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How the US and Europe Should Respond to Russia

By Franklin D. Kramer, U.S. News and World Report

Militarily, the United States, through NATO, should enhance planned exercises in Ukraine and, equally importantly, expand military training and education.

NATO Secretary General Concerned About Russian Military Buildup Near Ukraine

By KUNA

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen Tuesday said “we are very much concerned at the Russian military buildup at the border of Ukraine.”

NATO AWACS Provide Security Support for Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague

By NATO

NATO E-3A ‘Sentry’ Airborne Warning & Control System (AWACS) aircraft based in Geilenkirchen, Germany are helping secure and monitor the airspace over The Netherlands in support of the Nuclear Security Summit being held in The Hague on 24-25 March 2014.

NATO Secretary General: Ukraine Crisis is a ”Game-Changer” for Allies

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

The crisis in Ukraine is a geo-political “game-changer” for NATO Allies who must strengthen their economic and military ties in wake of Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said in a speech

Video: Join the NATO Emerging Leaders Working Group

By Young Atlanticist Program

NATO Emerging Leaders Working Group – Call for Applications

Are Russian Troops Preparing to Seize All of Southern Ukraine?

By James Rupert

As Kyiv Asks Citizens to Donate to the Army, its Military Weakness May Encourage Moscow Russia has massed an invasion-ready force on Ukraine’s eastern border and NATO’s top commander, US Air Force General Philip Breedlove, said Sunday that the deployment may be aimed at annexing a part of Moldova, to Ukraine’s west. To do so, […]

NATO Commander Concerned About Russian Military Buildup Near Ukraine

By Reuters

From Reuters:  NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe, U.S. Air Force General Philip Breedlove, voiced concern about Moscow using a tactic of snap military exercises to prepare its forces for possible rapid incursions into a neighboring state, as it had done in the case of Ukraine’s Crimea region.

Russian Aggression Puts NATO in Spotlight

By STEVEN ERLANGER, New York Times

Russia’s annexation of Crimea has suddenly revived the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s central role as a counterweight to Moscow, and with it questions about the alliance’s options and ability to act.

Russian Navy ‘Rebalances’ to the Mediterranean

By Thomas R. Fedyszyn, U.S. Naval Institute

As the U.S. military “rebalances” to the Asia-Pacific theater, the Russian Navy is pivoting back into the same European waters it became very familiar with during the Cold War.

NATO Secretary General Discusses Ukraine Crisis, Wales Summit with the Atlantic Council

NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen discussed the crisis in Ukraine and the preparations for the upcoming NATO summit in Wales with members of the Atlantic Council and the Washington, DC security and policy community in a working breakfast on March 19, 2014. The event was moderated by Frederick Kempe, president and CEO of the […]