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What NATO Needs to Do in the Wake of the Ukraine Crisis

July 25, 2014

First, the alliance should announce its intent to permanently station troops in the East, most likely in Poland.
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NATO Sees Sign of Weapons Still Moving From Russia to Ukraine

July 24, 2014

"We have noted an increase in the amount of weapons being transferred from Russia to Ukraine in the last several weeks.
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Russia Fears Prompt NATO to Look East for HQ

July 24, 2014

Britain and its Nato allies will be asked to transform a military base in eastern Europe to help the alliance respond faster to any threat posed by Russia.
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President of Poland Calls for Strengthening NATO's Eastern Flank

July 23, 2014

The Ukrainian-Russian conflict is the biggest challenge for European security since the time of the Cold War, according to President Bronislaw Komorowski. The Polish president is in favour of strengthening NATO's eastern flank.
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Members of Congress Urge Obama to Make Personal Appeal to Stop Mistral Sale to Russia

July 23, 2014

Text of letter to President Barack Obama from US lawmakers.
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Special Summit Series: The United States and NATO

July 23, 2014

In the run-up to September's NATO summit in Wales, the Obama administration is sending decidedly mixed signals to its European allies, simultaneously demanding that they contribute more to their own security and signaling that they needn't bother.
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Shouldn't Europe Pay More for its Own Defense?

July 22, 2014

Two decades after the end of the Cold War, the twin trends of overdependence on U.S. power and underinvestment in military might have left European defenses at risk of becoming dangerously irrelevant.
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Pentagon Discloses Components of Obama's $1 Billion Reassurance Initiative

July 21, 2014

Of the $1 billion being sought for Europe, $925 million would be set aside for the Defense Department and would be available for two years.
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Five NATO Weapons of War Russia Should Fear

July 21, 2014

Should NATO and Russia come to blows . . . here are five NATO weapons Russia should fear:
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Special Summit Series: France and NATO

July 21, 2014

As France looks toward the 2014 NATO summit in Wales, it does so with a foreboding sense that 'international taboos' are increasingly being broken by state and non-state actors alike.
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