoid=68089352 The BBC's Paul Reynolds looks at the international implications of President Musharraf's resignation. Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:23:25 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Paul+Reynolds?rinfoid=68089352 2008-08-18T09:23:25Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Paul+Reynolds?rinfoid=67974530 Backseat Rhythm rallied from last to beat Rosa Grace by 3 1/4 lengths Friday at Saratoga in the $150,000 Lake Placid Stakes for 3-year-old fillies. Sat, 16 Aug 2008 20:50:59 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Paul+Reynolds?rinfoid=67974530 2008-08-16T20:50:59Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Paul+Reynolds?rinfoid=67943966 SARATOGA SPRINGS - Today's Grade 1, $600,000 Alabama Stakes at a mile and a quarter shapes up as a showdown for the 3-year-old filly championship between Proud Spell, winner of the Fair Grounds Oaks, Kentucky Oaks and Delaware Oaks for "Cowboy... Sat, 16 Aug 2008 08:10:49 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Paul+Reynolds?rinfoid=67943966 2008-08-16T08:10:49Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Paul+Reynolds?rinfoid=67883565 Source: [b]BBC[/b] Russians losing propaganda war By Paul Reynolds World affairs correspondent, BBC News The Bush administration appears to be trying to turn a failed military operation by Georgia into a successful diplomatic operation against Russia. It is doing so by presenting th... Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:32:10 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Paul+Reynolds?rinfoid=67883565 2008-08-15T18:32:10Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Paul+Reynolds?rinfoid=67884725 Results this month from Telecom, Telstra and Fletcher Building have an important bearing on the domestic sharemarket because the two New Zealand companies represent 25 per cent of the benchmark NZX-50 Gross Index and Telstra's performance... Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:00:16 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Paul+Reynolds?rinfoid=67884725 newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz 2008-08-15T17:00:16Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Paul+Reynolds?rinfoid=67869918 I have been irritated enough by discussions as to why more people under 30 40 haven't won Hugos, that I have spent a few hours composing a list of people who you might think had won Hugos, or perhaps ought... Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:14:07 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Paul+Reynolds?rinfoid=67869918 2008-08-15T15:14:07Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Paul+Reynolds?rinfoid=67835553 ALBANY - The Shane Olivea experiment is over almost before it started. The Giants signed the veteran right tackle to strengthen the depth on the offensive line, hoping he was cured of his personal problems. Olivea barely lasted a week before he was... Fri, 15 Aug 2008 07:03:32 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Paul+Reynolds?rinfoid=67835553 2008-08-15T07:03:32Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Paul+Reynolds?rinfoid=67797979 From Paul Reynolds report at BBC World News: There are some clear winners and losers in the conflict over South Ossetia - and the crisis has shown the need for a fresh start in relations between Russia and the West. First, the balance sheet: Winners Russia: It has emerged strongly, able to impose its will in South Ossetia and sending a clear signal about its readiness to assert itself. It agreed to a ceasefire plan when its objective - control of South Ossetia - was achieved. The plan basically calls for no further use of force and some kind of return to the position before the conflict. However, Russia's foreign minister said Georgian troops would "never again" be allowed to resume their role as part of the joint peacekeeping force agreed with Russia in 1992. It is not clear whether Russian forces will be reduced to the battalion-sized unit allowed for in that agreement. This is unlikely. Think more of Cyprus in 1974, when the Turks intervened, making similar claims about protecting their kith and kin. They are still there. Since then, someone I know mentioned Bush 41's invasion of Panama to depose Manuel Noriega (and put him on trial) as another precedent for Moscow's actions. And there was President Clinton's invasion of Haiti... Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:57:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Paul+Reynolds?rinfoid=67797979 2008-08-14T22:57:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Paul+Reynolds?rinfoid=67775118 Eyebrows were raised this week when New York hedge- fund Elliott International nominated two Kiwi businessman - including recently appointed Infratil director Mark Tume - to join the Telecom board. Telecom is on the fringes of... Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:00:12 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Paul+Reynolds?rinfoid=67775118 newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz 2008-08-14T17:00:12Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Paul+Reynolds?rinfoid=67695544 Robot Dreams makes Oprah's reading list for kids . Interviews and Profiles: @StarshipSofa: Alastair Reynolds . (Audio interview) @ Scientific American : Clone Wars Director David Filoni . @Concept Sci-fi: Richard K. Morgan . @SFX: Summer Glau . Free Fiction: " Resistance " by Tobias S. 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Real Science (video version): Harvard physicist Lisa Randall explains the concept of other worlds . Also from Big Think: Scientist (and Doctor Who fan) Dr. Des Etages says science fiction gives her a glimpse of what might be on the other side. Dabbled is a blog featuring drawings of robots . [via Science Fiction Brewed Fresh Daily ] Pic: Heath Ledger as a psychopathic Ronald McDonald clown . Cool gadget: Cybertek Wings . (Thanks, Tim!) Lists: Tolkien, Hawking and Pratchett (3 times!) make The Telegraph 's list of The 12 top titles that booksellers must always stock . [via Bookninja ] @Great White Snark: The Top Five Awful Millennium Falcon Cakes . Mmm...cake... Via HobbySpace , Ken Murphy has assembled several themed reading lists aimes at younger readers: Contemporary lunar sci-fi books for young people from the 1950s and 1960s . Lunar sci-fi books for young people from the 1950s and 1960s . Books about asteroids, space stations, rocket flights and more . Early high frontier books . SciFi books for girls . @The List Universe: 15 Memorable Alien Races in Science Fiction . Thu, 14 Aug 2008 05:09:59 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Paul+Reynolds?rinfoid=67695544 2008-08-14T05:09:59Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Paul+Reynolds?rinfoid=67623292 ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Synovis Life Technologies, Inc., (NASDAQ: SYNO) will host a live Webcast of its fiscal third-quarter conference call on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008, at 10 a.m. Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:58:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Paul+Reynolds?rinfoid=67623292 2008-08-13T13:58:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Paul+Reynolds?rinfoid=67598887 The BBC's Paul Reynolds looks at winners and losers from the Georgia conflict. Wed, 13 Aug 2008 08:58:39 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Paul+Reynolds?rinfoid=67598887 2008-08-13T08:58:39Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Paul+Reynolds?rinfoid=67523907 Nine months into his stewardship of Telecom, Paul Reynolds must be wondering what he stepped into. Last Friday, his grim task was to announce a 15.5 per cent profit slump for the June year, a result that reflected past inaction and... Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:00:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Paul+Reynolds?rinfoid=67523907 newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz 2008-08-12T17:00:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Paul+Reynolds?rinfoid=67487446 FALKIRK defender Darren Barr has received a surprise call-up to George Burley's Scotland squad for the forthcoming friendly with Northern Ireland, joining fellow newcomer Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.wikio.com/search/Paul+Reynolds?rinfoid=67487446 2008-08-12T00:00:00Z http://www.wikio.com/search/Paul+Reynolds?rinfoid=67348203 For those who never heard of South Ossetia before fighting between Russians and Georgians erupted there, the BBC’s Paul Reynolds provides some needed background and analysis, including this pearl of wisdom: “Do not punch a bear on the nose unless it is tied down.” BBC: Although the fighting over South Ossetia is not over, and fighting for another Georgian enclave, Abkhazia, looks like developing, it is perhaps not too early to learn some tentative lessons from the crisis. 1. Do not punch a bear on the nose unless it is tied down. Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili must have thought that Russia would not react strongly when he sent his forces in on the eve of the Olympic games to regain control of a territory he had insisted must remain part of Georgia, albeit with some form of autonomy. Yet Russia was always likely to respond. It already had forces there, leading the peacekeeping force agreed back in the easier days of 1992 between President Boris Yeltsin of Russia and President Edward Shevardnadze of Georgia, himself the former Soviet foreign minister who helped bring the Cold War to an end. 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