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Feb 2, 2017

Czech Foreign Ministry Hacked: Russia Suspected

By Reuters and the Guardian

From Robert Muller, Reuters: Hackers have breached dozens of email accounts at the Czech Foreign Ministry in an attack resembling one against the U.S. Democratic Party

Central Europe Cybersecurity
Danish Defense Minister Claus Hjort Frederiksen

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Feb 2, 2017

Danish Intelligence Report Warns NATO Members of New Russian Cyberattacks

By Gerard O’Dwyer, Defense News

Russia has the willingness and capacity to launch serial cyberattacks against Denmark and any neighboring Nordic or Baltic state

Cybersecurity Intelligence
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Feb 1, 2017

Mr. Trump, the Threat From Kaliningrad Is Real

By Jorge Benitez, Real Clear World

Russian President Vladimir Putin has been deploying more and more forces in a strategic piece of Russian territory that lies in a vulnerable area of NATO geography.

Russia United States and Canada
French Soldier in Afghanistan, October 4, 2010

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Feb 1, 2017

Why Trump Should Strengthen America’s ‘French Connection’

By Leo Michel

What does the Trump Administration portend for U.S.-French relations on defense matters?

Cybersecurity France
Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Jan. 19, 2016

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Jan 26, 2017

NATO Chief Confident Trump is Committed to the Alliance

By Jens Stoltenberg, NATO

One key element in that is to make sure that we have a strong transatlantic bond also in this new security environment

Afghanistan Cybersecurity
Donald Trump, James Mattis, and Mike Pence, Nov. 20, 2016

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Jan 18, 2017

Trump’s Cabinet Knows NATO is Important, But It’s Not Clear He Agrees

By Editorial Board of the Washington Post

CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY by Donald Trump’s national security nominees last week suggested that the incoming administration would not seek to dismantle the alliances that have undergirded the West — and U.S. global leadership — since 1945.

NATO Russia
Donald Trump, Feb. 10, 2011

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Jan 16, 2017

Trump Renews His Criticism of NATO: ‘It’s Obsolete’ and ‘Very Unfair’ to the US

By Donald Trump, Michael Gove, and Kai Diekmann, Times (London)

Excerpt from Donald Trump interview with Michael Gove MP and Kai Diekmann, former chief editor of the German newspaper Bild.

Germany Intelligence
Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Jan. 12, 2017

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Jan 13, 2017

NATO Chief: We See ‘a More Assertive Russia’

By Jens Stoltenberg, NATO

We don’t see any imminent threat against any NATO ally. What we see is a more assertive Russia.

Cybersecurity NATO
Senator Kelly Ayotte, Dec. 10, 2013

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Jan 11, 2017

America Needs a Strong NATO Alliance

By Kelly Ayotte, Real Clear Defense

Despite the shortcomings of many of our allies, in light of Russian aggression and growing transnational cyber and Islamist terrorist threats, a strong and unified NATO alliance remains vital to American national security interests….

NATO Security & Defense
Donald Trump, Sept. 13, 2016

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Jan 10, 2017

‘America First Looks a Lot Like America Alone’

By Philip Stephens, Financial Times

Forget historic entanglements, alliances and enmities: after Mr Trump’s inauguration next week, the world’s most powerful nation will make its own rules. America First looks a lot like America Alone….

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