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Entrance to Sloviansk City Council, April 14, 2014

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May 9, 2014

Putin’s Unconventional Tools for Destabilizing Neighbors and Undermining NATO

By Massimo Calabresi, TIME

Over the last decade, Putin has established a well-organized, well-funded and often subtle overt and covert operation in the vast swath of neighboring countries, from Estonia on the Baltic Sea to Azerbaijan in the Caucuses, say western and regional government officials.

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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Nov. 19, 2010

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May 9, 2014

Is Canada Pulling Its Weight in NATO?

By Roland Paris, CIPS

NATO has long called upon its members to maintain military spending at 2 percent of GDP. However, few alliance members have met this target.

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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen at Tallinn University, May 9, 2014

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May 9, 2014

NATO Chief: Russia’s Actions in Ukraine are Outrageous, Irresponsible, Illegal, and Illegitimate

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

Russia’s recent actions in Ukraine are outrageous. They are irresponsible, they are illegal, they are illegitimate.

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US and Polish special operations forces training, Sept. 23, 2011

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May 9, 2014

US Deploying Special Forces in Baltics and Central Europe for Exercises

By John Vandiver, Stars and Stripes

U.S. special operations forces are increasing their presence in the Baltics and eastern Europe with a continuous cycle of exercises planned as part of a new effort to maintain a “persistent presence” of elite U.S. troops in a region rattled by Russia’s recent actions in Ukraine.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin in Karelia, April 28, 2014

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May 9, 2014

Putin’s Nordic Shadow and Finland’s Growing Interest in NATO

By James Kirchick, Foreign Policy

[I]n the wake of Russia’s annexation of Crimea, the once-dormant debate about joining NATO is heating up in both Finland and its Nordic neighbor, Sweden.

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, December 4, 2009

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May 8, 2014

NATO Official: Russia Now An Adversary

By Robert Burns, AP

After two decades of trying to build a partnership with Russia, NATO now feels compelled to start treating Moscow as an adversary, the alliance’s second-ranking official said Thursday.

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US F-15 Eagle tracking Russian Tu-95 Bear Bomber near coast of Alaska, Sept. 28, 2008

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May 8, 2014

US General: Russia Flying Sorties Near California, Linked to Ukraine Crisis

By David Brunnstrom, Reuters

The head of U.S. air forces in the Pacific said on Monday that Russia’s intervention in Ukraine had been accompanied by a significant increase in Russian air activity in the Asia-Pacific region in a show of strength and to gather intelligence.

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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, May 8, 2014

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May 8, 2014

NATO Sees No Sign of Russian Troop Pullback from Ukraine Border

By AFP

NATO said Thursday it had yet to see “any indications” that Russia has withdrawn its troops from the Ukraine border, a day after President Vladimir Putin claimed to have done so.

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HMS Dragon exercising in the English Channel, August 30, 2011

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May 8, 2014

UK Deploys a Destroyer to Track Russian Aircraft Carrier Near Coastal Waters

By Andrew Osborn, Reuters

Britain said on Thursday it had deployed a destroyer to track a Russian aircraft carrier sailing close to its coastal waters, the latest in a series of such incidents and a reminder of underlying tensions between London and Moscow.

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SACEUR Gen. Philip Breedlove, May 5, 2014

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May 7, 2014

NATO Scrambles to Knit Together a Cyberwar Strategy in Face of Attacks

By Murray Brewster, Canadian Press

Moscow’s stealth annexation of Crimea was accompanied by a highly co-ordinated cyber campaign aimed at civilian and military targets — a brutally effective effort, said U.S. Gen. Phillip Breedlove, who is visiting Canada this week.

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