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Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom and Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, March 16, 2015

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Nov 21, 2016

Swedes Ponder Joining NATO as Trump Presidency Focuses Minds

By Richard Milne, Financial Times

The arguments in favour of Sweden’s joining Nato have grown stronger since Donald Trump won the US presidential election, according to the frontrunners to head the Scandinavian country’s next government.

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Northern Europe
President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic, Oct. 16, 2014

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Nov 21, 2016

Serbia Deports Russians Suspected of Plotting to Assassinate Prime Minister of Montenegro

By Julian Borger, Andrew MacDowall, and Shaun Walker, Guardian

Serbia has deported a group of Russians suspected of involvement in a coup plot in neighbouring Montenegro, the Guardian has learned, in the latest twist in a murky sequence of events that apparently threatened the lives of two European prime ministers.

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Montenegrin police arrest suspect in failed coup attempt

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Nov 21, 2016

Montenegro: ‘Nationalists from Russia’ Organized Assassination Attempt Against Prime Minister Djukanovic

By AP and RFE/RL

From Predrag Milic, AP: Two Russian citizens are among those suspected of involvement in an alleged election day plot in Montenegro to assassinate the country’s prime minister and take power because of the government’s NATO membership bid, prosecutors said Monday.

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President-elect Donald Trump and Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg

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Nov 21, 2016

Trump Agrees with NATO Secretary General that Progress has been Made on Burden-Sharing

By NATO

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg spoke by phone today [Nov. 18] with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump.

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Security & Defense
General Petr Pavel, May 18, 2016

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Nov 18, 2016

NATO General Says Trump Not Serious About Abandoning Treaty

By Rob Gillies, AP

A top NATO general said Wednesday that President-elect Donald Trump’s suggestion that the United States might abandon its NATO treaty commitments is not serious

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Security & Defense
Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Nov. 18, 2016

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Nov 18, 2016

Secretary General: European Defense Needs Non-EU NATO Allies

By Jens Stoltenberg, NATO

Allies such as the United States and Canada to the West; Iceland and Norway to the North; And Turkey and Albania to the South-East, are not members of the EU. But, together, they are essential for European security and will continue to be.

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International Organizations
Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Nov. 18, 2016

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Nov 18, 2016

NATO Secretary General: ‘Europe is America’s Best Friend’

By Jens Stoltenberg, NATO

Two World Wars – and the Cold War – have taught us that the security of Europe relies on the United States. And that the United States has a profound strategic interest in a stable and secure Europe.

Europe & Eurasia
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Event Recap

Nov 18, 2016

The Transatlantic Partnership: What’s Next?

By Lauren Speranza, Marija Vaicekauskaite

On November 18, the Atlantic Council hosted a private briefing for a delegation of rising leaders from the Finnish Parliament. The session featured keynote remarks by Ian Brzezinski and Robert Nurick, Senior Fellows at Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, and Fran Burwell, Vice President, European Union and Special Initiatives. Jorge Benitez, Director of NATOSource […]

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Security & Defense

In the News

Nov 17, 2016

Benitez Quoted in Foreign Policy on Defense Issues and NATO

By Jorge Benitez

Read the full article here.

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Security & Defense
French nuclear ballistic missile submarine Téméraire

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Nov 16, 2016

German Lawmaker: Europe Must Consider Own Nuclear Deterrence Capability

By Andrea Shalal, Reuters

Europe needs to think about developing its own nuclear deterrent strategy given concerns that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump could scale back U.S. military commitments in Europe, a senior member of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives said.

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