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A Sukhoi Su-27 Flanker and an RAF Typhoon fighter jet, June 17, 2014

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Sep 25, 2014

Russian Air Incursions Rattle Baltic States

By Richard Milne, Sam Jones, and Kathrin Hille, Financial Times

The Baltic countries are registering a dramatic increase in Russian military provocations, rattling nerves in a region which fears it could be the next frontier after Ukraine in Moscow’s quest at asserting its regional power.

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Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė

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Sep 25, 2014

Lithuania’s President: ‘Russia is Terrorizing Its Neighbors’

By Lally Weymouth, Washington Post

Excerpts from interview of Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite by Lally Weymouth of the Washington Post.

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Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, Sept. 18, 2014

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Sep 24, 2014

Three Questions for Ukrainian President Poroshenko

By Mark Seip, The Hill

While [Ukrainian President Petro] Poroshenko was asked several questions during his visit, there are three key ones that should have been asked to better understand his point of view and the way ahead for his country:

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Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen at the US Military Academy West Point, NY

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Sep 24, 2014

Secretary General Rasmussen: A Transatlantic Anchor in a Storm of Security Threats

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

Our Alliance was founded 65 years ago, on the ruins of World War Two and in the shadow of the Cold War. It binds together North America and Europe to ensure our collective security.

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Report: Russian soldiers at Perevalne military base, Crimea, March 9, 2014

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Sep 24, 2014

NATO Sees Significant Pullback of Russian Troops from Ukraine

By Adrian Croft, Reuters

NATO has observed a significant withdrawal of Russian forces from inside Ukraine, but many Russian troops remain stationed nearby, an alliance military spokesman said on Wednesday.

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An artist's rendering of the Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite

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Sep 23, 2014

STRATCOM, DoD Sign Space Operations Agreement With Allies

By Cheryl Pellerin, DoD News

Officials from the Defense Department, U.S. Strategic Command and three allied nations signed a memorandum of understanding yesterday on combined space operations to strengthen deterrence, enhance resilience and optimize resources.

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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Sept. 18, 2009

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Sep 23, 2014

NATO’s outgoing chief: ‘We cut fat, built muscle’

By John-Thor Dahlburg, AP

When Anders Fogh Rasmussen took over at NATO, the alliance was struggling to contain a growing insurgency in Afghanistan, and some predicted it would soon follow its Cold War foe, the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact, into the dustbin of history.

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Russian S-300V SAM and Tor-M1 in 2008

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Sep 23, 2014

NATO Airspace ‘Contested’ by Long Range Russian Missiles

By Sydney J. Freedberg, Jr., Breaking Defense

The alliance was looking at this training issue even before Vladimir Putin’s “little green men” took over Crimea.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, Sept. 19, 2014

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Sep 22, 2014

Putin Targets the Baltics to Discredit NATO

By Edward Lucas, Wall Street Journal

“[T]he squeeze on the Baltics stems not from any real interest in the fate of expatriate Russians—a matter that Moscow systematically ignores in most countries.

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Seal of the Central Intelligence Agency

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Sep 19, 2014

CIA Halts Spying in Europe

By Ken Dilanian, AP

“The CIA has curbed spying on friendly governments in Western Europe in response to the furor over a German caught selling secrets to the United States and the Edward Snowden revelations of classified information held by the National Security Agency, according to current and former U.S. officials.”

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