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Apr 25, 2017

NATO’s Real Problem Isn’t Defense Spending

By Stephen Blank

When US President Donald Trump attends the NATO summit in Brussels on May 25, he should press the Alliance to confront Moscow’s conventional military superiority and nuclear blackmail tactics, rather than endlessly needle the Europeans about defense spending. NATO undoubtedly needs additional funding sources, but the unwillingness of European countries to meet their 2 percent […]

NATO
Russia
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NATOSource

Apr 24, 2017

Denmark: Russia Hacked Our Defense Ministry for Two Years

By Reuters and Copenhagen Post

From Reuters: Russia has hacked the Danish Defense and gained access to employees’ emails in 2015 and 2016

Cybersecurity
Intelligence
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NATOSource

Apr 24, 2017

Trump Believes ‘Nobody Ever Criticized NATO’

By Donald Trump, AP

TRUMP: They had a quote from me that NATO’s obsolete. But they didn’t say why it was obsolete.

Germany
Italy
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NATOSource

Apr 21, 2017

Trump Praises Italy’s Fight Against Terrorism And Pushes Gentiloni on Defense Spending

By Donald Trump, Paolo Gentiloni, and John Roberts, White House

PRESIDENT TRUMP:  Italy is also a key partner in the fight against terrorism.

Italy
NATO

Defense Industrialist

Apr 21, 2017

An excess of buying and hiring American

By James Hasik

There are, of course, very valid strategic reasons for the United States to retain some degree of autarky in its armaments production. But if the engineers, logisticians, marketers, and financiers are coming to the United States, to work in the United States on long-term visas, building armaments for the American military, aren’t they then Americans?

Defense Industry
Economy & Business
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NATOSource

Apr 20, 2017

House Speaker Ryan in Europe: NATO ‘Must be Strengthened’

By Paul Ryan, Office of the Speaker of the House of Representatives

Russia is determined to exploit weakness and opportunity wherever it may surface.

NATO
Russia
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NATOSource

Apr 20, 2017

Saudi-Led Coalition Setting Up Mobile Force to Fight Terrorism

By Saeed Shah and Margherita Stancati, Wall Street Journal

A Saudi-led coalition force of 41 countries is now taking shape and has found a focus: protecting member nations against the threat from Islamic State

Iran
NATO
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NATOSource

Apr 19, 2017

Trump’s Consistent Message: NATO Allies ‘Are Letting Us Down’

By Donald Trump, White House

[A]lthough he could not be here today, my thanks go to Speaker Ryan, who’s represented this city for nearly two decades in Congress.  And you know where he is?  He’s with NATO — so he has a good excuse.  And I said, Ron, make sure these countries start paying their bills a little bit more.

NATO
Security & Defense
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NATOSource

Apr 18, 2017

US: First Test of Upgraded Nuclear Bomb a Success

By AP and airforce-technology.com

From Susan Montoya Bryan, AP:  Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories are claiming success with the first in a new series of test flights involving an upgraded version of a nuclear bomb

Nuclear Nonproliferation
Security & Defense
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NATOSource

Apr 18, 2017

Two Ideas NATO Can Use to Meet Trump’s Demands to Strengthen European Security

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

If the upcoming May NATO summit is to have real benefit, some “new solutions” will be important

NATO
Security & Defense

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