LOOK BACK ON THE WASHINGTON SUMMIT


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Live commentary, authoritative analysis, and high-level events covering NATO’s Washington summit, courtesy of our experts.

Essays on the Alliance’s future

NATO’s seventy-fifth anniversary is a milestone in a remarkable story of reinvention, adaptation, and unity. However, as the Alliance seeks to secure its future for the next seventy-five years, it faces revanchist old rivals, escalating strategic competition, and uncertainties over the future of the rules-based international order. 

With partners and allies turning attention from celebrations to challenges, the Atlantic Council’s Transatlantic Security Initiative invited contributors to engage with the most pressing concerns ahead of the historic Washington summit and chart a path for the Alliance’s future. This series features seven essays focused on concrete issues that NATO must address at the Washington summit and five essays that examine longer-term challenges the Alliance must confront to ensure transatlantic security. 

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The Transatlantic Security Initiative, in the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, shapes and influences the debate on the greatest security challenges facing the North Atlantic Alliance and its key partners.

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Ukrainian Prime Minister Arsenii Yatseniuk and NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen

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May 21, 2014

NATO After Ukraine

By Bogdan Klich, Project Syndicate

Russia’s aggression in Ukraine has dispelled doubts about NATO’s importance. But recognizing potential dangers is not the same as developing an effective response.

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, March 12, 2014

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May 21, 2014

Poland Concerned Germany is Impeding NATO’s Response to Russia

By Judy Dempsey, Strategic Europe

Poland fears that Germany will not make the hard decisions required to stop Russia from acting again.

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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, April 1, 2014

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May 21, 2014

Secretary General: NATO Ready to Assist Libya

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

[L]et me express my… my grave concerns about the security situation in Libya.

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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, April 16, 2014

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May 21, 2014

Secretary General: NATO’s Eastern Allies ‘Gravely Concerned’ About Russian Actions

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

[W]hat we have seen in… in Ukraine is outrageous.

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US paratroopers in Estonia

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May 20, 2014

European Ground Troops Need to Join US Units Defending NATO’s Eastern Allies

By Steven Pifer, Financial Times

Given Moscow’s aggression in Ukraine, companies of airborne soldiers have been deployed to Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland to assure those countries and serve as tripwires. But the soldiers are all Americans. Where are the Europeans?

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BAE found malicious code in ten countries

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May 19, 2014

Russian Cyber Campaign Continues to Penetrate NATO Ministries

By Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg View

It shouldn’t be easy to shut down a European ministry for days, depriving bureaucrats of access to e-mail and the web. Someone, however, has managed to do just that to Belgium’s foreign ministry, which had to quarantine its entire computer system last Saturday

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Latvian soldier participating in Steadfast Jazz exercise

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May 19, 2014

Unprotected in the East: NATO Appears Toothless in Russia Crisis

By Spiegel

According to information SPIEGEL obtained by SPIEGEL, a draft version of a comprehensive, restricted internal NATO assessment of the situation reads: “Russia’s ability to undertake significant military action with little warning presents a wider threat to the maintenance of security and stability in the Euro-Atlantic area.

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Opening ceremony for Steadfast Jazz Exercise

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May 19, 2014

Spiegel: NATO Unprepared If Russia Moved into Baltic Members

By Deutsche Welle

According to the German magazine Spiegel, NATO is examining scenarios in the event of a Russian military move in Eastern Europe. Alarm bells are already ringing in eastern states, and NATO is keen to show it could cope.

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In the News

May 18, 2014

Pavel: Where There is New Economic Activity, Security Activity Follows

By Barry Pavel

Defense News quotes VP and Brent Scowcroft Center Director Barry Pavel on General Dempsey push for NATO to increase security contributions along the Mediterranean: 

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Troops from nine NATO members are participating in Steadfast Javelin exercise

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May 16, 2014

NATO Launches Multinational Military Exercise to Defend Estonia

By NATO

NATO launched a large-scale exercise “Steadfast Javelin 1” in Estonia on Friday (16 May 2014) which will test Allied forces on their ability to work together as well as maintaining NATO’s readiness and combat effectiveness.

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