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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, October 22, 2013

NATOSource

Nov 30, 2013

NATO Secretary General: ‘Vilnius Summit is a Defining Moment’

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

I welcome the results of the Eastern Partnership Summit in Vilnius.

European Union
International Organizations
5 partner non-NATO nations are participating in Cyber Coalition 2013

NATOSource

Nov 27, 2013

NATO Begins Annual Cyber Defense Exercise

By NATO

NATO on Tuesday (26 November 2013) launched a three-day cyber defence exercise “Cyber Coalition 2013” which will test the Alliance’s ability to defend its networks from attacks.

Cybersecurity
NATO

NATOSource

Nov 19, 2013

Ukrainian Warship In NATO Operation Disrupted Suspected Pirate Attack

By NATO Maritime Command

Yesterday [November 17] NATO’s counter-piracy Operation OCEAN SHIELD warship UPS HETMAN SAGAIDACHNY of Ukraine boarded a skiff with seven suspected pirates aboard in the Internationally Recommended Transit Corridor (IRTC).

NATO
NATO Partnerships

Issue Brief

Oct 31, 2013

Global trends and the future of NATO: alliance security in an era of global competition

By Barry Pavel and Magnus Nordenman

The latest issue brief by Barry Pavel, Atlantic Council VP and director of the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, and Magnus Nordenman, Brent Scowcroft Center deputy director, argues that global shifts in economic and military power, demographics, resource demand, and other critical megatrends will require NATO to overhaul its long-term strategy for the future. […]

Europe & Eurasia
NATO
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, October 23, 2013

NATOSource

Oct 29, 2013

NATO Congratulates Georgian People for Transparent Elections

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

I congratulate the Georgian people on holding transparent and peaceful presidential elections in which fundamental freedoms of expression, movement, and assembly were respected.

Elections
NATO
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen

NATOSource

Oct 21, 2013

NATO Agrees to Help Libya’s Security Forces

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

Allies have agreed to respond positively to the request made by the Libyan Prime Minister for NATO to provide advice on defence institution building in Libya, as part of the overall efforts of the international community.

Libya
NATO
NATO summit in Prague 2002

NATOSource

Oct 18, 2013

NATO’s 2014 Summit Agenda

By Karl-Heinz Kamp, NATO Defense College

Instead of focussing on capabilities, on Syria or on issues singled out by individual nations, the summit should concentrate on those topics which are of overarching importance for NATO’s future in the post-2014 era

Cybersecurity
Missile Defense
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, October 10, 2013

NATOSource

Oct 11, 2013

Rasmussen Confirms Georgia is Joining NATO Response Force in 2015

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

Georgia, has offered to join the Response Force in the future, and been accepted.

NATO
NATO Partnerships
President of Finland Sauli Niinisto and NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Nov. 14, 2012

NATOSource

Oct 10, 2013

The Case for Finland to Join NATO

By Pauli Järvenpää, ICDS

[A]s far as the Finnish president is concerned, Finland now enjoys the best of all possible worlds: it is satisfied with the present level of cooperation with NATO

NATO
NATO Partnerships

New Atlanticist

Aug 29, 2013

The Baltic Way

By Damon Wilson

A Scenesetter for the Meeting of US-Baltic Presidents As President Obama prepares to meet the three Baltic presidents on Friday, I am reminded of standing on the floor of the Riigikogu in the summer of 1992:  as I watched Estonia’s restored parliament conduct business amidst the political jostling in the run-up to the nation’s first […]

Eastern Europe
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