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Sep 8, 2014

Is NATO’s 2% of GDP a relevant target?

By James Hasik

Sometimes it’s what you spend, and sometimes it’s where and how you spend it.   With a few announcements of new spending around the NATO Summit, the alliance is a little closer, but only a little, to its “2-20” goals: that every member state will devote 2 percent of its GDP to its military, and 20 […]

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Northern Europe

AfricaSource

Sep 8, 2014

Africa’s Islamic State?

By J. Peter Pham

Even as, coming out of the annual NATO summit in Wales, the United States and its allies are promising to ratchet up their response to the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, another militant group, Boko Haram, is rapidly gaining ground in Africa, achieving many of the same operational and strategic successes that have made […]

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Event Recap

Sep 8, 2014

NATO’s Summit: Transformation for the Future, ‘Serious Failure’ in the Moment

By James Rupert

Alliance Leaders Shape a ‘NATO 4.0’ But Fail to Focus on Moscow’s Challenge to Europe After more than a decade dominated by its work in Afghanistan, the NATO alliance re-shaped itself last week into a new, “4.0” version to address rising challenges both in Europe and worldwide, Atlantic Council analysts say. But as it revitalized […]

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Sep 6, 2014

Pavel on NATO Defense Budgets

By Barry Pavel

Defense News quotes VP and Scowcroft Center Director Barry Pavel on the agreement made by NATO member countries to spend two percent of their gross domestic product on defense: 

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Security & Defense

In the News

Sep 5, 2014

Benitez on New NATO Force to Deter Russia: “Too Little, Too Late”

By Jorge Benitez

The Associated Press quotes NATOSource Director and Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Fellow Jorge Benitez on the new force planned by NATO to deter Russia: 

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In the News

Sep 5, 2014

Benitez on NATO Sanctions against Russia

By Jorge Benitez

NATOSource Director and Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Fellow Jorge Benitez joins Channel News Asia to discuss the NATO Summit in Wales and the new sanctions expected to be announced against Russia:

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In the News

Sep 5, 2014

Breedlove and Roivas at Future Leaders Summit

BloombergBusinessweek’s James Neuger writes from the Atlantic Council Future Leaders Summit in Wales: 

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Transcript

Sep 4, 2014

Transcript: Future NATO and Dynamic Transformation

By The Atlantic Council

Atlantic Council Future Leaders Summit: Future NATO and Dynamic Transformation Welcome:Barry Pavel,Vice President and Director ofBrent Scowcroft Center on International Security,Atlantic Council Moderator:Martin Michelot, Program and Research Officer,German Marshall Fund’s Paris office Speaker:General Jean-Paul Palomeros,Supreme Allied Commander Transformation Location: 2014 Wales NATO Summit Time: 9:25 a.m. BSTDate: Wednesday, September 4, 2014 Transcript by Federal News […]

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Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Sep 4, 2014

NATO Sec Gen: Russian Aggression Is a “Wake Up Call”

By New Atlanticist

Leaders at NATO Summit Criticize Russia, Caution against Isolationism The crises in the Middle East and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are expected to top the agenda as Western leaders gathered in Wales for the NATO Summit this week. NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, speaking at the Atlantic Council’s Future Leaders Summit, called Russia’s aggression […]

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Sep 4, 2014

Challenges to India’s Nuclear Doctrine

By The Atlantic Council

In a discussion with the Atlantic Council’s South Asia Center, Vijay Shankar, a retired vice admiral of the Indian Navy, defended India’s “No First Use” doctrine calling it a pillar of India’s nuclear policy. In his remarks, Vice Admiral argued that India’s nuclear program was designed as a political tool and remains a deterrent to […]

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