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Four Steps NATO can Take to Support Ukraine

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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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Russia

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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New Atlanticist

Feb 28, 2014

The US Must Act Quickly to Save the Internet

By Klara Tothova Jordan

Europe’s New Defenses Against NSA Spying Will Crimp Prosperity and Security Europe’s loss of trust in the United States over Edward Snowden’s revelations of massive surveillance by the National Security Agency (NSA) is now building into a wave of proposals – for new data protection rules, and for Europe-specific Internet and communications networks – that […]

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Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, Feb. 27, 2014

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Feb 27, 2014

Hagel Warns Russia Not to Intervene in Ukraine

By New York Times and Department of Defense

From Helene Cooper, New York Times:  Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel warned Russia on Thursday to stay out of the turmoil in Ukraine

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NATO Partnerships
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Feb 27, 2014

Russia Should Avoid Raising the Stakes Over Ukraine

By Ivo Daalder, Financial Times

At the very least, a military exercise on this massive scale, so close to the borders with a sovereign state, is meant to send a stern message to the new leaders of Ukraine that there is a limit to that nation’s independence.

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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Feb. 26, 2014

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Feb 27, 2014

NATO Warns Russia on Ukraine

By Julian E. Barnes, Wall Street Journal

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s top official warned Russia on Thursday not to take any actions that could escalate tension in Crimea.

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NATO Partnerships
NATO Defense Ministers, February 26, 2014

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Feb 26, 2014

Hagel Says Europeans Should Step Up NATO Support

By AP, Wall Street Journal, and Reuters

From Robert Burns, AP:  U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Wednesday the European allies must start bearing more of the burden of modernizing NATO or risk it becoming irrelevant.

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Security & Defense
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, June 5, 2013

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Feb 26, 2014

Secretary General: No BSA Means No NATO Troops in Afghanistan After 2014

By John Vandiver, Stars and Stripes

NATO defense ministers will discuss plans for a complete withdrawal from Afghanistan by the end of 2014 should Afghanistan and the U.S. fail to reach agreement on a key long-term security deal, the alliance’s top official said Wednesday.

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Meeting of NATO Defense Ministers, June 4, 2013

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Feb 26, 2014

NATO Defense Ministers Declare Their Support for ‘Ukrainian Sovereignty and Independence’

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We continue to follow developments in Ukraine very closely. We deplore the tragic loss of life. We welcome the fact that violence has been stopped through negotiations that paved the way for a peaceful outcome.

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