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Secretary General: NATO is a Unique Alliance With a Clear Course

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Secretary General: NATO is a Unique Alliance With a Clear Course

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Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, October 28, 2014

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Oct 28, 2014

Secretary General: NATO is a Unique Alliance With a Clear Course

By Jens Stoltenberg, NATO

I grew up in a world that felt at the time as dangerous as the world we live in today. As a child in Norway during the Cold War, I didn’t know much about Article 5 or the Washington Treaty. But I did know that NATO was there to protect us.

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Lt. Gen. Igor Sergun, head of Russia's GRU

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Oct 27, 2014

Czech Intelligence Sees ‘Extremely High’ Number of Russian Spies

By Jan Lopatka, Reuters

Russia deployed an “extremely high” number of intelligence officers at its Czech embassy last year, the NATO member country’s secret service said in an annual report released on Monday.

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Oct 27, 2014

Seip: The Cold War May Be Over, But the Fight Against Russia Isn’t

By Mark Seip

Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Navy Fellow Mark Seip writes for Defense One on why NATO and the United States must use lessons from the Cold War to counter Russia’s efforts to intimidate its neighbors: 

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US troops participating in Combined Resolve exercise, Oct. 25, 2014

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Oct 27, 2014

Has Russia’s War on Ukraine Changed European Defense Budgets?

By Christopher P. Cavas, Defense News

Russia’s heightened aggressiveness has been on display for most of the year, notably in Crimea and Ukraine. But President Vladimir Putin’s military forces have been more antagonistic elsewhere,

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Issue Brief

Oct 27, 2014

Reforming Tunisia’s troubled security sector

By Bassem Bouguerra

In a new Atlantic Council issue brief titled “Reforming Tunisia’s Troubled Security Sector,” Rafik Hariri Center for the Middle East nonresident fellow and security sector reform activist Bassem Bouguerra explains the barriers to reforming the North African country’s troubled security apparatus and offers possible paths forward for reform. Rather than undermining government efforts to counter […]

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Oct 26, 2014

Benitez on European Defense Spending

By Jorge Benitez

Defense News quotes NATOSource Director and Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Fellow Jorge Benitez on the impact of the conflict in Ukraine on the defense budges of US allies in Europe: 

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Russia

New Atlanticist

Oct 24, 2014

Sweden Ends Its Hunt for a Foreign Submarine in its Waters

By Liz Harper

Three Questions with Magnus Nordenman: NATO, Russia, Sweden, and Security in the Baltic As Sweden called off its week-long search today for a suspected foreign submarine in its territorial waters, the Atlantic Council’s Magnus Nordenman discussed the implications of the incident, in which public discussion suggested a Russian military intrusion. The incident comes amid recent […]

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Ambassador Marriët Schuurman

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Oct 24, 2014

New NATO Special Representative for Women, Peace and Security Takes Office

By NATO

Ambassador Marriët Schuurman, a Dutch career diplomat, takes up today (Friday, 24 October) her functions as NATO Special Representative for Women, Peace and Security.

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SACEUR Gen. Philip Breedlove and Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, October 24, 2014

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Oct 24, 2014

Russia Still Has Troops in Ukraine, NATO Says

By Adrian Croft, Reuters

Russia still has troops in eastern Ukraine and retains a very capable force on the border despite a partial withdrawal, NATO’s military commander said on Friday.

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Oct 24, 2014

Healey on New Pentagon Cyber Doctrine

By Jason Healey

Federal Computer Week quotes Cyber Statecraft Director Jason Healey on the document recently released by the Pentagon which outlines potential scenarios in cyberspace:

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