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Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt and Finnish President Sauli Niinistö

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Feb 7, 2014

Enhanced Swedish-Finnish Defense Cooperation?

By Pauli Järvenpää, RKK/ICDS

When President Sauli Niinistö and Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt met at the Sälen security conference on 12-14 January, they told the media they agreed on two things in particular: one, NATO membership for neither Finland nor Sweden was topical at the moment and, two, both of them supported enhanced defense cooperation between these two Nordic […]

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NATO and Cyber Defense

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Feb 6, 2014

NATO Must Get More Serious on Cyber Security

By Julianne Smith, Chatham House

These are important and critical parts of NATO’s cyber security work but they fail to do two things.

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Sergei Glazyev, an adviser to President Vladimir Putin

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Feb 6, 2014

Putin Aide Warns US on Ukraine, Says Russia Could Act

By Alastair Macdonald, Reuters

A senior Kremlin aide accused the United States on Thursday of arming Ukrainian “rebels” and, urging the Kiev government to put down what it called an attempted coup, warned it could intervene to maintain the security of its ex-Soviet neighbor.

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Canadian soldiers in Kabul, Sept. 11, 2011

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Feb 6, 2014

After Afghanistan, How Will We Fight the Next Multination War?

By Stephen Saideman, Globe and Mail

As 2014 seems to be the year that we look back and ponder what the Afghanistan war means for the future, the question becomes: what of NATO?

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French Air Force Mirage 2000N

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Feb 5, 2014

French Hard Power: Living on the Strategic Edge

By Dorothée Fouchaux, AEI

According to the appropriations statute that follows and implements the white paper’s program, the French defense budget will flat line at €3.38 billion over the next two years and creep ever so slowly to €32.51 billion in 2019.

Economy & Business France
EUFOR mission in Chad

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Feb 5, 2014

The EU at War: CAR Mission Highlights Internal Tensions

By Maxime H.A. Larivé, National Interest

Four elements need to be reflected upon concerning the CSDP and CAR. First, despite the rapid European reactions to create a military mission, approved by the UN Security Council on January 29 of this year, the EU failed to use the EU Battlegroup concept

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Victory Day Parade in Moscow, May 9, 2005

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Feb 4, 2014

Russia Named World’s Third-Largest Military Spender

By RIA Novosti

Russia is now the world’s third-largest military spender after the United States and China, pushing the United Kingdom into fourth place

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Flag of the Russian Ministry of Defense

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Feb 4, 2014

Russia to Create Cyberwarfare Units by 2017

By RIA Novosti

Russia plans to create special cyber-defense units to protect the country against online warfare in the coming years

Cybersecurity Russia
French Rafales jets refuel on the deck of the USS Harry S. Truman

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Feb 4, 2014

French Fighter Jets Operate from the USS Truman in Joint Operation

By Navy News Service and Stars and Stripes

From Navy News Service:  Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group (HST CSG) and French Navy Task Force 473 concluded five weeks of combined carrier strike group operations

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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and UK Prime Minister David Cameron, Feb. 3, 2014

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Feb 4, 2014

UK Prime Minister and NATO Secretary General Discuss Future of the Alliance

By Office of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

The Prime Minister met with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen this afternoon ahead of the forthcoming biennial summit which the UK will host in Wales in September.

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