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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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Mar 5, 2014

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

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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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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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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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Mar 3, 2014

Four Steps NATO can Take to Support Ukraine

By Ian Brzezinski

NATO’s governing body, the North Atlantic Council, met Sunday to discuss Russia’s invasion of Crimea and its threat to take military action elsewhere in Ukraine. Immediately afterwards, the Alliance convened a session of the NATO-Ukraine Commission, which brought Kyiv to the table.  The meetings yielded a strong statement from NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rassmussen who […]

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Russia

New Atlanticist

Mar 3, 2014

How to Beat a Russian Cyber Assault on Ukraine

By Jason Healey

Ukraine and its friends in the United States, NATO, and European Union need to prepare now for a probably inevitable (but just possibly preventable) cyber conflict with Russian-backed proxies. Russian government behavior is clear when its perceived interests in its “near abroad” are at risk.  The trend started most obviously in 1999 when the Kremlin turned […]

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New Atlanticist

Mar 2, 2014

Nicholas Burns: Five Steps Obama Should Take Now Against Russia

By New Atlanticist

President Obama can quickly take five concrete steps to blunt Russia’s military seizure of control in the Ukrainian territory of Crimea, former Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns said in an Atlantic Council conference call today with journalists and Council members. “President Obama faces the most difficult international crisis of his presidency,” Burns said, and the […]

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