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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg visiting the US Patriot unit deployed in Turkey, Oct. 10, 2014

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Mar 6, 2015

US Senator: NATO Should Deploy Forces to Secure Turkey’s Border with Syria

By Dan Coats, Politico

Helping combat ISIL means a dramatic, full-scale effort to help our fellow NATO member state — Turkey — secure its border with Syria

NATO Security & Defense
Time for a pivot back to Europe

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Mar 5, 2015

NATO Unleashed: Stopping Russia in Its Tracks

By Marik String, National Interest

In the words of the West German defense ministry in 1979, “there can be no alternative to forward defense.

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US Capitol, May 4, 2004

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Mar 5, 2015

Why the New US Congress Matters to Europe

By Robbie Gramer

Since the new, Republican-led Congress took office a few weeks ago, transatlantic policymakers should anticipate changes in Washington’s foreign policy atmosphere.

Economy & Business Energy & Environment
Russian Tu-95 strategic bomber as it approached UK airspace last year

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Mar 5, 2015

Russian Bombers Disrupted Civilian Planes in Irish Airspace

By AFP

One plane was diverted and another delayed to avoid two Russian bombers that flew through Irish-controlled airspace

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Commander of US Army in Europe, Gen. Ben Hodges, Nov. 5, 2014

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Mar 4, 2015

Putin Wants to Destroy NATO, Says US General Ben Hodges

By Justin Huggler, Telegraph

The commander of the US army in Europe has spoken out in support of the military relationship with Britain, amid concerns it could be damaged by defence cuts.

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Russian Su-24 bomber, May 2009

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Mar 4, 2015

Moscow Media: Russian Jets Penetrate NATO Ships’ Air Defenses in Black Sea

By Sputnik

Russia’s newest Su-30 multirole fighter jets, together with Su-24 attack bombers have been using NATO ships’ movements in the Black Sea to practice attack scenarios.

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Former head of UK Secret Intelligence Service John Sawers, April 13, 2009

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Mar 3, 2015

Former Chief of Intell Service: UK Needs More Defense Spending to Deal with New Threats

By BBC

Sir John Sawers, who recently retired after five years as chief of the Secret Intelligence Service, told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that Russia poses a “state to state threat.”

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Norwegian Defense Minister Ine Eriksen Soreide and Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Feb. 4, 2015

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Mar 2, 2015

Norwegian Defense Minister: NATO Decision Making Process Too Slow To Deal with Emerging Crises

By Mick Krever, CNN

Western relations with Russia will never again be the same after the war in Ukraine, Norwegian Defense Minister Ine Eriksen Søreide told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour on Wednesday.

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German Foreign Minister Frank Walter Steinmeier, Oct. 10, 2007

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Feb 27, 2015

The DNA of German Foreign Policy

By Frank Walter Steinmeier, Project Syndicate

[I]t is abundantly clear from the Review that our partners expect a more active – and even more robust – German foreign policy in the future. Expectations are high – perhaps too high at times.

Europe & Eurasia France
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, UK PM David Cameron, & President Barack Obama, June 25, 2009

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Feb 27, 2015

NATO Defense Spending Promises Largely Ignored

By Sam Jones, Financial Times

Only two of Nato’s six biggest defence spenders — the US and France — will fulfil a pledge to protect military budgets made at the alliance’s summit five months ago.

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