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US tank arriving in Riga, March 10, 2015

NATOSource

Mar 14, 2015

US Sending 3,000 Troops to Baltic Allies

By Jon Harper, Stars and Stripes

Thousands of troops and major hardware from the Army’s 3rd Infantry Division are heading to the Baltic region to reassure NATO allies

NATO
Northern Europe
Italian helicopter participating in NATO exercise, June 24, 2009

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Mar 13, 2015

Defending Italy from the Islamic State

By James Stavridis, Washington Post

Following the decapitation of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians by radical Islamists professing an allegiance to the Islamic State, the Italian government has begun ramping up efforts to defend its territory from attack. How realistic is this threat? And what should Italy do?

European Union
International Organizations

Defense Industrialist

Mar 11, 2015

Treaty Limitation Spurs Military Innovation

By James Hasik

Boeing and Saab’s ground-launched glide bomb is quite possibly a brilliantly cost-effective supplement to close air support. The defense trade press has devoted a flurry of coverage over the past two days to Boeing and Saab’s announcement that it recently tested a ground-launched version of the GBU-39B Small Diameter Bomb (SDB). The 250-pound unitary is a clean replacement of the cluster munitions on […]

Defense Industry
Security & Defense
Prime Minister David Cameron visits British Troops in Afghanistan, June 11, 2010

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Mar 11, 2015

UK Looks to Pad Defense Spending Data

By Elizabeth Rigby and Sam Jones, Financial Times

David Cameron has asked ministers to investigate if the intelligence agencies budget can be counted as “defence spending”, as Downing Street eyes creative accountancy to head off US criticism of military spending.

Intelligence
NATO

Webcasts

Mar 11, 2015

Update on security in Nigeria and the campaign against Boko Haram

By Africa Center

Please join the Africa Center on Wednesday, March 11, for a discussion with Ambassador Ayodele Oke, Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. He will be joined by Rear Admiral Gabriel E. Okoi, Chief of Defence Intelligence of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. They will provide an update on the […]

Conflict
Extremism
A German Army Leopard II tank, Oct. 25, 2012

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Mar 10, 2015

Calls in Germany Grow to Reverse Cuts to Army

By Anton Troianovski, Wall Street Journal

[A] chorus of leading German politicians is saying the Ukraine conflict calls for boosting military spending—until recently, a political taboo.

Germany
NATO
Pro-Russian fighters in Sloviansk, April 16, 2014

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Mar 10, 2015

How Many Russians Are Fighting in Ukraine?

By Mark Urban, BBC

The Kremlin has denied its forces are directly involved in combat, but the latest estimate by US Lt Gen Ben Hodges, commander of the US Army in Europe, says 12,000 Russian troops are operating inside the neighbouring country.

NATO
Russia
Paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division at Ft. Bragg, Oct. 9, 2014

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Mar 9, 2015

Damon Wilson Makes the Case for Restoring Deterrence in Europe

By Damon Wilson, Atlantic Council

If we fail to stop Putin in Ukraine, we will face a series of conflicts and crises in the months and years to come.

Economy & Business
NATO

In the News

Mar 9, 2015

Healey on Why the Internet Could Become the Next Failed State

By Jason Healey

Ars Technica quotes Cyber Statecraft Initiative Director Jason Healey on the future of the internet and the danger that it could become the next failed state:

Cybersecurity
Security & Defense
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Feb. 5, 2015

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Mar 9, 2015

NATO Seeks to Speed Up Decisions on Military Deployment

By Valentina Pop, Wall Street Journal

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is seeking to speed up decision making on military deployments as part of the alliance’s response to threats posed by Russia and Islamic State, the alliance’s Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Friday.

Libya
NATO

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