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"Little green men" after seizing military base in Crimea, March 9, 2014

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Jun 2, 2015

Post Crimea Europe: NATO In the Age of Limited Wars

By Jakub Grygiel, Wess Mitchell, and Octavian Manea, Small Wars Journal

Octavian Manea: In a Europe where the use of limited war becomes more and more a tool of choice, are the decisions taken in Wales – like the creation of super-rapid reaction force – appropriate to reassure the Eastern Flank?

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Swedish corvette HMS Helsingborg, June 30, 2008

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Jun 1, 2015

Foreign Incursions into Swedish Territorial Waters Expose Stockholm’s Military Shortcomings

By Elisabeth Braw, Politico Europe

At the end of the Cold War, Swedish submarine hunters commanded an arsenal featuring depth charges, torpedoes, and anti-submarine-warfare grenades, and surface submarine hunters were aided by a large number of helicopters, which easily spot movements in the water.

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Northern Europe
Russian President Vladimir Putin, May 10, 2015

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Jun 1, 2015

NATO: Countering Strategic Maskirovka

By Julian Lindley-French, Canadian Defense and Foreign Affairs Institute

What must NATO do to counter President Putin?

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In the News

May 31, 2015

Hasik on Combatting GPS Jammers

By James Hasik

Defense News quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow James Hasik on building precision guided munitions that resist the threat of GPS jammers:

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Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, May 27, 2015

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May 29, 2015

NATO Leader Sees Dangerous Trend in Russia’s Nuclear Activities

By Jens Stoltenberg, NATO

Russia’s recent use of nuclear rhetoric, exercises and operations are deeply troubling.

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Nuclear Nonproliferation

Article

May 28, 2015

Europeans Do Heavy Lifting on Iran Nuclear Negotiations

By Barbara Slavin

As a June 30 deadline for a deal on Iran’s nuclear program approaches, casual observers of the talks might be forgiven for thinking that this is mostly a duel between U.S. and Iranian negotiators. But without the participation of the so-called E-3 – Britain, France and Germany – nuclear diplomacy with Iran would probably never […]

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General Petr Pavel, Sept. 10, 2014

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May 28, 2015

Russia Able to Occupy Baltic Republics in Two Days, Czech General

By CTK

Russia would be able to occupy the Baltic countries in two days, a period during which NATO would not be capable of reacting adequately, Czech general Petr Pavel

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May 28, 2015

Europe and the Iran Nuclear Deal

By South Asia Center

Atlantic Council Europe and the Iran Nuclear Deal Speakers:His Excellency Gérard Araud,Ambassador of France to the United States His Excellency Sir Peter Westmacott,Ambassador of Britain to the United States His Excellency Peter Wittig,Ambassador of Germany to the United States Moderator:Ms. Barbara SlavinSenior Fellow, South Asia CenterAtlantic Council Location: Atlantic Council, Washington, D.C. Time: 10:00 a.m. […]

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Defense Industrialist

May 27, 2015

Don’t Dis Commercial, Wes.

By James Hasik

Even broadly available technologies are not equally well exploited by all powers. At a speech on Tuesday at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Northrop Grumman CEO Wes Bush urged the US Defense Department to temper its enthusiasm for commercial technologies. As Politico Pro reported, Bush observed that the wonders of commercial markets notwithstanding, […]

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Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and President Barack Obama, May 26, 2015

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May 26, 2015

Obama and NATO Chief Discuss Russia’s ‘Increasingly Aggressive Posture’

By Barack Obama and Jens Stoltenberg, White House

President Barack Obama:  this is a challenging and important time for NATO, and we are very lucky to have General Secretary Stoltenberg at the helm during this time.

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