The future of US extended deterrence in Asia to 2025

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After a failed attack, Hezbollah’s propaganda seeks to prevent a wider war with Israel

By David Daoud

Committed as Hezbollah is to saving its Gaza-based allies, the group does not currently want a full war with Israel.
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The future of US extended deterrence in Asia to 2025

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How quickly can Taiwan integrate US weapon systems? Speed is essential to help deter China.

By Adam Kozloski

To better prepare Taiwan to defend itself, the United States needs more transparency into Taipei’s weapons integration challenges.
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The future of US extended deterrence in Asia to 2025

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Invasion? What invasion? Putin is downplaying Ukraine’s Kursk offensive

By Peter Dickinson

Vladimir Putin’s efforts to downplay Ukraine’s invasion of Russia have severely dented his strongman image and make a mockery of the West’s escalation fears, writes Peter Dickinson.
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Oct 6, 2014

The future of US extended deterrence in Asia to 2025

By Robert A. Manning

US leadership, undergirded by the US military, has played a central role in ensuring the stability necessary to produce remarkable economic and political transformations in Northeast Asia. More specifically, American commitments to defend its allies in Northeast Asia, with nuclear weapons if necessary, have deterred major power war, prevented regional conflict, stemmed nuclear proliferation, and […]

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Russian President Vladimir Putin visiting Novorossiysk, Sept. 23, 2014

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Oct 6, 2014

Russian and Polish Analysts Concerned War in Ukraine Could Escalate and Approach Nuclear Level

By Gideon Rachman, Financial Times

In European capitals I have visited recently – in particular, Warsaw and Berlin – certain ideas about the Ukraine crisis are regarded as established facts.

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Oct 6, 2014

Healey on the “Tipping Point for the Future of the Free Internet”

By Jason Healey

The Bermuda Royal Gazette quotes Cyber Statecraft Director Jason Healey on the threats to a free internet:

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Estonian President Toomas Henrik Ilves, Sept. 25, 2009

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Oct 6, 2014

Tensions Surge in Estonia Amid a Russian Replay of Cold War Tactics

By Andrew Higgins, New York Times

So far, the only solid fact, at least according to Estonia’s version of what happened in a thicket of pine trees and scrub on the border here with Russia, is that a well-trained and well-armed squad of Russian security operatives crossed into Estonia on Sept. 5 and grabbed Eston Kohver

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Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland in Kiev, Feb. 7, 2014

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Oct 3, 2014

US Worried about ‘Twin Cancers of Democratic Backsliding and Corruption’ in Central Europe

By Victoria Nuland, Department of State

We live in a better world because the countries of Central Europe chose the path of a Europe whole, free and at peace 25 years ago. But today that choice is under threat, and Central Europe is once again on the frontline

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Oct 3, 2014

Healey on Cyber Attacks in Bermuda

By Jason Healey

The Bermuda Royal Gazette quotes Cyber Security Initiative Director Jason Healey on Bermuda’s ability to protect itself from cyber attacks:

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Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, October 1, 2014

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Oct 2, 2014

New NATO Chief Touts Relationship with Russia as He Takes Office

By Mick Krever, CNN

The new NATO Secretary General, Former Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, emphasized his long and productive relationship with Russia in an interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, a day after he took office.

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Oct 2, 2014

Column: Plan B for an Iran Nuclear Deal?

By Barbara Slavin

There are still nearly two months to go before the deadline for an Iran nuclear agreement, but already both sides are preparing for the possibility that talks might fail. In New York last week, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani told a group of U.S. media executives and senior correspondents that while, “Everything is based on the […]

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Oct 1, 2014

The future of unknown conflict

By Atlantic Council

The Atlantic Council introduced Dave Antony as a nonresident fellow for the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security on October 1st, where he will be working on the “Art of Future War” project. The event, moderated by August Cole, the project’s director, featured everything from 3D printers to flying drones which served as the backdrop […]

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Estonian President Toomas Henrik Ilves, Nov. 6, 2013

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Oct 1, 2014

Estonia’s President: ‘Does Putin Believe in Article 5?’

By Lally Weymouth, Washington Post

Excerpts from interview of Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves by Lally Weymouth of the Washington Post.

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