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NATO Deputy Secretary General Alexander Vershbow

NATOSource

Jan 15, 2016

NATO and 21st Century Deterrence

By Alexander Vershbow, NATO

New and increasingly authoritarian laws have further restricted basic freedoms for Russian civil society. Russia persists with its efforts to undermine Ukraine politically, economically and militarily. Russia has yet to live up to its part of the Minsk agreements, even though there have been a few lulls in the fighting. Russia’s aggressive military build-up continues, […]

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Secretary of State John Kerry, Dec. 2, 2015

NATOSource

Jan 11, 2016

10 Most Popular NATO Stories of 2015

By Jorge Benitez, Director of NATOSource

Last year, Russia intervened militarily in the Middle East and increased military provocations in the Baltic Sea Region.

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Event Recap

Jan 11, 2016

Space weapons and the risk of nuclear exchange

By South Asia Center

On January 11, 2016—building on a 2015 feature on space weapons and the risk of nuclear exchange—the South Asia Center and the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists convened a panel of experts to discuss the danger that anti-satellite weapons pose to global security. Panelists included Dr. Nancy Gallagher, Interim Director at the Center for International […]

Nuclear Nonproliferation

Event Recap

Dec 14, 2015

The wisdom of a grand nuclear bargain with Pakistan

By South Asia Center

The policy options available to address Pakistan’s growing nuclear arsenal are “not particularly good,” according to Dr. Toby Dalton, co-director of the Nuclear Policy Program at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Dalton addressed the question of growing international concern over Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal on December 14 at the South Asia Center’s event, “The Wisdom of […]

Nuclear Nonproliferation Pakistan
Gen. Ben Hodges, Commander of US Army Europe, Dec. 9, 2015

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Dec 10, 2015

Russia Could Block Access to Baltic Sea, US General Says

By Defense One, Defense News, and Army News Service

From Marcus Weisgerber, Defense One:  Russia has moved ballistic missiles to and conducted nuclear strike drills from its Kaliningrad exclave, prompting Pentagon fears that Moscow could block access to the Baltic Sea.

Central Europe Hungary
Trident Nuclear Submarine HMS Victorious, April 4, 2013

NATOSource

Dec 8, 2015

British Defense: Mind the Gap

By Leo Michel

Michael Fallon, the U.K. Secretary of State for Defense, visits Washington this week, where he might be forgiven for using what Gore Vidal once called “the four most beautiful words in our common language: I told you so.”

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UK Prime Minister David Cameron, May 8, 2015

NATOSource

Nov 23, 2015

The Role of NATO in the UK’s New Strategic Defense and Security Review

By UK Government

[T]his document sets out our National Security Strategy for the coming five years, and how we will implement it. It presents a clear vision for a secure and prosperous United Kingdom, with global reach and global influence….

NATO Nuclear Nonproliferation

In the News

Nov 6, 2015

Kroenig: 3-D Printing the Bomb? The Nuclear Nonproliferation Challenge

By Matthew Kroenig

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Matthew Kroenig cowrites for The Washington Quarterly on how the Additive Manufacturing (AM) process, through which 3-D printing machines build objects of virtually any shape from digital build file, could make it easier for countries to acquire nuclear weapons:

Nuclear Nonproliferation Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Nov 3, 2015

Why didn’t the GCC publicly oppose the Iran deal?

By Matthew Kroenig

If the Arab Gulf states are opposed to the Iran nuclear deal, why didn’t they publicly speak out against it? This was perhaps the most interesting and contentious point of discussion on the first day of the second annual Abu Dhabi Strategic Debate on November 1. Make no mistake; the lack of public opposition is […]

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Sierra class Russian sub, June 1, 1994

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Oct 26, 2015

Russian Ships Near Data Cables Are Too Close for US Comfort

By David E. Sanger and Eric Schmitt, New York Times

Russian submarines and spy ships are aggressively operating near the vital undersea cables that carry almost all global Internet communications, raising concerns among some American military and intelligence officials that the Russians might be planning to attack those lines in times of tension or conflict.

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