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NATO should stand up Black Sea Command before it’s too late

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NATO should stand up Black Sea Command before it’s too late

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New Atlanticist

Jul 5, 2016

NATO should stand up Black Sea Command before it’s too late

By Ariel Cohen

The Black Sea is a sensitive, vital, and somewhat neglected region that Russia has attempted to dominate since the last quarter of the eighteenth century, when Catherine the Great and Grigory Potemkin controlled its northern shores and occupied Crimea.

Maritime Security
NATO

In the News

Jul 5, 2016

Benitez Quoted by ABC on NATO’s Response to Russia

By Jorge Benitez

Read the full article here.

NATO
Russia

In the News

Jul 5, 2016

Benitez Quoted by Stars & Stripes on the Credibility of NATO Deterrence

By Jorge Benitez

Read the full article here.

NATO
Russia

In the News

Jul 5, 2016

Atlantic Council Report Restoring the Power and Purpose of the NATO Alliance Featured by RFE/RL

By Jones and Burns

Read the full article here.

NATO
Security & Defense

In the News

Jul 4, 2016

The New West Berlin: We Need More Europe

Frederick Kempe, president and CEO of the Atlantic Council, spoke in an interview with Agnieszka Niezgoda.

NATO
Security & Defense
NATO exercise Trident Juncture, Nov. 4, 2015

NATOSource

Jul 4, 2016

NATO Summit Special Series: Spain and Portugal

By Alex Ward

NATO’s focus eastward, while important, is no longer sufficient for the future safety of allies, partners, and other European states.

Cybersecurity
NATO
Latvian soldier participating in exercise Saber Strike, June 5, 2013

NATOSource

Jul 3, 2016

NATO Summit Special Series: Estonia and Latvia

By Jorge Benitez

After recent terrorists attacks in Europe and the crisis of so many refugees fleeing conflicts in North Africa and the Middle East, this NATO summit is important

NATO
Northern Europe
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko and Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Dec. 17, 2015

NATOSource

Jul 3, 2016

NATO Summit Special Series: Ukraine

By Alina Polyakova

Ukraine will likely be at the center of the NATO summit in Warsaw.

NATO
NATO Partnerships
A US B-52, two Polish F-16s, two German Eurofighters, four Swedish Gripens, and four US F-16s, June 14, 2016

NATOSource

Jul 2, 2016

NATO Summit Special Series: United States

By Kori Schake

If it feels like NATO is perpetually preparing for or having a summit meeting, that is true.

Germany
NATO
Lithuanian soldiers in military exercise, June 5, 2016

NATOSource

Jul 2, 2016

NATO Summit Special Series: Lithuania

By Živilė Marija Vaicekauskaitė

With Russia’s aggressive military posture in the east and instability in the south, the transatlantic community faces its biggest strategic challenges since the end of the Cold War.

NATO
Northern Europe
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