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Feb 26, 2015

Business Insider Cites the Atlantic Council

By Ian Brzezinski and Nicholas Varangis

Business Insider cites an Atlantic Council chart demonstrating the NATO-Russia exercise gap from a NATOSource article by the Scowcroft Center’s Ian Brzezinski and Nicholas Varangis:

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Chairman of the Bundestag defense committee Hans-Peter Bartels, Dec. 31, 2012

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Feb 26, 2015

Political Leaders in Germany Question Readiness of the Bundeswehr

By Local (Germany)

The Bundeswehr (German army) is currently only 75 percent equipped with tanks and other heavy weapons, with equipment shared between different units as and when they need it under a so-called “Dynamic availability management” system.

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Feb 26, 2015

Aronsson on NATO’s Spending Inefficiencies

By Lisa Aronsson

Business Insider quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Visiting Fellow Lisa Aronsson on inefficiencies in NATO spending and what that means for the two percent spending target:

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Defense Industrialist

Feb 26, 2015

The Ukrainian-Emirati Connection

By James Hasik

Sharply different histories of two armaments industries have led to a confluence of political and commercial opportunity.   No doubt, as Derek Chollet wrote Tuesday on Defense One, “Ukraine’s Military Needs More Than Just Arms”. Training and organizational reform will be essential for recovering its fighting efficiency. But as we should remind Washington and Paris and Berlin, […]

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Feb 26, 2015

Aronsson on NATO’s Defense Spending

By Lisa Aronsson

International Business Times quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Visiting Fellow Lisa Aronsson on NATO’s defense spending and what it means for an increasingly hostile Europe:

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General Philip Breedlove, Feb. 25, 2015

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Feb 25, 2015

General Breedlove Asks Congress to Halt Reduction of US Forces in Europe

By Philip Breedlove, EUCOM

The cornerstone of EUCOM’s strategy is physical presence.

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SACEUR Gen. Philip Breedlove, May 23, 2013

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Feb 25, 2015

General Breedlove: US Depends on European Allies and Partners to ‘Fully Defend Our National Security Interests’

By Philip Breedlove, EUCOM

Our many shared values, interests, and economic interdependence with Europe provides unique opportunities and assets for collective security as well as global security cooperation.

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Event Recap

Feb 25, 2015

Germany Army Chief of Staff Bruno Kasdorf on the State of Transatlantic Security

By Brent Scowcroft Center

The Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security hosted Lieutenant General Bruno Kasdorf, the Chief of Staff of the German Army, on Monday, February 20. General Kasdorf presented the German perspective on international security issues, including the latest developments regarding NATO and Europe, in a new, dynamic security environment.

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Feb 25, 2015

Aronsson: Is NATO’s Two Percent Spending Call Realistic?

By Lisa Aronsson

Brent Scowcroft Center Visiting Fellow Lisa Aronsson writes for Carnegie Europe’s blog on why NATO’s two percent spending target is not realistic:

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Feb 25, 2015

Brzezinski on the “Exercise Gap” Between Russia and NATO

By Ian Brzezinski

BBC News quotes Scowcroft Center Senior Fellow Ian Brzezinski on the “exercise gap” between Russia and NATO from an Atlantic Council report:

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