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US and Polish Paratroopers, April 23, 2014

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Jan 13, 2015

SACEUR: NATO Looking at Beefing Up Baltic Exercises

By Wiktor Szary, Reuters

NATO’s top military commander, General Philip Breedlove, said on Tuesday the defense alliance was looking at beefing up its exercises in the Baltic Sea region in response to a surge in Russian military maneuvers there late last year.

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SACEUR Gen. Philip Breedlove, June 30, 2014

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Jan 13, 2015

NATO Military Commander: Fighting Has Resumed in Eastern Ukraine

By Henry Foy, Financial Times

Nato’s top general has noted a “fairly important uptick” in fighting in eastern Ukraine in recent days, casting doubts over whether the cease-fire between the Kiev government and Moscow-backed separatists can survive.

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Defense Industrialist

Jan 13, 2015

Customers’ problems should inform defense contractors’ strategies.

By James Hasik

Customers’ problems should inform defense contractors’ strategies. Last week, Paul McLeary of Defense News aired the views of some seasoned observers of our business regarding the future of strategy and structure. Our industry, as the title went, is “Running out of Time; Mergers Loom.” Many of the larger contractors have been focusing on cutting costs, […]

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British Prime Minister David Cameron and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Oct. 29, 2011

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Jan 12, 2015

Canada Rebuffs Call To Join British-Led NATO-UN Force

By Murray Brewster, Canadian Press

Canada has quietly rebuffed a call from Britain to join a multi-national expeditionary force that Prime Minister David Cameron’s government was promoting in light of heightened tensions with Russia.

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General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Nov. 15, 2011

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Jan 12, 2015

Dempsey: Cyber is the Only Domain in Which US has Peer Competitors

By Chris Wallace and Martin Dempsey, Fox News

Excerpt from interview of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey by Chris Wallace, January 11, 2015.

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Leaders of Italy, Ukraine, USA, UK, Germany, and Italy at the NATO Summit in Wales, Sept. 9, 2014

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Jan 9, 2015

The Crisis in the West is Deeper than the Dismemberment of Ukraine

By Eliot Cohen, American Interest

It does not matter whether Khrushchev was wise in giving the Crimea to Ukraine in 1954, or how it came to be that eastern Ukraine is largely populated by native Russian speakers.

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Polish Defense Minister Tomasz Siemoniak, Oct. 14, 2014

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Jan 8, 2015

Poland to Seek NATO Response to Russia’s Military Exercises

By Wiktor Szary and Pawel Sobczak, Reuters

Poland expects the NATO alliance to step up its military exercises around the Baltic Sea after a flurry of activity by Russian warships and jet fighters in the area last month, Defence Minister Tomasz Siemoniak told Reuters in an interview.

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EUCOM commander Gen. Philip Breedlove, July 1, 2014

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Jan 8, 2015

Commander of US Forces in Europe Says Base Closures Will Enhance ‘Operational Readiness’

By Philip Breedlove, EUCOM

Today, the Department of Defense announced the results of European Infrastructure Consolidation.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, Oct. 1, 2014

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Jan 7, 2015

Putin Signs New Military Doctrine Naming NATO as Russia’s Top Threat

By AP and Reuters

From Vladimir Isachenkov, AP:  Russia identified NATO as the nation’s No. 1 military threat and raised the possibility of a broader use of precision conventional weapons to deter foreign aggression under a new military doctrine signed by President Vladimir Putin on Friday [Dec. 26, 2014].

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Russian Akula class submarine, June 3, 2008

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Jan 6, 2015

US Concerned About Russian Submarines with Nuclear Armed Cruise Missiles Near Washington

By Guardian and Foreign Policy

From Julian Borger, Guardian:  A widening rift between Moscow and Washington over cruise missiles and increasingly daring patrols by nuclear-capable Russian submarines threatens to end an era of arms control

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