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One of the most fundamental responsibilities of governments is to protect their citizens from all threats, internal or foreign. Policy makers must prepare for potential conventional warfare, terrorism and other asymmetrical attacks, and the repercussions of natural disasters and climate change to ensure the safety of their citizens. The motivation to protect against future threats must also be partnered with regular dialogue and partnership with allies and neighbors to prevent the triggering of violent conflict or destabilizing arms races.

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Seven Allies Establish NATO’s Strategic Communications Center of Excellence in Latvia

MENASource
Aug 25, 2024

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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Israel

Seven Allies Establish NATO’s Strategic Communications Center of Excellence in Latvia

New Atlanticist
Aug 21, 2024

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.

Conflict
Defense Policy

Seven Allies Establish NATO’s Strategic Communications Center of Excellence in Latvia

UkraineAlert
Aug 21, 2024

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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NATOSource

Jul 7, 2014

Seven Allies Establish NATO’s Strategic Communications Center of Excellence in Latvia

By NATO STRATCOM COE, Latvian Ministry of Defense, AFP

From NATO Strategic Communications Center of Excellence:  On 1 July, at the Supreme Allied Command Transformation HQ in Norfolk (U.S.), Latvia alongside with Estonia, Germany, Italy Lithuania, Poland, and the UK signed the Memorandums of Understanding for the establishment of the NATO StratCom Centre of Excellence in Riga

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Russian Su-27 fighter jet, March 27, 2009

NATOSource

Jul 7, 2014

Five Russian Weapons of War NATO Should Fear

By Robert Farley, National Interest

If diplomacy fails and politics push the alliance into war, these are the weapons NATO will need to worry about the most.

Missile Defense NATO
Alexander Stubb when he was foreign minister, August 22, 2011

NATOSource

Jul 7, 2014

Finnish Prime Minister Still Eyes NATO Membership

By Juhana Rossi, Wall Street Journal

Finland is unlikely to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in the coming years because of a lack of support among Finnish voters—despite Russia’s recent annexation of Crimea

NATO NATO Partnerships

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Jul 7, 2014

NATO Looking Forward: The Alliance in the Contested 21st Century

Please join us on July 7, 2014 from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m for a public address by Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Secretary General of NATO, who will outline his vision for the future of NATO and discuss the upcoming NATO Summit in Wales.

NATO Security & Defense
Prime Minister of Montenegro, Milo Djukanovic and Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, March 25, 2014

NATOSource

Jul 7, 2014

NATO Signals No New Members for the Present

By John-Thor Dahlburg, AP

Faced with a newly aggressive Russia, NATO has been mulling how to react, but it is ruling out one option: rapid expansion.

Intelligence NATO

In the News

Jul 5, 2014

Benitez: NATO Countries are Experiencing “Enlargement Exhaustion”

By Jorge Benitez

The Associated Press quotes NATOSource Director and Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Fellow Jorge Benitez on NATO’s decision to rule out rapid expansion:

NATO Security & Defense
The Prime Ministers of Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, and the Czech Republic, Jan. 29, 2014

NATOSource

Jul 3, 2014

Visegrad Countries May Turn EU Battlegroup into Permanent V4 Rapid Reaction Force

By Visegrád Group

We, the Prime Ministers of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia, recognize that current security trends in Europe call for even closer regional defence cooperation and multinational programs deeply rooted in NATO and EU policies.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, June 24, 2014

NATOSource

Jul 3, 2014

Putin’s NATO Fears Are Groundless

By Steven Pifer, Moscow Times

President Vladimir Putin appears to have a NATO phobia.

NATO NATO Partnerships

In the News

Jul 3, 2014

Ullman: NATO’s Weakest Flank and Softest Underbelly

By Harlan Ullman

Brent Scowcroft Center Senior Adviser Harlan Ullman writes for UPI on reinforcing the so-called northern and southern flanks of NATO immediately adjacent to Russia and her Warsaw Pact allies:

NATO Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Jul 3, 2014

Amid Ukraine Crisis, Can US and NATO Buttress Support for Georgia?

By James Rupert

As Putin Faces Added Crises, NATO Can Push Georgia’s Membership Bid, Analysts Say  As the United States and NATO ponder how best to support a democratizing Ukraine against Russia’s ongoing attacks, the crisis over Ukraine has raised the stakes on an adjacent issue – whether NATO should accept Georgia’s eager request to join the alliance. […]

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