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Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abullah bin Zayed al-Nayan, March 2, 2016

NATOSource

Jul 1, 2016

NATO Summit Special Series: United Arab Emirates

By Muath Al Wari

NATO’s ties with the United Arab Emirates are complicated by several factors that negate the significance of the upcoming summit in Warsaw for Abu Dhabi’s foreign policy interests.

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Swedish Marine participating in BALTOPS exercise, Jun 11, 2016

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Jun 30, 2016

NATO Summit Special Series: Sweden and Finland

By Magnus Nordenman

Along with the heads of state of NATO’s 28 members, the leaders of partner nations will also attend the Warsaw summit in July to discuss the response to the changing European security environment.

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Report

Jun 27, 2016

Frozen Conflicts: A Tool Kit for US Policymakers

By Agnia Grigas

“Since the 1990s, a number of separatist movements and conflicts have challenged the borders of the states of the former Soviet Union and created quasi-independent territories under Russian influence and control,” states Agnia Grigas, a senior nonresident fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center, in the opening of her new report, Frozen Conflicts: A […]

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Swedish Defense Minister Peter Hultqvist and Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Nov. 18, 2014

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May 25, 2016

Sweden Ratifies NATO Cooperation Agreement

By Wall Street Journal and Foreign Policy

From Charles Duxbury, Wall Street Journal:  Swedish lawmakers formally backed an agreement Wednesday that allows the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to more easily operate on Swedish territory during training or in the event of a conflict or other crisis.

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, March 7, 2009

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May 6, 2016

Russia Warns Sweden About NATO Membership, May Deploy Missiles

By Dagen Nyheter and RT

From Dagens Nyheter:  Excerpts from Michael Winiarski interview with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

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Donald Trump, Feb. 10, 2011

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Apr 1, 2016

Benitez: Trump’s Views on NATO are ‘Superficial and Childlike’

By Molly O'Toole, Foreign Policy

Slamming NATO as “obsolete,” Commander-in-Chief Donald Trump pulls all American troops out of Europe and announces that the U.S. will slash its financial contributions to the decades-old military alliance.

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US Marine in BALTOPS, June 14, 2012

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Mar 7, 2016

Who will Defend the Baltics? NATO, the US and Baltic Sea Security

By Anna Wieslander

In times of tension with Russia, security for the other Baltic Sea states is highly dependent on external allies.

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In the News

Feb 29, 2016

Alliance at Risk Report Featured in USNI News

By Atlantic Council

Read the full article here.

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NATO Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, Gen. Denis Mercier

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Dec 15, 2015

NATO Commander: Alliance Must Adapt To Evolving Geostrategic Threats

By Denis Mercier, Defense News

A major shift has taken place in our geopolitical and security environment.

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Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at EDA conference, Nov. 16, 2015

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Nov 17, 2015

Secretary General: NATO-EU Status Quo Cannot Continue

By Jens Stoltenberg, NATO

[T]he fight against terror is yet another example of how NATO and the European Union are natural partners. We share the same neighbourhood. We share the same complex security challenges. We share 22 member states.

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Jorge Benitez

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security Transatlantic Security Initiative

Defense Policy Europe & Eurasia

Fellow

Sara Bjerg Moller

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Indo-Pacific Security Initiative Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Danish Europe & Eurasia

Fellow

Henrik Breitenbauch

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security Transatlantic Security Initiative

Danish Defense Industry

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Ian Brzezinski

Senior Fellow

Europe Center Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security

Central Europe Defense Policy

Fellow

Ann-Sofie Dahl

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security Transatlantic Security Initiative

Danish Europe & Eurasia

Fellow

Paul R.S. Gebhard

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security Transatlantic Security Initiative

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