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Norwegian Chief of Defense Admiral Haakon Bruun-Hanssen, Oct. 31, 2013

NATOSource

Oct 1, 2015

Norway Must Increase Defense to Counter Russian Build-Up: Military Chief

By Henrik Stolen, Reuters

Norway needs to scale up and modernize its defense as Russia’s military buildup in the Arctic is creating a more uncertain security situation, its military chief said on Thursday.

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Northern Europe
Launcher and radar from Buk-M2E missile system at MAKS-2011 airshow

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Sep 29, 2015

Top NATO General: Russians Starting to Build Air Defense Bubble Over Syria

By Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Washington Post

While Russia’s stated goal in moving into Syria is to fight the Islamic State, NATO’s top commander believes Russia’s new presence includes the first pieces of an intricate layer of defensive systems deployed to hinder U.S. and coalition operations in the region.

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Russia
NATO Exercise Noble Jump, June 18, 2015

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Sep 29, 2015

Five Recommendations for Strengthening NATO’s Response to Russian Aggression

By Radek Sikorski And Vaira Vike-Freiberga, Wall Street Journal

Russia’s actions in Ukraine, as well as its military build-up and threatening words and behavior in the Baltic Sea region, show that we have not yet fully communicated to the Kremlin that it should back off.

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Northern Europe
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Martin Dempsey, July 30, 2015

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Sep 28, 2015

General Dempsey: NATO has Taken Deterrence ‘For Granted’

By James Kitfield, Politico Europe

Dempsey sees yet more escalating crises while Washington and other Western capitals slash defense budgets, still vainly searching for a “peace dividend” when there is little real peace to be leveraged.

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In the News

Sep 25, 2015

Hasik on Lockheed’s ACV Entry

By James Hasik

Defense News quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow for Defense James Hasik on  Lockheed Martin’s entry for the US Marine Corps’ Amphibious Combat Vehicle:

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Security & Defense
Gen. Ben Hodges, Commander of US Army Europe, Aug. 6, 2015

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Sep 25, 2015

General: US Forces in Europe Missing Three Key Capabilities

By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr., Breaking Defense

US command and control networks take too long to link to allies and respond to Russia’s rapid-fire aggression.

Europe & Eurasia
NATO

Issue Brief

Sep 25, 2015

Nordic-Baltic Security and the US Role

By Mark Seip

Read the Issue Brief (PDF) The United States and the Nordic states enjoy a strong, productive relationship. However, stability in the Nordic-Baltic area is under increasing stress, which has implications for both NATO and its partner members, Finland and Sweden. In “Nordic-Baltic Security and the US Role,” the Atlantic Council’s US Navy Senior Fellow Mark […]

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Energy & Environment

New Atlanticist

Sep 24, 2015

Wanted: A NATO Strategy

By Alejandro Alvarez

New security challenges in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and cyberspace have sent the world’s most important military alliance scrambling against obsolescence.  A lot has changed since the North Atlantic Treaty’s inception in 1949. The big question is whether a Cold War-era institution can do anything to remain effective and coherent in the face of […]

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Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Sep 24, 2015

A Failed European Response to Migrant Crisis Will Hurt Transatlantic Ties, says Norwegian Defense Minister

By Ashish Kumar Sen

A failure to deal appropriately with the migrant crisis will cause rifts within Europe that will have serious implications for transatlantic unity, Norway’s Defense Minister, Ine Eriksen Søreide, said at the Atlantic Council on September 24. “How we handle the ongoing refugee crisis will be a test for Europe,” Søreide said while describing the magnitude […]

Europe & Eurasia
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Sep 24, 2015

Charting NATO’s Future

By Brent Scowcroft Center

Registration for this event is now closed. ​ Please join us on Thursday, September 24 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. for a conference on the major challenges facing NATO and the political and military way forward as the Alliance approaches its crucially important Warsaw Summit in 2016. The keynote address will feature H.E. Ine […]

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