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Chancellor Angela Merkel, President Vladimir Putin, and President Francois Hollande, Feb. 21, 2015

NATOSource

Oct 12, 2015

Can Diplomacy Save Ukraine?

By Lucas Della Ventura

Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in March 2014, NATO has been wrestling with its new relationship with a belligerent Moscow.

NATO
Russia
B-2 bomber, May 30, 2006

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Oct 9, 2015

UK Calls for NATO to Restart Special Nuclear Exercises

By Matthew Holehouse and Peter Foster, Telegraph

Announcing plans to double Nato’s rapid-Response Force to 40,000 troops after a meeting in Brussels, Britain called for a return to Cold War-style planning exercises to test Nato readiness to escalate from conventional to nuclear war….

NATO
Nuclear Nonproliferation
Soldier in the French Foreign Legion , Oct. 4, 2010

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Oct 8, 2015

Letter from Strasbourg (Part Three): A French Defense Update

By Leo Michel

Insights from the 13th annual “summer defense college,” in Strasbourg.

France
NATO
Soldiers Disembarking from a Chinook Helicopter, Feb. 12, 2013

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Oct 8, 2015

British Troops to Bolster Baltic Buffer Against Russia

By Financial Times and Guardian

From Sam Jones, Financial Times:  Britain is to join Germany and the US in committing to long-term troop deployments in the Baltic states to deter Russian aggression and shore up Nato’s eastern borders.

Germany
NATO

Event Recap

Oct 8, 2015

UK Defense

By Brent Scowcroft Center

On October 8, the Atlantic Council hosted a private roundtable with Lieutenant General Mark Poffley, Deputy Chief of General Staff of the British Army. LTG Poffley, alongside several military officials and academic experts, discussed several security and defense topics, including interoperability, defense expenditure, training theologies, and the implications of the latest Strategic Defense and Security […]

Europe & Eurasia
National Security

New Atlanticist

Oct 8, 2015

A Three-Pronged Strategy to Deal with Putin

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Atlantic Council’s James L. Jones, Jr. recommends a toolkit that includes economic, political, and security components The United States must develop a three-pronged approach that includes economic, political, and security components to deter Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “retrograde ambitions in favor of the peaceful and progressive order the transatlantic community and the world had envisioned […]

Energy & Environment
Energy Markets & Governance
French Defense Minister Yves Le Drian and German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen, June 3, 2014

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Oct 7, 2015

Letter from Strasbourg (Part Two): French Doubts about European Defense

By Leo Michel

Insights from the 13th annual “summer defense college,” in Strasbourg.

European Union
France
French Rafale jet, March 17, 2013

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Oct 6, 2015

Letter from Strasbourg (Part One): French Defense Priorities and Capabilities

By Leo Michel

NATO is past the half-way mark between last September’s Wales Summit and the Warsaw Summit planned for next July. So it is not too soon to ask how Allies are responding to the strategic, capability, and other challenges identified in Wales.

France
Iraq

Emerging Defense Challenges

Oct 6, 2015

Grundman: Fifty Years of Acquisition Reform

By Steven Grundman

M.A. and George Lund Fellow for Emerging Defense Challenges Steven Grundman joins In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss the finances of the Department of Defense:

Defense Industry
Security & Defense

Emerging Defense Challenges

Oct 6, 2015

Grundman Discusses Defense Acquisition Reform on Federal News Radio

By Steve Grundman

Listen to the full discussion here.

Defense Industry
Security & Defense

Experts

Events