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New Atlanticist

Feb 11, 2016

Questions to Consider as NATO Responds to Migrant Crisis

By Steven Horrell

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg’s February 11 announcement that NATO has agreed to a proposal from Germany, Greece, and Turkey to assist with the refugee and migrant crisis in the eastern Mediterranean and Aegean Seas is an important response to a refugee crisis that has enormous implications for Europe. NATO’s naval response, however, opens up […]

European Union
Greece

In the News

Feb 11, 2016

Atlantic Council Event Featured in Military Times

By Atlantic Council

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Defense Industry
Security & Defense

In the News

Feb 11, 2016

Atlantic Council Event Featured in US Naval Institute News

By Atlantic Council

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Defense Industry
Security & Defense

In the News

Feb 10, 2016

Gramer Quoted by Politico on NATO Funding and Its Presence in the Black Sea

By Robbie Gramer

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NATO
Russia

Defense Industrialist

Feb 10, 2016

Kein Roboterkrieg!

By James Hasik

iRobot’s sale of its defense division to Arlington Capital indicates that commercial markets will drive innovation in autonomy. On Politico’s Morning Defense today, Jeremy Herb asked some think-tankers what to look for in today’s budget release. Plenty wondered what spending cuts would offset the emerging Third Offset, and even suggested that our New New Thing would […]

Defense Industry
Security & Defense
The geo-strategic area around Suwalki, Poland has a rich and complex history

NATOSource

Feb 9, 2016

NATO’s Vulnerable Link in Europe: Poland’s Suwalki Gap

By Agnia Grigas

The Pentagon’s decision to quadruple its 2017 budget for European defence due to the perceived threat of Russian aggression and the recent RAND report noting the difficulties NATO would have defending the Baltic States, are once again bringing to the forefront the risks on Europe’s frontier states.

Belarus
NATO

In the News

Feb 9, 2016

Barno and Bensahel in War on the Rocks: Beyond the Army Commission: Unifying the Army’s Components

By David Barno & Nora Bensahel

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Defense Industry
Security & Defense

In the News

Feb 8, 2016

Gramer in Foreign Affairs: Changing Tides

By Robbie Gramer

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NATO
Russia
Defense ministers at meeting of NATO-Ukraine Commission, June 25, 2015

NATOSource

Feb 8, 2016

NATO Defense Ministers to Discuss New Hybrid Warfare Playbook

By Julian E. Barnes, Wall Street Journal

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is developing a new strategy to speed decision-making and improve its response to the kind of unconventional warfare the West says Russia has used in Crimea and eastern Ukraine

European Union
International Organizations

In the News

Feb 8, 2016

Ullman in Defense News: Republican Defense Know-Nothings

By Harlan Ullman

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Defense Industry
Security & Defense

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