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RAF Typhoon lifts off for Libya, May 25, 2011

NATOSource

Aug 28, 2014

US and Europe have a Feasible Military Option for Defending Ukraine

By Jorge Benitez, U.S. News & World Report

It is becoming harder and harder to ignore Russia’s growing military intervention in Ukraine.

Central Europe
France
Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and President Barack Obama

NATOSource

Aug 28, 2014

Special Summit Series: Canada and NATO

By Julie Lindhout and Christian Paas-Lang

Ukraine is, of course, the most pressing issue facing NATO as a whole today.

Europe & Eurasia
NATO

In the News

Aug 28, 2014

Kordosova on NATO Summit in Wales

By Simona Kordosova

Brent Scowcroft Center Associate Director Simona Kordosova joins Euronews to discuss the NATO Summit in Wales:

NATO
Security & Defense
Appears to be a Russian military convoy near Krasnodon, Ukraine, August 21, 2014

NATOSource

Aug 28, 2014

NATO Releases Satellite Images of Russian Combat Troops Inside Ukraine

By Allied Command Operations

NATO released new satellite images on Thursday, 28 August 2014, that show Russian combat forces engaged in military operations inside the sovereign territory of Ukraine.

NATO
Russia
Situation in eastern Ukraine on August 28, 2013

NATOSource

Aug 28, 2014

NATO Warns of ‘Over One Thousand’ Russian Troops In Ukraine Fighting Defenders

By Peter Spiegel, Neil Buckley, and Jack Farchy, Financial Times

Russia has “well over 1,000 troops” operating inside Ukraine, Nato warned on Thursday, as Moscow faced an intensifying backlash over growing evidence of its direct military involvement in the former Soviet country’s uprising in the east.

NATO
Russia
Dutch Patriot battery in Adana, Turkey, Jan. 26, 2013

NATOSource

Aug 27, 2014

Netherlands to Withdraw Patriot Batteries from Turkey

By Reuters and Today's Zaman

From Thomas Escritt, Reuters:  The Netherlands will end its contribution to NATO’s deployment of Patriot anti-ballistic missile systems in Turkey at the end of January, the government said on Monday.

Missile Defense
NATO
Australian Defense Minister David Johnston and Secretary General Anders Fogh, Oct. 23, 2013

NATOSource

Aug 26, 2014

Special Summit Series: Australia and NATO

By Chris Musselman

Australia’s participation in Afghanistan under the NATO banner is viewed with tremendous pride by Australians and profound respect by NATO members whose forces fought alongside them.

Afghanistan
NATO
Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, June 6, 2007

NATOSource

Aug 26, 2014

Is NATO Back? That Depends on Germany

By Emily Cadei, Ozy

The last few months have made clear that NATO’s core mutual-defense mission is more intensely relevant than at any time since the collapse of the Soviet Union 23 years ago.

Germany
NATO

Press Release

Aug 26, 2014

NATO Secretary General Rasmussen to Headline Atlantic Council Future Leaders Summit in Wales, Sept. 4

NEWPORT, WALES – NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen will deliver the opening keynote address at the Atlantic Council’s Future Leaders Summit at Celtic Manor in Wales on September 4. He will preview the official NATO Summit agenda. The Future Leaders Summit is the premier public diplomacy event alongside the NATO Summit in Wales, and […]

NATO
Security & Defense

In the News

Aug 26, 2014

Benitez on Germany’s Role in the NATO Alliance

By Jorge Benitez

Ozy quotes NATOSource Director and Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Fellow Jorge Benitez on why Germany is in a position to dictate NATO’s effectiveness:

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