Three things Canada should want with its next fighter

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After a failed attack, Hezbollah’s propaganda seeks to prevent a wider war with Israel

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Committed as Hezbollah is to saving its Gaza-based allies, the group does not currently want a full war with Israel.
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Three things Canada should want with its next fighter

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To better prepare Taiwan to defend itself, the United States needs more transparency into Taipei’s weapons integration challenges.
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Three things Canada should want with its next fighter

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Invasion? What invasion? Putin is downplaying Ukraine’s Kursk offensive

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Vladimir Putin’s efforts to downplay Ukraine’s invasion of Russia have severely dented his strongman image and make a mockery of the West’s escalation fears, writes Peter Dickinson.
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Defense Industrialist

Oct 23, 2015

Three things Canada should want with its next fighter

By James Hasik

If DND does drop the JSF, think radar jammers, cruise missiles, and a second seat. This week’s federal electoral victory by Canada’s Liberals probably means the end of the F-35A as a prospective fighter jet for the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). The immediate bad news accrues to Lockheed Martin, which stands to lose $6 […]

Defense Industry
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New Atlanticist

Oct 23, 2015

Taking on Cyber Threats Together

By Alejandro Alvarez

Increased cooperation between the public and private sector is essential to tackle growing issues with big data security, experts and analysts agreed at a symposium on big data and cybersecurity on Oct. 22 at the Atlantic Council. The all-day event, “Big Data, Bad Actors,” was jointly produced by the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on […]

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Chief of Naval Operations Adm. John Richardson, Sept. 18, 2015

NATOSource

Oct 23, 2015

Top US Admiral Says NATO Should Rework Maritime Strategy

By Julian E. Barnes, Wall Street Journal

Russia’s stepped up naval operations and other threats mean that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization should reexamine maritime strategy, the new head of the U.S. Navy said Thursday.

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Oct 22, 2015

Big Data, Bad Actors

By Brent Scowcroft Center

Big Data, Bad Actors, a conference produced by the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security and Thomson Reuters, will take place at the Atlantic Council’s headquarters (1030 15th St., NW, 12th Floor, West Tower Elevator, Washington, DC 20005) from 8:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. on October 22. 8:30 – Introduction and Cross-Border Data […]

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Oct 21, 2015

European Security and Russia

By Transatlantic Security Initiative

On October 21, the Transatlantic Security Initiative hosted a group of Russia experts from Sweden’s Defense Research Agency for a private discussion on European Security and Russia. Over the last few years the Swedish Defense Research Agency has released a number of reports on European security and the Russian challenge, including Russian military transformation, Russian […]

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Russian warship celebrating Navy Day, July 26, 2015

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Oct 21, 2015

Russia’s Syria Strategy Poses Challenge to NATO in Mediterranean

By Sam Jones, Financial Times

Russia’s military intervention in Syria is serving as a broader announcement of Moscow’s renewed determination to hold sway in the Middle East.

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German soldiers in Afghanistan, Sept. 11, 2009

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Oct 20, 2015

NATO Nations to Keep Presence in Afghanistan, Officials Say

By Robin Emmott, Reuters

Germany, Turkey and Italy are set to keep their deployments in Afghanistan at current levels, senior NATO officials said on Monday after the U.S. government decided to prolong its 14-year-old military presence there.

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Defense Industrialist

Oct 19, 2015

Innovative, feasible, formidable: What I saw at AUSA 2015

By James Hasik

To “Win in a Complex World,” the US Army can only be so complex. The US Army is in no rush to replace its combat vehicles. Sure, the service is upgrading its European Stryker brigade with 30 mm guns and anti-tank missile launchers. But there’s no real plan for wholesale replacements of Abrams tanks, Bradley troop […]

Defense Industry
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Crew of a US Bradley vehicle participating in Noble Partner exercise, May 12, 2015

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Oct 19, 2015

Despite Cuts, U.S. Army Prepares for Threats in Europe

By Emmarie Huetteman, New York Times

Less than three years after the United States Army sent home the last of its tanks that were permanently based in Europe, American commanders have been forced to rely on weapons shipped back temporarily or hardware borrowed from allies

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Oct 17, 2015

Herbst on Montenegro Joining NATO

By John E. Herbst

International Business Times quotes Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center Director John E. Herbst on the possibility of Montenegro joining NATO as a response to Russian aggression in the region: 

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