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Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto and Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Nov. 18, 2014

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Oct 2, 2015

Hungary Announces It Will Host 7th NATO Planning Center

By Reuters

Hungary, along with other states in central and eastern Europe, will host a command center to help coordinate deployment of NATO’s rapid reaction force in an emergency, the government said on Friday.

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Gen. John Galvin, NATO SACEUR and EUCOM Commander1987-1992

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Oct 1, 2015

John Galvin, NATO Commander at the Close of the Cold War, Dies at 86

By Washington Post and New York Times

From Harrison Smith, Washington Post: John R. Galvin, a four-star Army general who served as the United States’ and NATO’s top military commander in Europe in the final years of the Cold War and whose foresight on counterinsurgency strategy influenced one of his young aides, future general and CIA director David H. Petraeus, died Sept. […]

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Range of Russia's Iskander missiles when deployed in Kaliningrad

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Oct 1, 2015

Is NATO’s New Fulda Gap in Poland?

By Paul McLeary, Foreign Policy

The head of U.S. Army Europe is eyeing a narrow sliver of land connecting Poland with Lithuania, concerned about the Russian troops and equipment he has been watching pile up on either side.

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Norwegian Chief of Defense Admiral Haakon Bruun-Hanssen, Oct. 31, 2013

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Oct 1, 2015

Norway Must Increase Defense to Counter Russian Build-Up: Military Chief

By Henrik Stolen, Reuters

Norway needs to scale up and modernize its defense as Russia’s military buildup in the Arctic is creating a more uncertain security situation, its military chief said on Thursday.

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Launcher and radar from Buk-M2E missile system at MAKS-2011 airshow

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Sep 29, 2015

Top NATO General: Russians Starting to Build Air Defense Bubble Over Syria

By Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Washington Post

While Russia’s stated goal in moving into Syria is to fight the Islamic State, NATO’s top commander believes Russia’s new presence includes the first pieces of an intricate layer of defensive systems deployed to hinder U.S. and coalition operations in the region.

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NATO Exercise Noble Jump, June 18, 2015

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Sep 29, 2015

Five Recommendations for Strengthening NATO’s Response to Russian Aggression

By Radek Sikorski And Vaira Vike-Freiberga, Wall Street Journal

Russia’s actions in Ukraine, as well as its military build-up and threatening words and behavior in the Baltic Sea region, show that we have not yet fully communicated to the Kremlin that it should back off.

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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Martin Dempsey, July 30, 2015

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Sep 28, 2015

General Dempsey: NATO has Taken Deterrence ‘For Granted’

By James Kitfield, Politico Europe

Dempsey sees yet more escalating crises while Washington and other Western capitals slash defense budgets, still vainly searching for a “peace dividend” when there is little real peace to be leveraged.

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Gen. Ben Hodges, Commander of US Army Europe, Aug. 6, 2015

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Sep 25, 2015

General: US Forces in Europe Missing Three Key Capabilities

By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr., Breaking Defense

US command and control networks take too long to link to allies and respond to Russia’s rapid-fire aggression.

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9P78-1 TEL for Iskander-M missile system, April 22, 2015

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Sep 23, 2015

Kremlin: Russia Will Take Countermeasures if US Places New Nuclear Weapons in Germany

By AP, International Business Times, and Reuters

From AP:  The Kremlin says Russia will take countermeasures if the U.S. places new nuclear weapons at a base in Germany.

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Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, Sept. 21, 2015

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Sep 22, 2015

Ukraine’s President Poroshenko Says Staying Out of NATO Alliance was a ‘Criminal’ Mistake

By Efrem Lukatsky, AP

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Tuesday told the country’s security council that staying out of the NATO alliance was a “criminal” policy that his government is ready to reverse….

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