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Artful balance: The future of US defense strategy and force posture in the Gulf

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After a failed attack, Hezbollah’s propaganda seeks to prevent a wider war with Israel

By David Daoud

Committed as Hezbollah is to saving its Gaza-based allies, the group does not currently want a full war with Israel.

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How quickly can Taiwan integrate US weapon systems? Speed is essential to help deter China.

By Adam Kozloski

To better prepare Taiwan to defend itself, the United States needs more transparency into Taipei’s weapons integration challenges.

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UkraineAlert Aug 21, 2024

Invasion? What invasion? Putin is downplaying Ukraine’s Kursk offensive

By Peter Dickinson

Vladimir Putin’s efforts to downplay Ukraine’s invasion of Russia have severely dented his strongman image and make a mockery of the West’s escalation fears, writes Peter Dickinson.

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Mar 23, 2015

Artful balance: The future of US defense strategy and force posture in the Gulf

By Bilal Y. Saab and Barry Pavel

A strategic review of US defense strategy and force posture in the Gulf is long overdue. In Artful Balance: Future US Defense Strategy and Force Posture in the Gulf, Bilal Y. Saab, Resident Senior Fellow for Middle East Security at the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, and Barry Pavel, Vice President and […]

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Mar 22, 2015

Russia Threatens to Aim Nuclear Missiles at Denmark’s Ships If It Joins NATO Shield

By Reuters, Telegraph, and Copenhagen Post

From Reuters: Russia threatened to aim nuclear missiles at Danish warships if Denmark joins NATO’s missile defense system,

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Konstantin Kosachev, Federica Mogherini, Jens Stoltenberg, and Victoria Nuland, March 20, 2015

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Mar 20, 2015

Russian Official Asks Secretary General if NATO Would Bomb Country that Initiated Cyber Attack

By John Thor Dahlburg, AP

When the discussion turned to the growing threat of cyber-attacks being used to undermine a country’s economy or security,

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Mar 20, 2015

NATO Intercepts Eight Russian Fighter Jets Over Baltic Sea

By Andrius Sytas, Reuters

A NATO patrol intercepted Russian fighter jets over the Baltic Sea, Lithuanian authorities said on Wednesday,

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Mar 20, 2015

Kroenig on NATO Strategy Toward Russia

By Matthew Kroenig

Brent Scowcroft Center Nonresident Senior Fellow Matthew Kroenig writes for Survival, debating his critics over NATO strategy toward Russia:

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Nordic Battle Group Training in Sweden, Nov. 7, 2007

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Mar 19, 2015

Stockholm’s Security Service Concerned About Possible Russian Military Operation Against Sweden

By Reuters and AP

From Anna Ringstrom, Reuters: Sweden’s security services said on Wednesday they feared possible Russian military operations against their country following an increase in espionage activity

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Mar 19, 2015

Atlantic Council Cyber Statecraft Initiative Concludes Third Annual Student Cyber-Policy Competition

By Atlantic Council

The Atlantic Council’s third annual Cyber 9/12 Student Challenge was held on March 13-14 in Washington, DC. Twenty teams competed to offer their best national-security policy prescriptions for combating increasing cyber conflict. Student competitors came from Arizona State University, Brown University, Columbia University, Harvard Law School, the Massachusetts Institute for Technology, National Defense University and […]

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Mar 18, 2015

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Supreme Allied Commander Transformation General Paloméros to Anchor the NATO Transformation Seminar on the Key Challenges Leading Up to the NATO Warsaw Summit

By Atlantic Council

The NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Supreme Allied Commander Transformation (SACT) General Jean-Paul Paloméros will address this year’s NATO Transformation Seminar (NTS) on March 25, 2015 at the Willard InterContinental Hotel in Washington, DC. This will be the first public address of the NATO Secretary General in the United States.

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NATO leaders at Cardiff Castle, Sept. 4, 2015

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Mar 17, 2015

NATO’s Article 5 and Russian Hybrid Warfare

By Edgar Buckley and Ioan Pascu

We warned last year (The Way to Avoid Wars: Article 5 and Strategic Reassurance Revisited) that any move by Russian forces into Eastern Ukraine would be highly destabilizing and have unpredictable results

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, Dec. 18, 2014

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Mar 16, 2015

Putin Willing to Put Russian Nuclear Forces on Alert in Support of Attack on Ukraine

By Michael Birnbaum, Washington Post

Russian President Vladimir Putin personally directed his nation’s capture of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula, he said in a documentary aired Sunday, in which he offered details of his deep involvement in last year’s quick and effective takeover.

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After a failed attack, Hezbollah’s propaganda seeks to prevent a wider war with Israel

How quickly can Taiwan integrate US weapon systems? Speed is essential to help deter China.

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Artful balance: The future of US defense strategy and force posture in the Gulf

Russia Threatens to Aim Nuclear Missiles at Denmark’s Ships If It Joins NATO Shield

Russian Official Asks Secretary General if NATO Would Bomb Country that Initiated Cyber Attack

NATO Intercepts Eight Russian Fighter Jets Over Baltic Sea

Kroenig on NATO Strategy Toward Russia

Stockholm’s Security Service Concerned About Possible Russian Military Operation Against Sweden

Atlantic Council Cyber Statecraft Initiative Concludes Third Annual Student Cyber-Policy Competition

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Supreme Allied Commander Transformation General Paloméros to Anchor the NATO Transformation Seminar on the Key Challenges Leading Up to the NATO Warsaw Summit

NATO’s Article 5 and Russian Hybrid Warfare

Putin Willing to Put Russian Nuclear Forces on Alert in Support of Attack on Ukraine

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