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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Oct. 22, 2013

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Feb 26, 2014

NATO Ready to Help Ukraine Democratic Reforms

By AFP

From AFP:  NATO said Wednesday it will continue to help Ukraine, which has close ties with the military alliance, to push ahead with democratic reforms.

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In the News

Feb 25, 2014

Healey on US Cyber Strike Against Syria

By Jason Healey

Cyber Statecraft Initiative Director Jason Healey joins CNN to discuss a possible cyber strike on Syria. 

Cybersecurity
Security & Defense
A Swedish JAS 39 Gripen, Norwegian F-16, and Finnish F/A-18 Hornet participating in Iceland Air Meet 2014

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Feb 25, 2014

Video of NATO and Partner Air Forces Training Over Iceland

By NATO

For three weeks NATO Allies have been training air defence flying in Iceland together with first-time participants Sweden and Finland.

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Yanukovich security forces in Kiev, Dec. 14, 2013

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Feb 25, 2014

Papers Reveal Yanukovich Plans to Turn Army Against Protesters

By Roman Olearchyk and Neil Buckley, Financial Times

The Yanukovich regime had drawn up plans for a massive crackdown on protesters in Kiev using thousands of police and troops – and the chief of Ukraine’s armed forces on Thursday last week ordered 2,500 army troops into the capital for an “antiterrorist” operation.

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Signs of solidarity with Ukraine during debate in European Parliament, Dec. 12, 2013

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Feb 24, 2014

Brzezinski: Ukraine Should Join EU, but No Military Alliance

By Zbigniew Brzezinski, Financial Times

The west, however, can play a constructive role in containing the exploding violence. That will take concerted action by the US and the EU.

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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, April 19, 2013

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Feb 24, 2014

NATO Secretary General Commends Ukrainian Military for Not Intervening in Political Crisis

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

I am closely monitoring the important developments in Ukraine. The people of Ukraine must determine their own future in freedom and democracy.

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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen

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Feb 21, 2014

NATO Secretary General Welcomes Agreement in Ukraine

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

I welcome the agreement reached between the government and the opposition in Ukraine.

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Violence in Kiev, Jan.19, 2014

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Feb 20, 2014

Fears Grow that Ukraine’s Military May Intervene in Crisis

By Neil Buckley, Roman Olearchyk, and Geoff Dyer, Financial Times

“If there is a decision to use force to clear the protesters, it can be done but will start a civil war,” said Ihor Smeshko, former head of Ukraine’s SBU security services.

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Tweet by SACEUR Gen. Philip Breedlove

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Feb 20, 2014

NATO Chief Tweets Ukraine Military In a Plea for Peace

By Kevin Baron, Defense One

Call it a modern day battlefield demarche. Gen. Phil Breedlove, NATO supreme allied commander, took to Twitter and Facebook to reach Ukraine’s new military chiefs and request talks with toward ending the violent uprisings now drawing worldwide attention.

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New Atlanticist

Feb 20, 2014

Morocco’s Struggle Against Jihad in Africa

By Atlantic Council

By most accounts, French president Francois Hollande had a successful visit to Washington last week. From my perspective, one of the most promising public outcomes was an op-ed piece, signed by Hollande and President Obama in Washington Post, in which they conveyed together their hopes as well as their fears about the future of Africa.

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