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Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and staff, Aug. 27, 2015

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Aug 27, 2015

NATO Opens Joint Training and Evaluation Center in Georgia

By Jens Stoltenberg, NATO

Today marks an important moment in the NATO-Georgia relationship.

NATO
NATO Partnerships

News

Aug 27, 2015

Cohen on the Iran Nuclear Deal

By Ariel Cohen

On September 4, Global Energy Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Ariel Cohen will join the Center on Global Interests for a discussion on the Iran nuclear deal entitled “Iran Nuclear Deal: Stability or Threat?”:

Iran
Nuclear Nonproliferation
Finnish President Sauli Niinistö, Aug. 15, 2014

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Aug 26, 2015

Finland ‘In No Position’ to Defend Baltic States: President

By AFP and YLE

From AFP:  Finland is in no position to help defend its Baltic neighbours and fellow EU members Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania should it become necessary, Finnish President Sauli Niinisto said on Tuesday.

NATO
Northern Europe

Defense Industrialist

Aug 26, 2015

JLTV

By James Hasik

If it can hold on, Oshkosh’s win may restructure the military truck industry. The US Army and the US Marine Corps have chosen their supplier for Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTVs), their replacement for Humvees, and supplement to MRAP All Terrain Vehicles (M-ATVs). For now, and presumably the next decade, that supplier is Wisconsin’s Oshkosh […]

Defense Industry
Security & Defense
U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor fighter aircraft, Jan. 5, 2013

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Aug 25, 2015

For the First Time, US Deploying F-22 Stealth Fighter Jets to Europe

By Department of Defense, Defense News, and Washington Post

From Deborah Lee James and Mark Welsh, Department of Defense.  Secretary James:  Russia’s military activity in the Ukraine continues to be of great concern to us and to our European allies.

Europe & Eurasia
NATO

In the News

Aug 24, 2015

Slavin on the Iran Nuclear Deal and US Opinion

By Barbara Slavin

Heinrich Boll Stifting North America interviews South Asia Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Barbara Slavin on the Iran nuclear deal debate in the United States: 

Iran
Nuclear Nonproliferation
Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, June 25, 2015

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Aug 24, 2015

Secretary of Defense Carter on Russia and NATO

By Ash Carter, Foreign Affairs

[W]e continue to have the magnetic power to attract everyone around the world. As I travel around the world, I see that they all want more—more association with us, more contribution from us.

NATO
Russia

In the News

Aug 23, 2015

Healey on Cyber Espionage

By Jason Healey

The Epoch Times covers the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Risk Wednesday event and quotes Cyber Statecraft Initiative Nonresident Senior Fellow Jason Healey on the informal rules of espionage that evolved during the Cold War and what they mean for today’s cyber espionage:

Cybersecurity
Security & Defense

In the News

Aug 23, 2015

Hasik on the US Military’s New Tactical Vehicles

By James Hasik

Defense News quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow James Hasik on what Lockheed Martin could gain if the US Army awards them the contract for the new Joint Light Tactical Vehicles:

Defense Industry
Security & Defense

In the News

Aug 22, 2015

Brent Scowcroft: Nuclear Deal Meets ‘Key Objective’ of Limiting Iran to a ‘Strictly Civilian Nuclear Program’

By Atlantic Council

Brent Scowcroft, Chairman of the Atlantic Council’s International Advisory Board, writes in the Washington Post in support of the nuclear deal with Iran:

Iran
Nuclear Nonproliferation

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