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"All institutions of Turkey are on alert"

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Jun 11, 2014

Turkey is ‘On Alert’ After Al Qaeda Affiliate Seizes Turkish Hostages in Iraq

By Hurriyet Daily News

The state of Turkey was “on alert” late June 11 after 80 Turkish citizens, including Consul General Öztürk Yılmaz, have been taken hostage by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)

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Meeting of NATO defense ministers, June 3, 2014

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Jun 11, 2014

Turkey Calls for Emergency NATO Meeting on Security Situation in Iraq

By Reuters and Telegraph

From Reuters:  NATO ambassadors held an emergency meeting on Wednesday evening at Turkey’s request to discuss the situation in Iraq, where militants took 80 Turkish citizens hostage,a NATO official said.

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Russian military exercise ZAPAD 2009

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Jun 11, 2014

Russia Responds to Annual NATO Maneuvers with Surprise Exercise of First Strike Forces

By RT

The Baltic Sea and skies are getting crowded as Russia launches military training of its assault forces in the exclave of Kaliningrad in answer to the double war-games being conducted by joint NATO forces on the territory of the three Baltic States.

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Jun 11, 2014

Healey on Saving Cyberspace

By Jason Healey

Cyber Statecraft Director Jason Healey writes for the National Interest  on what is at stake for cyberspace one year after the Snowden revelations:

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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, June 10, 2014

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Jun 10, 2014

Rasmussen Outlines Strategic Transatlantic Priorities

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

[H]istory has taught us that freedom does not come for free. We must work for it. Invest in it. And, if necessary, fight for it.

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov after meeting of NATO-Russia Council, December 4, 2009

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Jun 10, 2014

Grushko Warns that Moscow May Withdraw from NATO-Russia Founding Act

By Voice of Russia

NATO was and is a leading military organization in the European-Atlantic region

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Norwegian artillery unit participating in Unified Vision exercise, May 25, 2014

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Jun 10, 2014

Russia ‘Forced’ to Take ‘Military Measures’ If NATO Deploys More Troops in Eastern Allies

By Lidia Kelly and Gabriela Baczynska, Reuters

Russia would consider any further expansion of NATO forces near its borders a “demonstration of hostile intentions” and would take political and military measures to ensure its own security, a senior diplomat was quoted on Monday as saying.

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Jun 10, 2014

Burrows on How Cybercrime Impacts Insurance Considerations

By Mathew Burrows

Insurance Journal quotes Director of the Strategic Foresight Initiative, a division of the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security, Mathew Burrows, on the challenges to managing risks in the digital age:

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Armed men outside Sloviansk city council, April 14, 2014

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Jun 9, 2014

‘Masterly’ Russian Operations in Ukraine Leave NATO One Step Behind

By Sam Jones, Financial Times

In more than a dozen interviews, planners, security officials and members of the intelligence community have spoken of Moscow with universal, if grudging, praise.

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News

Jun 9, 2014

Wilson in Croatian Media on Sixty-Five Years of NATO

By Damon Wilson

Atlantic Council Executive Vice President Damon Wilson is featured in Croatian media on his address to the “65 Years of NATO: Peace, Security and Development in Europe” conference in Croatia:

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