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Mar 21, 2017

Russia Threatens Norway to Stay Out of NATO Missile Defense

By Russian Embassy in Norway and Norway Today

From Russian Embassy in Norway:  Deployment of strategic missile defense capabilities within the global missile defense system might potentially jeopardize the efficiency of Russian strategic nuclear forces as a means of deterrence.

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Mar 20, 2017

Germany Rejects Trump’s Claim It Owes NATO and US ‘Vast Sums’ for Defense

By Reuters and Politico Europe

From Reuters: German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen on Sunday rejected U.S. President Donald Trump‘s claim that Germany owes NATO and the United States “vast sums” of money for defense.

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Mar 20, 2017

Trump Tweets: ‘Germany Owes Vast Sums of Money’ to NATO

By Julie Hirshfeld Davis, New York Times

President Trump criticized Germany on Saturday for paying too little to both NATO and the United States for security support

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Mar 17, 2017

Trump to Merkel: Our NATO Allies Need ‘to Pay’

By Donald Trump, Angela Merkel, and Reuters

Donald Trump: I reiterated to Chancellor Merkel my strong support for NATO, as well as the need for our NATO allies to pay their fair share for the cost of defense.

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Mar 16, 2017

Turkey Blocks Some Cooperation with NATO partners as EU Row Escalates

By Tom Körkemeier and Shadia Nasralla, Reuters

Turkey has blocked some military training and other work with NATO “partner countries” in an apparent escalation of a diplomatic dispute with EU states, officials and sources said on Wednesday….

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Mar 16, 2017

How to Prevent Future Cyber Attacks

By Franklin D. Kramer, Robert Butler and Catherine Lotrionte, US News and World Report

Wednesday’s indictment of Russian hackers, including from Russia’s Federal Security Service, over cyberthefts against Yahoo

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Mar 15, 2017

Egypt Appoints Ambassador to NATO

By NATO, State Information Service

From Jens Stoltenberg, NATO:  I welcome very much that Egypt is establishing a mission to NATO and will appoint an ambassador to NATO.

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Mar 15, 2017

Secretary General: NATO’s Operation in the Aegean Sea ‘Has Been a Success’

By Jens Stoltenberg, NATO

NATO’s presence in the Aegean Sea has been a success and has been important for different reasons.

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Mar 14, 2017

Secretary General on ‘How NATO Can Step Up Its Efforts to Fight Terrorism’

By Jens Stoltenberg, NATO

Julian Barnes, Wall Street Journal: President Trump has said in addition to more defence spending he wants more of a focus on counter terrorism from NATO.

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Mar 14, 2017

Secretary General: NATO Allies Making Progress on Defense Spending

By Jens Stoltenberg, NATO

At the Warsaw Summit last year we reaffirmed our pledge to invest more in defence

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