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Apr 16, 2014

Atlantic Council-Zurich Report Analyzes Global Interconnections of Cyber Risks

New Cyber Risk Report Finds the World Living in Cyber Subprime FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEApril 16, 2014 CONTACTSTaleen Ananian: press@AtlanticCouncil.org, 202.778.4993Jennifer Schneider Nowacki: Jennifer.nowacki@zurichna.com, 847.275.4428 Groundbreaking, new Atlantic Council – Zurich Insurance Group report identifies aggregate of interconnected risk that “can no longer be ignored”

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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, April 15, 2014

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Apr 15, 2014

Worried about Russia, EU Defense Ministers Agree to Work More Closely with NATO

By John-Thor Dahlburg, AP

Spooked by Russia’s actions against Ukraine and what the Kremlin may attempt in the future, European Union defense ministers agreed Tuesday to step up cooperation with the U.S.-led NATO defense alliance.

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Finnish Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen, April 16, 2013

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Apr 14, 2014

Prime Minister Katainen: Finland Should Join NATO

By Yle

[Finnish Prime Minister Jyrki] Katainen expressed his opinion that Finland should consider NATO membership along with Sweden, when the time is right.

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Apr 14, 2014

NATO and the New Conventional Deterrence

By Henrik Breitenbauch

Russia’s assaults on Ukraine this spring are about to revive an old idea within NATO that has not been in vogue since the Cold War: conventional deterrence . Russia’s ready use of military force in Ukraine, Georgia and beyond puts its non-NATO neighbors very much at risk of military intervention. President Putin’s fracturing of the region’s […]

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Apr 14, 2014

Healey on New Cybersecurity Guidelines

By Jason Healey

Cyber Statecraft Initiative Director Jason Healey is quoted by Bloomberg on new White House guidelines to limit the use of software flaws:

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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, April 1, 2014

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Apr 14, 2014

Head of NATO Says Ukraine Only Part of Putin’s Ambitions

By Sohrab Ahmari, Wall Street Journal

“I see Ukraine and Crimea in a bigger context,” Mr. [NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh] Rasmussen says. “I see this as an element in a pattern, and it’s driven by President Putin’s strong desire to restore Russian greatness

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Apr 14, 2014

US Ex-Ambassador to Ukraine Urges US Military, Intelligence Help for Kyiv

By James Rupert

A former US ambassador to Ukraine, John Herbst, is urging the Obama administration to begin providing direct military help to the government in Kyiv, saying new violence by Russian-backed gunmen in eastern Ukraine appears to reflect a Russian government escalation of the crisis. “The United States should provide Ukraine with anti-air and anti-tank equipment, along […]

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New Atlanticist

Apr 14, 2014

How Washington’s Polarization Endangers Nuclear Arms Control

By Jofi Joseph

The Global Treaty Banning Nuclear Test Explosions is Increasingly at Risk Five years ago this month, President Obama won international applause for his landmark speech in Prague calling for a world free of nuclear weapons – a commitment intended as a central organizing principle of his national security framework. But progress on that “Prague Agenda” […]

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Apr 13, 2014

Post Editorial Cites Upcoming Cyber Report

The Washington Post’s editorial board cites forthcoming Cyber Statecraft Initiative report Beyond Data Breaches: Global Interconnections of Cyber Risk:

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Apr 11, 2014

Healey: NSA Will Be “Shredded” for Heartbleed Expose

By Jason Healey

Cyber Statecraft Initiative Director Jason Healey is quoted by Bloomberg on the revelation that the NSA used the Heartbleed security exploit for intelligence gathering:

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