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Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and staff, Aug. 27, 2015

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Aug 27, 2015

NATO Opens Joint Training and Evaluation Center in Georgia

By Jens Stoltenberg, NATO

Today marks an important moment in the NATO-Georgia relationship.

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Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, July 28, 2015

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Jul 31, 2015

NATO Greenlights New Defense Training Program for Iraq

By Jens Stoltenberg, NATO

NATO Allies have just agreed on a defence capacity building package for Iraq. It will help strengthen the country’s security and defence sector by providing support in areas where NATO is best-placed to add value.

Iraq
NATO
Finnish Army helicopter, August 7, 2010

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Jul 30, 2015

Minister Niinistö: Finland Needs to Rethink its Defense of Åland Islands

By Estonian Public Broadcasting and YLE

From Estonian Public Broadcasting:  Finnish Defense Minister Jussi Niinistö has disclosed that Finland is planning to test its defenses of Åland Islands from “little green men.”

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General Phil Jones, NATO Spokesperson Oana Lungescu and General Hans-Lothar Domrose, July 16, 2015

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Jul 15, 2015

Details of Trident Juncture, NATO’s Largest Exercise in 13 Years

By Oana Lungescu, NATO

Trident Juncture 15 will take place in October and November, mainly in Spain, Italy and Portugal.

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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, May 6, 2014

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Jul 10, 2015

Japan Interested in Joining NATO Missile Consortium

By Reuters and Wall Street Journal

From Tim Kelly and Nobuhiro Kubo, Reuters:  Japan is interested in joining a NATO missile building consortium that would give Tokyo its first taste of a multinational defense project, a move the U.S. Navy is encouraging

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Missile Defense
CCDCOE is based in Tallinn, Estonia

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Jul 1, 2015

Sweden to Join NATO Cyber Defense Center

By NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Center of Excellence

Sweden is set to join the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence as a Contributing Participant. This cooperation format at the knowledge hub is open for non-NATO nations.

Cybersecurity
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In the News

Jun 25, 2015

Breitenbauch: Time for Sweden to Join NATO

By Henrik Breitenbauch

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Henrik Breitenbauch cowrites for the American Interest on how Russia’s provocations in the Baltic Sea region are changing the debate on NATO membership in Sweden:

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NATO Partnerships
New Finnish government plans to study possibility of NATO membership

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Jun 3, 2015

Finland’s Exploration of NATO Membership: The Benefits of Joining the Alliance

By Mark Seip

Last week, Finland’s new government announced that they will explore the possibility of NATO membership.

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Romania seeks to be a regional leader in cyber security

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May 15, 2015

Romania Helping Ukraine Fight Russian Cyber Espionage

By Alison Mutler, AP

Ukraine says Russia’s Federal Security Service is coordinating attacks on government offices as part of a proxy war against Ukraine’s government, amid real fighting between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian rebels in the east. Ukrainian security operatives say that, with Romania’s help, they have foiled attempts to spread malicious software

Central Europe
Cybersecurity
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, May. 11, 2015

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May 11, 2015

Foreign Ministers to Address Growing Turmoil Along NATO’s Borders

By Jens Stoltenberg, NATO

We will keep NATO strong and we will help keep our neighborhood stable. Because if our neighborhood is stable we will be more secure.

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