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Secretary General Anderss Fog Rasmussen, Nov. 6, 2013

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Aug 1, 2014

Five Long-Term Challenges for NATO Beyond the Ukraine Crisis

By Karl-Heinz Kamp, NATO Defense College

NATO needs to find consensus on at least five questions which go far beyond the current crisis in Ukraine.

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Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and President Barack Obama, July 8, 2014

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Jul 30, 2014

Russia and the West’s Dangerous Clash: Time for NATO & EU Expansion East?

By Ian Bond, Denis Corboy, William Courtney, and Kenneth Yalowitz, National Interest

[T]he North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), while modestly buttressing defenses in member states in Central Europe and the Baltics, has left Ukraine out in the cold.

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US-led multinational exercise, May 15, 2008

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Jul 21, 2014

Pentagon Discloses Components of Obama’s $1 Billion Reassurance Initiative

By Jennifer H. Svan, Stars and Stripes

Of the $1 billion being sought for Europe, $925 million would be set aside for the Defense Department and would be available for two years.

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Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, San Francisco, July 9, 2014

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Jul 11, 2014

Rasmussen: NATO’s Pacific Partners Contribute to World Security

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

NATO was founded to unite America and Europe in the world’s most powerful alliance.

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Alexander Stubb when he was foreign minister, August 22, 2011

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Jul 7, 2014

Finnish Prime Minister Still Eyes NATO Membership

By Juhana Rossi, Wall Street Journal

Finland is unlikely to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in the coming years because of a lack of support among Finnish voters—despite Russia’s recent annexation of Crimea

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, June 24, 2014

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Jul 3, 2014

Putin’s NATO Fears Are Groundless

By Steven Pifer, Moscow Times

President Vladimir Putin appears to have a NATO phobia.

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Georgian Foreign Minister Maia Panjikidze and Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, June 24, 2014

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Jul 2, 2014

If NATO Delays Path to Georgia’s Membership, What Is the Alternative?

By Tedo Japaridze, New Atlanticist

In the same week that the European Union signed an association agreement with Georgia on June 27, NATO officials meeting in Brussels decided not to offer the country a formal plan this year to achieve membership in the alliance.

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Jun 30, 2014

If NATO Delays Path to Georgia’s Membership, What Is the Alternative?

By Tedo Japaridze

Alliance’s September Summit Must Offer ‘Concrete,’ Not ‘Token’ Help as Georgia Faces Russia In the same week that the European Union signed an association agreement with Georgia on June 27, NATO officials meeting in Brussels decided not to offer the country a formal plan this year to achieve membership in the alliance. If ‘no’ is […]

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Swedish Chief of Defense Gen. Sverker Goranson (on right) at NATO headquarters, May 21, 2014

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Jun 26, 2014

Russia Stokes Fresh Debate Among the Nordics about NATO Membership

By Charlemagne, Economist

Sweden and Finland stopped being neutral years ago.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, April 28, 2014

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Jun 26, 2014

Why Expanding NATO would Deter Russia, Stabilize Europe

By Tomas Valasek and Damon Wilson, CNN GPS

At a time when NATO is facing a period of tensions and confrontation along its borders, does enlargement help or hurt the Alliance?

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LeAnne Noelani Howard

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security Transatlantic Security Initiative

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Gorana Grgić

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security Transatlantic Security Initiative

Croatian Democratic Transitions

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Nika Aleksejeva

Resident Fellow, Baltics

Digital Forensic Research Lab

Belarus Disinformation

Millennium fellow

Kirk Allen

Digital Communications Lead, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems

Millennium Leadership Program

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Paolo Alli

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Europe Center

Eastern Europe English

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Lisa Aronsson

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security Transatlantic Security Initiative

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