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Mar 12, 2013

The Netherlands will contribute to NATO Air Policing mission over the Baltic States

By Lithuania Tribune

From Lithuania Tribune:  In a meeting with the Ambassadors of the three Baltic States on March 11 in the Hague Defence Minister of the Netherlands Jeanine Hennis-Plasschaert made a formal notification of the decision of the Netherlands to ensure security of Lithuania’s, Latvia’s and Estonia’s airspace by contributing to NATO’s Air Policing mission

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Mar 12, 2013

The Putin Doctrine

By Leon Aron, Foreign Affairs

From Leon Aron, Foreign Affairs:  The first imperative of Russia’s foreign policy consensus is maintaining the country’s position as a nuclear superpower. The centrality of preserving Russia’s parity with the only other nuclear superpower, the United States, explains Moscow’s eagerness to engage in strategic arms control negotiations with Washington. At the same time, Putin’s assertive […]

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Mar 12, 2013

Intelligence official cites threat of cyberattacks on U.S.

By Mark Mazzetti and Scott Shane, New York Times

From Mark Mazzetti and Scott Shane, New York Times:  The nation’s top intelligence official warned Congress on Tuesday that a cyberattack could cripple America’s infrastructure and economy and suggested that such attacks pose the most dangerous immediate threat to the United States

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Mar 12, 2013

China’s growing interest in Iceland and the Arctic

By Einar Benediktsson and Thomas R. Pickering, New York Times

From Einar Benediktsson and Thomas R. Pickering, New York Times:  According to a 2008 estimate by the U.S. Geological Survey, 13 percent of all the unexploited oil, 30 percent of natural gas and 20 percent of the natural gas liquid resources are located under the seabed of the Arctic.

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Mar 11, 2013

U.S., British, and French soldiers training Syrian rebels in Jordan

By Julian Borger and Nick Hopkins, Guardian

From Julian Borger and Nick Hopkins, Guardian:  Western training of Syrian rebels is under way in Jordan in an effort to strengthen secular elements in the opposition as a bulwark against Islamic extremism, and to begin building security forces to maintain order in the event of Bashar al-Assad’s fall.

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Mar 11, 2013

Commander of US Army units in Europe: Readiness might suffer with sequester

By Matt Millham, Stars and Stripes

From Matt Millham, Stars and Stripes:  Some American units in Europe could soon be unprepared to deploy as U.S. Army Europe grapples with a $166 million budget shortfall caused by the across-the-board spending cuts known as sequestration.

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Mar 11, 2013

Britain’s Parachute Regiment ending most of its jump training due to budgets cuts

By Mark Nicole, Mail on Sunday

From Mark Nicole, Mail on Sunday:  [C]ost cutting means the Paras will no longer be trained to use their chutes, the Mail on Sunday can reveal. The regiment, whose most famous sortie during the Second World War was immortalised in the film A Bridge Too Far, has been targeted by Ministry of Defence accountants keen […]

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Mar 11, 2013

Mattis urges keeping 20,000 NATO troops in Afghanistan

By Gopal Ratnam, Bloomberg

From Gopal Ratnam, Bloomberg:  The general who heads the U.S. Central Command went beyond the Pentagon’s positions today on issues including how many troops to keep in Afghanistan, giving candid testimony to Congress as he prepares to step down.

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Mar 11, 2013

Britain risks NATO pledge if defense budget cut, panel says

By Kitty Donaldson, Bloomberg

From Kitty Donaldson, Bloomberg:  Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne risks breaching a NATO agreement to keep U.K. defense spending at 2 percent of gross domestic product if he cuts the Ministry of Defence budget, a panel of lawmakers said.

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Mar 8, 2013

Hagel warns US and allies to remain focused on mission in Afghanistan: ‘We are still at war’

By Lolita C. Baldor, AP

From Lolita C. Baldor, AP:  Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel arrived in Afghanistan Friday for his first visit as Pentagon chief, saying that there are plenty of challenges ahead as NATO hands over the country’s security to the Afghans.

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