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Sep 12, 2016

Benitez Joins VOA Georgia to Discuss NATO’s Mission to Georgia

By Jorge Benitez

Watch the full interview here.

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NATO's decision on September 12 was historic

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Sep 12, 2016

Never Forget: NATO’s Support for the US on September 12

By Douglas Lute, New York Times

Americans will always remember Sept. 11, 2001. Fifteen years later, the feelings of confusion, shock and loss from the deadly attack on our country are still vivid. But the next day, Sept. 12, 2001, was also historic.

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Sep 12, 2016

Miller Quoted by Federal News Radio on National Security Council Reform

By David Miller

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Sep 11, 2016

Watts joins 1+1 TV Ukraine to discuss terrorism and counterterrorism

By John Watts

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Ukraine

Defense Industrialist

Sep 9, 2016

Who should own the rights to the software in the JSF?

By James Hasik

The economics of intellectual property rights in weapon systems make for challenging managerial problems, and mandate some detailed legal work. Who owns the intellectual property rights to weapon systems? Who should? In a notable essay in Foreign Affairs on “The End of the Military Industrial Complex,” former Deputy Defense Secretary Bill Lynn once wrote of […]

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Economy & Business
Finnish President Sauli Niinistö and Russian President Vladimir Putin, March 22, 2016

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Sep 8, 2016

Finland and The Unpredictable Neighbor

By René Nyberg

Great empires do not go away quietly.

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Event Recap

Sep 8, 2016

Transition Seminar for Rose Gottemoeller, NATO’s Next Deputy Secretary General

By Marija Vaicekauskaite

On September 8, the Atlantic Council hosted a transition seminar for Rose Gottemoeller, NATO’s Next Deputy Secretary General and current Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security at the US Department of State. After more than a decade of distinguished public service, Under Secretary Gottemoeller will assume her new position at a critical time […]

Europe & Eurasia
NATO

Defense Industrialist

Sep 8, 2016

How to man the unmanned

By James Hasik

With enthusiastic recruits, from all corners, and with a lot of cash. In the New York Times this past Tuesday, Michael Schmidt wrote of how the the US Air Force, “Running Low on Drone Pilots,” is turning to contractors to reconnoitre battlefields. Many of these are “former drone or fighter pilots who are making double or […]

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Sep 6, 2016

Post-Brexit, EU Moves Toward Deeper Military Integration

By Bruno Waterfield, The Times (London)

EU foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini told ambassadors yesterday she would table the “road map” to take advantage of “political space” opened by the Brexit vote.

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EU High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini, June 28, 2016

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Sep 6, 2016

Mogherini: We Need to Change the ‘Institutional Structure’ of EU Defense and Security

By Federica Mogherini, European External Action Service

I see the focus on implementation on four specific areas.

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