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By Marik String, National Interest
In the words of the West German defense ministry in 1979, “there can be no alternative to forward defense.
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.
By AFP
One plane was diverted and another delayed to avoid two Russian bombers that flew through Irish-controlled airspace
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.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
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.
By Denitsa Raynova & Ian Kearns, ELN
Preliminary reports from fourteen countries examined for fiscal year 2015 suggest that only one (Estonia) will spend 2% of GDP on defence.
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