Transatlantic air power and what to do now

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After a failed attack, Hezbollah’s propaganda seeks to prevent a wider war with Israel

By David Daoud

Committed as Hezbollah is to saving its Gaza-based allies, the group does not currently want a full war with Israel.
Conflict Israel
Transatlantic air power and what to do now

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How quickly can Taiwan integrate US weapon systems? Speed is essential to help deter China.

By Adam Kozloski

To better prepare Taiwan to defend itself, the United States needs more transparency into Taipei’s weapons integration challenges.
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Transatlantic air power and what to do now

UkraineAlert Aug 21, 2024

Invasion? What invasion? Putin is downplaying Ukraine’s Kursk offensive

By Peter Dickinson

Vladimir Putin’s efforts to downplay Ukraine’s invasion of Russia have severely dented his strongman image and make a mockery of the West’s escalation fears, writes Peter Dickinson.
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Apr 2, 2019

Transatlantic air power and what to do now

By General Frank Gorenc, USAF (Ret.)

While the United States and its NATO Allies and partners have enjoyed three decades of air supremacy, the pendulum is now swinging in the other direction. As a great power competition with Russia plays out in Europe, the United States and its Allies in NATO must reassess the role and importance of the air domain to transatlantic security.

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NATOat70

Apr 1, 2019

NATO Engages: The Alliance at 70

By Ashish Kumar Sen

The Atlantic Council will co-host a daylong conference celebrating seventy years of the NATO alliance.

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Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Apr 1, 2019

What makes an ally? Sweden and Finland as NATO partners

By Anna Wieslander

Hesitation toward Alliance membership has not prevented Sweden or Finland from closer cooperation with NATO on territorial defense.

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In the News

Apr 1, 2019

Wieslander in European Leadership Network: A new Strategic Concept for NATO’s 70th birthday?

By Atlantic Council

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Crisis Management

New Atlanticist

Apr 1, 2019

NATO membership for Cyprus. Yes, Cyprus.

By Damon Wilson

With NATO membership built into any settlement, Greek and Turkish Cypriot communities, along with Athens and Ankara, and in partnership with all of their European partners and NATO allies, might have more confidence in striking a deal.

Greece
NATO

New Atlanticist

Mar 29, 2019

North Macedonia negates NATO skeptics

By Teri Schultz

The price of compromising was high — many citizens remain opposed to it — but the cost of not doing so, the government concluded, would have been infinitely higher. Radmila Šekerinska, the defense minister of North Macedonia, is unapologetic about that decision.

Greece
NATO

UkraineAlert

Mar 29, 2019

Whoever wins Ukraine’s presidential race, Russia has already lost

By Peter Dickinson

It’s election season on Kremlin TV, but the presidential campaign receiving wall-to-wall coverage from Russia’s federal channels is taking place across the border in Ukraine. This is hardly surprising. Moscow’s obsession with all things Ukrainian is well-documented and reflects the centrality of information operations to Vladimir Putin’s five-year hybrid war against Ukraine. What’s interesting about […]

Conflict
Defense Policy

UkraineAlert

Mar 29, 2019

Who gains from using the far-right in Ukraine’s elections?

By Taras Kuzio

The G-7 wrote to Minister of Interior Arsen Avakov about the threat to Ukraine’s presidential election from the far-right National Corps political party and National Militia civic organization, both led by Andriy Biletsky with whom he has had a long relationship. The G-7 warned, “They intimidate Ukrainian citizens, try to usurp the role of the […]

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Extremism

In the News

Mar 29, 2019

Biberman in East Asia Forum: Pakistan is ready for stability in Afghanistan

By Atlantic Council

Afghanistan
Pakistan

UkraineAlert

Mar 28, 2019

Time to play hardball on reforming Ukraine’s security service

By Oleksandra Ustinova and Steven Pifer

In June 2018, Ukraine’s parliament adopted the Law on National Security, with the help of the United States and other international partners, including NATO and the European Union. Among other things, the law set the frame for the functions of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and opened the door for comprehensive reform of that […]

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