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Canada is First NATO Member to Impose Sectoral Sanctions on Russia

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Canada is First NATO Member to Impose Sectoral Sanctions on Russia

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Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, May 20, 2012

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Jul 28, 2014

Canada is First NATO Member to Impose Sectoral Sanctions on Russia

By Stephen Harper, Globe and Mail

Russia’s aggressive militarism and expansionism are a threat to more than just Ukraine; they are a threat to Europe, to the rule of law and to the values that bind Western nations. Canada will not stand idly by in the face of this threat.

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A Challenger 2 in the Royal Tank Regiment, June 17, 2014

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Jul 28, 2014

UK Sending Battlegroup to Poland for NATO Exercise

By British Foreign Office and the Ministry of Defense

The UK will send a battle group to take part in major military training, Exercise Black Eagle, in October as part of a Nato package to reassure allies in eastern Europe.

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Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Jan. 18. 2012

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Jul 28, 2014

Special Summit Series: Turkey and NATO

By Ross Wilson

Turkey’s new head of state will participate in the NATO Wales Summit just a few weeks after the country’s first-ever popular vote for president.

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Polish soldiers in NATO exercise Steadfast Jazz, Oct. 27, 2013

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Jul 25, 2014

What NATO Needs to Do in the Wake of the Ukraine Crisis

By John Deni, Defense One

First, the alliance should announce its intent to permanently station troops in the East, most likely in Poland.

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Flag at NATO HQ

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Jul 24, 2014

NATO Sees Sign of Weapons Still Moving From Russia to Ukraine

By Adrian Croft, Reuters

“We have noted an increase in the amount of weapons being transferred from Russia to Ukraine in the last several weeks.

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SACEUR Gen. Philip Breedlove and Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, Feb. 26, 2014

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Jul 24, 2014

Russia Fears Prompt NATO to Look East for HQ

By Deborah Haynes, Times (London)

Britain and its Nato allies will be asked to transform a military base in eastern Europe to help the alliance respond faster to any threat posed by Russia.

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Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski, May 8, 2014

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Jul 23, 2014

President of Poland Calls for Strengthening NATO’s Eastern Flank

By Office of the President of Poland

The Ukrainian-Russian conflict is the biggest challenge for European security since the time of the Cold War, according to President Bronislaw Komorowski. The Polish president is in favour of strengthening NATO’s eastern flank.

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French President François Hollande and President Barack Obama, Feb. 11, 2014

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Jul 23, 2014

Members of Congress Urge Obama to Make Personal Appeal to Stop Mistral Sale to Russia

By Mark R. Warner, Mark Kirk, Adam Kinzinger, and William R. Keating

Text of letter to President Barack Obama from US lawmakers.

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Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and President Barack Obama, March 6, 2014

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Jul 23, 2014

Special Summit Series: The United States and NATO

By James Joyner

In the run-up to September’s NATO summit in Wales, the Obama administration is sending decidedly mixed signals to its European allies, simultaneously demanding that they contribute more to their own security and signaling that they needn’t bother.

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PHOTO:OSCE/Evgeniy Maloletka

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Jul 23, 2014

Protecting Ukraine Means Supplementing the OSCE

By James Rupert

International Diplomacy on the Russia-Ukraine War Has Been Dominated by Moscow As the international community works both to calm the Russian-Ukrainian conflict in southeast Ukraine and to assure a credible investigation of the Malaysian Airlines disaster there, the main body in that effort is the Organization for Security and Cooperation and Europe. But the OSCE […]

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