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Prime Minister of Montenegro, Milo Djukanovic, March 25, 2014

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Dec 9, 2015

NATO Moves Forward with Montenegro

By Janusz Bugajski & Srdjan Darmanovic, American Interest

Vladimir Putin’s Kremlin has been adamantly opposed to further NATO enlargement. Following NATO’s invitation to Montenegro, Russian officials immediately asserted that they would be forced to react.

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Russia

Webcasts

Dec 9, 2015

Cyber Risk Wednesday: 2016 Threat Landscape

By Brent Scowcroft Center

Please join the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative on Wednesday, December 9 from 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. for a moderated panel discussion with a group of prominent cybersecurity experts.

Cybersecurity
Security & Defense

In the News

Dec 9, 2015

Grigas: Russia’s Motives in the Baltic State

By Agina Grigas

Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Agnia Grigas writes for the Foreign Policy Research Institute on Russia’s use of influence in the Baltic States to attempt to destabilize NATO:

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Russia
Trident Nuclear Submarine HMS Victorious, April 4, 2013

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Dec 8, 2015

British Defense: Mind the Gap

By Leo Michel

Michael Fallon, the U.K. Secretary of State for Defense, visits Washington this week, where he might be forgiven for using what Gore Vidal once called “the four most beautiful words in our common language: I told you so.”

Cybersecurity
NATO

Event Recap

Dec 8, 2015

Building regional stability: Addressing Pakistan’s conflict-displaced persons

By Nicole Pfeifer

On December 3, the Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center hosted Mr. John Groarke, US Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Pakistan Mission Director, to discuss efforts to bring stability to the Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) in Pakistan and the greater region.  Joined by The Hon James Cunningham, Former US Ambassador to Afghanistan and currently a […]

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Security Partnerships

Event Recap

Dec 8, 2015

European Security: After Paris

By Brent Scowcroft Center

On Tuesday, December 8, the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security hosted a roundtable discussion with Joëlle Jenny, Director for Security Policy and Conflict Prevention at the European External Action Service (EEAS). The discussion examined European security after the terrorist attacks in Paris and the role of the EU in addressing the multiple threats to […]

Europe & Eurasia
National Security

Event Recap

Dec 8, 2015

SDSR: Warfare in the Information Age

By Brent Scowcroft Center

On December 8, the Atlantic Council hosted a private roundtable on “SDSR: Warfare in the Information Age” featuring General Sir Richard Barrons, Commander, Joint Forces Command, UK Armed Forces. General Barrons, who assisted with the 2010 Strategic Defense and Security Review (SDSR) as Assistant Chief of General Staff, discussed some of the outcomes of the […]

National Security
Security & Defense

In the News

Dec 7, 2015

Geers: Cyber War in Perspective

By Kenneth Geers

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Kenneth Geers edited and introduced Cyber War in Perspective, a new collection of essays published by the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence that also includes an essay from Cyber Statecraft Initiative Nonresident Senior Fellow Jay Healey: Read the full book here.

Cybersecurity
NATO

In the News

Dec 7, 2015

Bensahel on New Defense Spending Deal

By Nora Bensahel

Washington Examiner quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow for Military Affairs and National Security Policy Nora Bensahel on how a new two-year defense spending deal will allow contractors to go on the offensive and lobby for more and bigger projects:

Defense Industry
Security & Defense

In the News

Dec 5, 2015

Stefanini Quoted By Politico Europe on NATO Expansion in the Balkans

By Stefano Stefanini

Read the full article here.

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Security & Defense

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