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German Leopard 2, December 2011, (US Army).

NATOSource

May 16, 2018

Is Germany’s Military Readiness Problem a Critical Vulnerability for NATO?

By John Vandiver, Stars and Stripes

Germany’s military is virtually undeployable and security experts say it is too weak to meet its obligations to its allies, as it prepares to assume command of NATO’s crisis response force next year.

Germany
NATO
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Paris, May 15, 2018.

NATOSource

May 16, 2018

Stoltenberg Provides Details of NATO’s Cyber Policy

By Jens Stoltenberg, NATO

In recent years, we have seen many large scale cyber-attacks.

Cybersecurity
France

In the News

May 11, 2018

Slavin Joins the Nukes of Hazard Podcast to Discuss Trump’s Withdrawal from the JCPOA

By Barbara Slavin

Listen to the full discussion here

Iran
Nuclear Nonproliferation

MENASource

May 11, 2018

Killing the JCPOA: Opportunity missed?

By Frederic C. Hof

As reported previously by this writer, senior Iranian former officials repeatedly told him and other Americans in unofficial, track II discussions preceding the nuclear deal, that Iran had no intention of weaponizing nuclear energy. The reason offered had nothing to do with Koranic proscriptions. To paraphrase one of the Iranian ex-officials, “Look at all we […]

Crisis Management
Iran

New Atlanticist

May 11, 2018

Scaparrotti: Preserve the Alliance

By Ashish Kumar Sen

The United States and NATO must take steps to preserve the unity of the transatlantic alliance in the face of a “complex and dynamic security environment,” said Gen. Curtis M. Scaparrotti, supreme allied commander Europe and commander, US European Command.Noting skepticism about the strength of the rules-based international order, Scaparrotti said: “This is why now, more than ever, […]

NATO
Security & Defense

Transcript

May 11, 2018

Presentation of 2018 Distinguished Military Leadership Award to General Curtis M. Scaparrotti

By Atlantic Council

Atlantic Council 2018 Distinguished Leadership Awards Distinguished Military Leadership Award Presentation

NATO
Security & Defense

Transcript

May 10, 2018

Former US President George W. Bush: “People in the United States Cannot Escape World Responsibility”

By Atlantic Council

Atlantic Council 2018 Distinguished Leadership Awards Distinguished International Leadership Award Presentation

NATO
Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

May 10, 2018

Waiting for Europe’s Budgetary Chickens to Roost—or Roast—At NATO

By Brooks Tigner

BRUSSELS — When the other twenty-eight allies gather for NATO’s next summit in Brussels in July, many among them will undoubtedly be waiting nervously for the arrival of Air Force One and the 29th allied leader it will carry to the Belgian capital—US President Donald J. Trump. The reason for their nervousness will be money: […]

NATO
Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

May 9, 2018

Russia’s 2017 Defense Spending Cut Is Not What It Seems

By Brooks Tigner

BRUSSELS — The May 2 announcement by SIPRI, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, that Russia’s defense budget in 2017 fell by 20 percent made many headlines across the West, with predictions of major fallout for Moscow’s military modernization goals, operations, and tactics and its international influence. However, the reality is far from that scenario […]

NATO
Russia

In the News

May 9, 2018

Stifel Quoted in POLITICO on US Cyber Policy

By Megan Stifel

Read the full article here.

Cybersecurity
Security & Defense

Experts

Events