NATO Partnerships

NATO Partnerships

The purpose of NATO partnerships is to project stability through cooperation. These partnerships foster cooperation between different countries and are also an opportunity to develop ties through joint trainings and exercises, NATO-led operations, and political consultations to share knowledge and expertise. The Alliance has developed a network of partnerships with non-member countries from the Euro-Atlantic area, the Mediterranean and the Gulf region, and others across the world.

The Transatlantic Security Initiative aims to reinforce the strong and resilient transatlantic relationship that is prepared to deter and defend, succeed in strategic competition, and harness emerging capabilities to address future threats and opportunities.

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Cold Response 2014

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Mar 10, 2014

Sixteen Nations Participating in Norway’s Cold Response Military Exercise This Week

By Norwwegian Armed Forces

The main purpose of Cold Response is to train participants in how to conduct combat operations in cold weather conditions.

Europe & Eurasia France
Swedish Chief of Defense Sverker Goransson at NATO HQ, May 14, 2013

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Mar 8, 2014

Sweden Mulls ‘Doctrine Shift’ in Defense After Russian Incursion in Ukraine

By Niclas Rolander, Wall Street Journal

The continuing crisis in Ukraine has the reputedly peaceful Swedes rethinking the nation’s defense doctrine, and some are using the situation as a way to push for NATO membership

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NATO-Russia Council, December 4, 2013

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Mar 6, 2014

NATO Ambassadors Confront Russian Diplomat in ‘Tense’ Meeting

By Anne Gearan and Karen DeYoung, Washington Post

A NATO diplomat, describing the [NATO-Russia Council] session as “tense,” said alliance members one by one confronted Alexander V. Grushko, Russia’s representative to NATO, with charges that Moscow was violating international law in Crimea and concocting threats against ethnic Russians there to justify its actions.

European Union International Organizations
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arsenii Yatseniuk and NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen

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Mar 6, 2014

NATO Secretary General: Ukraine Crisis is ‘Gravest Threat to European Security’ Since Cold War

By NATO

Ukraine is a valued and long-standing partner for NATO.

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Meeting of NATO NAC and EU PSC, March 5, 2014

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Mar 5, 2014

NATO and EU Ambassadors Meet to Discuss Ukraine Crisis

By European Union

The European Union’s Political and Security Committee (PSC) and NATO’s North Atlantic Council (NAC) held a joint informal meeting today to discus s the situation in Ukraine

European Union International Organizations
NATO's Steadfast Jazz 2013 Exercise

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Mar 4, 2014

Brzezinski: NATO Should Prepare to Help Defend Ukraine

By Zbigniew Brzezinski, Washington Post

Much depends on how clearly the West conveys to the dictator in the Kremlin — a partially comical imitation of Mussolini and a more menacing reminder of Hitler — that NATO cannot be passive if war erupts in Europe

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NATO flag at headquarters in Brussels

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Mar 4, 2014

NATO Responds to Ukraine Crisis With ‘Rigorous and On-Going Assessment ‘

By NATO

The North Atlantic Council has met at Poland’s request to hold consultations within the framework of Article 4 of the Washington Treaty

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Gripen Jets

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Mar 4, 2014

Sweden Responds to Russian Exercises by Sending Jets to Baltic Base

By The Local (Sweden)

The Swedish Armed Forces sent extra air defence to the island of Gotland on Tuesday in response to a large-scale Russian training exercise being carried out in the Baltic Sea.

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Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, Feb. 27, 2014

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Feb 27, 2014

Hagel Warns Russia Not to Intervene in Ukraine

By New York Times and Department of Defense

From Helene Cooper, New York Times:  Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel warned Russia on Thursday to stay out of the turmoil in Ukraine

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Russian Troops

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Feb 27, 2014

Russia Should Avoid Raising the Stakes Over Ukraine

By Ivo Daalder, Financial Times

At the very least, a military exercise on this massive scale, so close to the borders with a sovereign state, is meant to send a stern message to the new leaders of Ukraine that there is a limit to that nation’s independence.

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Lisa Aronsson

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Sara Bjerg Moller

Nonresident Senior Fellow

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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

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Central Europe Defense Policy
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