NATO Operations After the Warsaw Summit

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NATO Operations After the Warsaw Summit

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NATO Operations After the Warsaw Summit

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Dec 16, 2016

NATO Operations After the Warsaw Summit

By Lauren Speranza and Marija Vaicekauskaite

On December 16, the Atlantic Council hosted private roundtable discussion with John Manza, NATO’s Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Operations. Manza provided an update on the planning and execution of NATO’s Enhanced Forward Presence in Central and Eastern Europe. Manza has served as NATO’s Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Operations since July 2016. Recently, he […]

NATO
Security & Defense

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Dec 15, 2016

Russia’s ‘Active Measures’ Are Back with a Vengeance

By Amanda Abrams

The issue of Russian hacking of American email accounts in order to influence the US presidential election reached new heights this week. President Barack Obama ordered the intelligence community to conduct a full review of Russia’s interference in the elections before he leaves office on January 20, and Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham announced […]

Cybersecurity
Russia

New Atlanticist

Dec 14, 2016

A Fine Balance: Responding to Russian Cyberattacks

Russian cyberattacks on the eve of the US presidential elections clearly benefitted one candidate—Donald Trump. How to respond to this meddling is another matter altogether. The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) confirmed in a secret assessment first reported by The Washington Post that Russia was involved in the cybersecurity breach of both the Democratic and Republican […]

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President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, and President of the European Council Donald Tusk, Dec. 13, 2016

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Dec 13, 2016

Taking EU-NATO Cooperation to a New Level

By Donald Tusk, Jean-Claude Juncker, and Jens Stoltenberg, NATO

Rising from the ashes of World War II, NATO and what is now the European Union were created with one goal: to prevent the horrors of another war in Europe….

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International Organizations

New Atlanticist

Dec 13, 2016

US Must Deliver a ‘Painful’ Response to Putin for Russian Meddling

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Former acting director of the Central Intelligence Agency, Michael Morell, on Russia, Donald Trump, and the US intelligence community There are huge national security implications of Russia’s meddling in the US presidential elections, which is why the Obama administration must deliver an overt response that is painful to Russian President Vladimir Putin, said Michael Morell, […]

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NATO Deputy Secretary General Rose Gottemoeller, Oct. 17, 2016

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Dec 13, 2016

Trump Team Working to Remove Top NATO Official

By Josh Rogin, Washington Post

The incoming Trump administration is looking to get rid of the No. 2 official at NATO, an American nominated by President Obama whom most Republicans don’t trust.

NATO
Security & Defense

In the News

Dec 13, 2016

Tauscher Quoted by the Washington Post on Trump’s NATO Policy

By Ellen Tauscher

Read the full article here.

NATO
Security & Defense

Emerging Defense Challenges

Dec 12, 2016

Hasik Quoted by the Wall Street Journal on the Trump Administration and the Defense Industry

By James Hasik

Read the full article here.

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Security & Defense
Russian President Vladimir Putin, Dec. 2, 2016

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Dec 12, 2016

Head of Intelligence Warns of Russian Influence Operations Inside Sweden

By The Local (Sweden)

Must is the branch of the Swedish Armed Forces that is the main foreign intelligence agency in the country. Its head, Major General Gunnar Karlson, spoke openly about Russian attempts to influence Sweden during an interview with SVT’s Agenda show on Sunday evening….

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Northern Europe
President-elect Donald Trump, Dec. 6, 2016

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Dec 8, 2016

Donald Trump’s Position on the Use of US Military Power

By Donald Trump, C-SPAN

And finally, a commitment to only engage the use of military forces when it’s in the vital national security interest of the United States.

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