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Ukrainian Prime Minister Arsenii Yatseniuk and NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen

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Mar 6, 2014

NATO Secretary General: Ukraine Crisis is ‘Gravest Threat to European Security’ Since Cold War

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Ukraine is a valued and long-standing partner for NATO.

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Meeting of NATO NAC and EU PSC, March 5, 2014

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Mar 5, 2014

NATO and EU Ambassadors Meet to Discuss Ukraine Crisis

By European Union

The European Union’s Political and Security Committee (PSC) and NATO’s North Atlantic Council (NAC) held a joint informal meeting today to discus s the situation in Ukraine

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Article

Mar 5, 2014

NATO’s Strategic Ace: Vladimir Putin

By Harlan Ullman

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was on the road to irrelevance. The most successful military alliance in history has lacked a real enemy since the Soviet Union disintegrated a quarter of a century ago.  After a dozen years of war in Afghanistan,  NATO’s role is coming to an ignominious end. Because of Afghan President […]

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Mar 5, 2014

Brattberg: How Should NATO Respond to Russia?

By Erik Brattberg

Erik Brattberg, Brent Scowcroft Center resident fellow, joins Blomberg TV’s Bottom Line to discuss NATO’s options in response to Russia’s occupation of Crimea:

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Captains of Industry Series

Mar 5, 2014

Prepared Remarks by David Zolet, Executive Vice President North American Public Sector, CSC

By David Zolet

Prepared Remarks by David Zolet, Executive Vice President North American Public Sector, CSC delivered at the fourth event in Atlantic Council Captains of Industry series on March 6, 2014.

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Security & Defense
NATO's Steadfast Jazz 2013 Exercise

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Mar 4, 2014

Brzezinski: NATO Should Prepare to Help Defend Ukraine

By Zbigniew Brzezinski, Washington Post

Much depends on how clearly the West conveys to the dictator in the Kremlin — a partially comical imitation of Mussolini and a more menacing reminder of Hitler — that NATO cannot be passive if war erupts in Europe

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Turkish F-16 jet

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Mar 4, 2014

Turkey Scrambles Jets After Russian Plane Flies Near its Black Sea Coast

By Reuters and Anadolu Agency

From Reuters:  The Turkish Air Force scrambled eight F-16 fighter jets after a Russian surveillance plane flew parallel along its Black Sea coast

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NATO flag at headquarters in Brussels

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Mar 4, 2014

NATO Responds to Ukraine Crisis With ‘Rigorous and On-Going Assessment ‘

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The North Atlantic Council has met at Poland’s request to hold consultations within the framework of Article 4 of the Washington Treaty

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Gripen Jets

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Mar 4, 2014

Sweden Responds to Russian Exercises by Sending Jets to Baltic Base

By The Local (Sweden)

The Swedish Armed Forces sent extra air defence to the island of Gotland on Tuesday in response to a large-scale Russian training exercise being carried out in the Baltic Sea.

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Meeting of the North Altantic Council in Foreign Ministers' session, Dec. 3, 2013

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Mar 3, 2014

NATO Describes Ukraine Crisis as Threat to Its Members

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The North Atlantic Council, which includes the ambassadors of all 28 NATO Allies, will meet on Tuesday 4 March, following a request by Poland under article 4 of NATO’s founding Washington Treaty.

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