NATO Squabbles Over Cost of Eastern Reinforcements

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NATO Squabbles Over Cost of Eastern Reinforcements

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NATO Squabbles Over Cost of Eastern Reinforcements

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Ambassador Douglas Lute, Sept. 2013

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Dec 1, 2014

NATO Squabbles Over Cost of Eastern Reinforcements

By James G. Neuger, Bloomberg News

NATO’s pledges to protect its eastern flank against Russia will run into financial reality tomorrow when foreign ministers from budget-stressed governments weigh how to share the burden.

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Dec 1, 2014

Adapting Intelligence for New National Security Challenges

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Please join the Atlantic Council on December 1, 2014 from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. for the first public on-the-record discussion by Dr. Gregory F. Treverton in his new role as the chairman of the US National Intelligence Council to speak about adapting intelligence analysis for national security efforts.

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Iraqi National Security Advisor Falih Al Fayyadh and Deputy Secretary General Alexander Vershbow, Nov. 25, 2014

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Dec 1, 2014

NATO Offers Resources to Iraq in Fight Against ISIS

By Sam Jones, Financial Times

Nato, the world’s largest military alliance, is preparing to add its weight to the international campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, known as Isis, after discussions with senior Iraqi government officials in recent weeks.

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Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, December 1, 2014

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Dec 1, 2014

Secretary general previews four outcomes from tomorrow’s meeting of NATO foreign ministers

By Jens Stoltenberg, NATO

2014 has been a year of aggression, crisis and conflict. But NATO stands strong.

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Nov 28, 2014

Healey on Holiday Cyber Hacking

By Jason Healey

Politico quotes Cyber Statecraft Initiative Director Jason Healey on the likelihood that internet shoppers will have their data stolen during the holiday season:

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Defense Industrialist

Nov 27, 2014

Advice to the Next SecDef

By James Hasik

Step one: eliminate whole echelons of headquarters.   On Thanksgiving Day here in the US, I would like to thank for their service troops all around the world, but particularly this week outgoing Defense Secretary Hagel for his. Like his two predecessors, he has had a tough time working with this White House. Each of […]

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel and NATO leaders at the Wales Summit, Sept. 4, 2014

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Nov 26, 2014

German Analysis of Russian Aggression in Ukraine and NATO’s Response

By Claudia Major and Jana Puglierin, IP Journal

In the military sphere, the altered security order has led to a renewal of NATO’s role as both a defense alliance and a form of a life insurance, taking precedence over the EU.

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1st Cavalry Division tanks in Poland, Oct. 27, 2014

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Nov 25, 2014

US Army May Pre-Position 100 More Armored Vehicles in Central Europe

By Jeff Schogol, Army Times

The U.S. Army intends to add at least 100 fighting vehicles to Europe by the end of next year, the commander of U.S. Army Europe told reporters on Monday.

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President Petro Poroshenko, Sept. 12, 2014

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Nov 25, 2014

Poroshenko: Ukraine to Decide on NATO Membership in Future Referendum

By James G. Neuger, Volodymyr Verbyany, and Daryna Krasnolutska, Bloomberg News

Ukraine will decide whether to join NATO in a referendum at the end of this decade once it moves from “empty declarations” and completes “real” policy changes needed for membership, President Petro Poroshenko said.

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja, June 9, 2014

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Nov 24, 2014

Finland’s leaders see peril in standoff between Russia and the West

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Excerpts from interview by Washington Post London Bureau Chief Griff Witte with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto and Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja in Helsinki.

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