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Row Over NATO Air Policing Rotation Clouds Baltic Cooperation

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French Mirage fighter jets in Baltic Air Policing mission, January 4, 2010

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Oct 23, 2013

Row Over NATO Air Policing Rotation Clouds Baltic Cooperation

By Baltic News Service

The Baltic States have still failed to settle the dispute on the future of NATO’s air-policing mission: Lithuania insists that it sees no reasons for shifting a part of the mission to Estonia, as requested by Tallinn.

NATO
Security & Defense
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, October 23, 2013

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Oct 23, 2013

NATO to Play a Role in Strengthening National Cyber Defense Capabilities

By NATO and IHS Jane's Defence Weekly

NATO’s first priority is, of course, to defend our own networks.  Today we concluded that we are on track in upgrading our ability to protect NATO’s networks against this fast-evolving threat.

Cybersecurity
NATO
NATO's 2015 exercise will involve air, land, and sea forces.

NATOSource

Oct 23, 2013

Spain, Portugal, and Italy to Host Major NATO Exercise in 2015

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

[W]e have just taken a significant step forward in our Connected Forces Initiative.

NATO
Security & Defense

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Oct 23, 2013

First Cyber Wednesday Kicks Off Dynamic New Series

On October 23, 2013, the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative kicked off its Cyber Risk Wednesdays, an innovative series examining the ways that the public and private sectors are addressing the pressing issue of systemic cyber risks. Presented by the Atlantic Council and Zurich Insurance Group, the series provides an opportunity for government officials, business leaders, cyber security experts, and other stakeholders to discuss cutting-edge research and explore opportunities for collaboration in an informal setting.

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Prime Minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan, March 26, 2012

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Oct 23, 2013

Turkish PM Rebukes NATO over China Missile Deal Criticism

By Hurriyet Daily News and Anadolu Agency

From Hürriyet Daily News:  Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan rebuffed intensified international criticism over Turkey’s choice to agree a missile defense deal with China, a day after NATO declared that it wanted a say in the decision-making process.

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Missile Defense
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, April 30, 2008

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Oct 22, 2013

Time for Germany to Step Up to Its Responsibilities

By Constanze Stelzenmüller, Financial Times

The country’s very existence as an export nation relies on globalisation. So it has an overwhelming interest in the health of the international order that enables global trade and communication networks to function.

European Union
Germany
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and German Minister of Defense Thomas de Maizière, March 11, 2011

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Oct 22, 2013

German Plan to Reform NATO Faces Broad Opposition

By Matthias Gebauer, Gregor Peter Schmitz and Christoph Schult, Spiegel

German Defense Minister Thomas de Maizière wants to strengthen cooperation among NATO members and is calling for reform of the military alliance. But other countries are skeptical.

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Germany
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and Turkey's Minister of Defense Ismet Yilmaz, October 22, 2013

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Oct 22, 2013

Turkey’s Chinese Missile Buy Overshadows NATO Meeting

By Brooks Tigner, IHS Jane's Defence Weekly

Senior NATO diplomats have again stressed that Turkey’s intention to buy a Chinese air defence system must not put its interoperability links to the alliance in question

China
Missile Defense
French Interior Minister Manuel Valls

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Oct 21, 2013

New Report of N.S.A. Spying Angers France

By Alissa J. Rubin, New York Times

The National Security Agency has carried out extensive electronic surveillance in France, a French newspaper reported Monday, drawing an angry condemnation from an important American ally.

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France
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen

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Oct 21, 2013

NATO Agrees to Help Libya’s Security Forces

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

Allies have agreed to respond positively to the request made by the Libyan Prime Minister for NATO to provide advice on defence institution building in Libya, as part of the overall efforts of the international community.

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