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Apr 4, 2015

Benitez on Russian Military Exercises

By Jorge Benitez

Voice of America quotes NATOSource Director and Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Fellow Jorge Benitez on Russian military exercises near the borders of NATO countries:

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Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Estonian Defense Minister Sven Mikser at NATO's Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence, Nov. 20, 2014

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Apr 3, 2015

The Role of Offensive Cyber Operations in NATO’s Collective Defense

By James A. Lewis, NATO CCD COE

The central question for NATO’s cyber doctrine is how the lack of an articulated offensive cyber capability affects its ability to deter or defend.

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Apr 3, 2015

Rafales, Not Rules

By James Hasik

While Foggy Bottom and the Pentagon and the White House make policy, the Élysée Palace makes sales. King Abdullah wants drones, and 23 US congressmen want to loan Jordan some American Predators for the duration of the war. The Emirates want drones, and my colleague Bilal Saab told the Beirut Daily Star that industry there is getting quite capable making […]

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Apr 3, 2015

Opinion: Iran, US Finally Get to Yes in Landmark Nuclear Deal

By Barbara Slavin

There is much work to be done and much that can still go awry, but April 2, 2015 will go down in history as the day when the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States finally got to yes. After 36 years of mutual demonization, proxy wars and occasional direct conflict, the two old […]

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Military parade in Moscow, May 9, 2014

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Apr 2, 2015

Report: Russia Threatens Nuclear Showdown Over the Baltic Republics

By The Independent and The Times (London)

From Ian Johnston, The Independent: According to notes made by an American at a meeting between Russian generals and US officials – and seen by The Times newspaper – Moscow threatened a “spectrum of responses from nuclear to non-military” if Nato moved more forces into Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.

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Defense Industrialist

Apr 1, 2015

What Does Shay Assad Mean by “Fair Price”?

By James Hasik

Pentagon pricing policy should aim for long-term value, not an economically intractable concept. Shay Assad, the Pentagon’s director of pricing policy, has had over his tenure a tense relationship with industry. At a private meeting at the Aerospace Industries Association last week, and in an interview with Reuters this week, Assad insisted that his accountants haven’t been always and everywhere […]

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President Barack Obama, Nov. 14, 2014

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Apr 1, 2015

Obama Declares National Emergency Due to Foreign Cyber Attacks

By Barack Obama, White House

I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, find that the increasing prevalence and severity of malicious cyber-enabled activities originating from, or directed by persons located, in whole or in substantial part, outside the United States constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United […]

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Apr 1, 2015

Deal or no deal: What next if Iran talks fail?

By Matthew Kroenig

The failure of the P5+1 and Iran to strike a “framework” accord by their own March 31 deadline is troubling. If the two sides can’t even agree to agree on some vague bullet points after sixteen months of negotiations, it is hard to imagine that they will be able to work out a comprehensive accord, […]

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German CH-53, Feb. 25, 2015

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Mar 31, 2015

German Military No Longer Standing at Ease as Security Fears Grow

By Stefan Wagstyl, Financial Times

[T]he Russian threat to European stability has galvanised backing for a more active military. A recent YouGov poll showed 49 per cent support for increased defence spending, versus 36 per cent against.

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Mar 31, 2015

Force Structure That’s Too Big to Fail?

By James Hasik

Against more challenging adversaries, temper enthusiasm for returns to scale. Ever since I was a midshipman—way back under a Navy Secretary named Lehman—pundits, analysts, and strategists have been wondering whether the US Navy’s supercarriers are too big. And so again in 2015. The new Ford-class ships are a few billion more expensive than their Nimitz predecessors, and Senate […]

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