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NATOSource

Mar 1, 2016

NATO Warned of Vulnerability to Moscow in Eastern Europe

By Sam Jones, Financial Times

A chorus of voices across Nato is warning that the alliance cannot defend Europe’s eastern border against an increasingly aggressive Russia.

Germany
NATO

In the News

Mar 1, 2016

Alliance at Risk Report Featured in Defense One

By Atlantic Council

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Security & Defense

In the News

Feb 29, 2016

Alliance at Risk Report Featured in USNI News

By Atlantic Council

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In the News

Feb 29, 2016

Slavin Joins Al Jazeera to Discuss the Effectiveness of the Iran Deal

By Barbara Slavin

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Iran
Nuclear Nonproliferation

Defense Industrialist

Feb 26, 2016

The defense economics of John McCain, part 1

By James Hasik

What if all development contracts were fixed-price? Senator John McCain, chairman of the Senate Armed Service Committee, is hopping mad about the bomber formerly known as the Long Range Strike Bomber. The B-21, as Air Force Secretary Deborah James named the LRS-B today, is to be developed by Northrop Grumman under a cost-plus-incentive-fee contract. McCain […]

Defense Industry
Economy & Business

Bremain vs Brexit

Feb 26, 2016

Nuclear Component Must Be Part of NATO’s Deterrence Policy in Europe’s East, says Latvia’s Foreign Minister

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Official says Russia using migrant crisis to divide Europe NATO’s current presence in Europe’s east is insufficient to provide credible deterrence, must be ramped up, and include a nuclear component, said Latvia’s Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevičs. “A nuclear component should be part of the overall NATO Article 5 deterrence policy,” Rinkevičs said, noting that Russian […]

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Northern Europe

In the News

Feb 26, 2016

Alliance At Risk Report Quoted by Financial Times on Poland’s View of NATO

By Atlantic Council

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Security & Defense

In the News

Feb 26, 2016

Alliance at Risk Report Featured in Stars and Stripes

By Atlantic Council

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Security & Defense

Report

Feb 26, 2016

Alliance at risk

By Jorge Benitez

Despite Russian aggression in Ukraine and growing threats along NATO’s southern flank, many European allies find it difficult to increase their defense capabilities and meet the commitments they made at the Wales Summit. To address this important challenge, the Atlantic Council produced its Alliance at Risk report, which draws together noted experts and former senior […]

Europe & Eurasia
NATO

Bremain vs Brexit

Feb 25, 2016

Migrant Crisis, Brexit Distracting EU from Enlargement, Says Albania’s Foreign Minister

By Ashish Kumar Sen

The migrant crisis and the debate over the United Kingdom’s future in the European Union have shifted focus away from the enlargement of the bloc and this could disrupt the process of building democratic future member states, Albania’s Foreign Minister Ditmir Bushati said on February 25. “Unfortunately, the migrant crisis, coupled with other crises that […]

Europe & Eurasia
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