NATO Chiefs Deal Blow to SNP’s Anti-Nuclear Strategy

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NATO Chiefs Deal Blow to SNP’s Anti-Nuclear Strategy

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Aug 21, 2024

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NATO Chiefs Deal Blow to SNP’s Anti-Nuclear Strategy

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Aug 21, 2024

Invasion? What invasion? Putin is downplaying Ukraine’s Kursk offensive

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Scottish delegation travelled to NATO HQ to discuss Scotland's options for joining the Alliance

NATOSource

Aug 16, 2013

NATO Chiefs Deal Blow to SNP’s Anti-Nuclear Strategy

By Guardian and Telegraph

From Severin Carrell, Guardian:  Senior Nato officials have warned Alex Salmond’s government that an independent Scotland would be barred from joining Nato if there were any disputes over the basing of nuclear weapons on the Clyde.

NATO
Security & Defense
The SEA claimed that it hacked the Web sites of The Post, CNN and Time magazine “in one strike”

NATOSource

Aug 16, 2013

Syrian Electronic Army Hacks Washington Post Web Site

By Paul Farhi and Hayley Tsukayama, Washington Post

The Washington Post’s Web site was disrupted Thursday morning by a hacker group sympathetic to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad that apparently launched a coordinated wave of attacks on American news outlets.

Cybersecurity
Security & Defense
" I call on all sides to exercise restraint and refrain from violence"

NATOSource

Aug 16, 2013

NATO Secretary General Speaks Out on Violence in Egypt

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO

Statement by the NATO Secretary General on the events in Egypt

NATO
North Africa
"Partnership with NATO can be seen as a successful hedging strategy"

NATOSource

Aug 16, 2013

NATO’s ‘Neutral’ European Partners: Valuable Contributors or Free Riders?

By Stanley Sloan

When the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact collapsed, five European states – Austria, Sweden, Finland, Ireland and Switzerland – decided, each for their own reasons, to remain “neutral.”

NATO
Russia
Russian Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov

NATOSource

Aug 16, 2013

NATO Pullout From Afghanistan ‘Too Hasty’ – Russian Defense Official

By RIA Novosti

ISAF “has been too hasty about making the final decision to pull out in 2014,” Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov said, adding that Afghan “domestic security forces capable of countering radical elements have not yet been created.”

Afghanistan
NATO

New Atlanticist

Aug 15, 2013

Obama Has an Opening with Iran

By R. Nicholas Burns

With a speed few predicted, Iran’s new president, Hassan Rowhani, has signaled his interest in negotiations this autumn on Iran’s controversial nuclear program. This could produce the first extensive contact between Washington and Tehran since diplomatic relations ruptured during the Jimmy Carter administration.

Iran
Nuclear Nonproliferation
Prime minister of Montenegro Igor Luksic and NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, March 21, 2012

NATOSource

Aug 13, 2013

Montenegrins Divided on NATO Membership: Survey

By BIRN

Forty per cent of Montenegrins want the country to join NATO while 39 per cent are against membership of the Western military alliance, a survey has suggested.

NATO
Security & Defense
Estonia "will have to be well integrated and rehearsed to interact with NATO"

NATOSource

Aug 13, 2013

Russia-Georgia War: Lessons for Estonia

By Mart Laar, Postimees

Within days, five years will have passed from the Russian-Georgian war. Much is written about it, a movie has been made. Still, many a question remains unanswered.

Cybersecurity
NATO

NATOSource

Aug 13, 2013

Estonia: Russian Spy did not Know EU or NATO Secrets

By Andrew Reitman, EUobserver

An alleged Russian spy exposed in Estonia did not compromise EU or Nato secrets, Estonia’s intelligence chief has told EUobserver.

NATO
Russia

NATOSource

Aug 13, 2013

Estonian Intelligence Official Confesses to Spying for Russia

By Estonian Public Broadcasting

The Estonian Internal Security Service (KaPo) has detained one of its own former officials, Vladimir Veitman, whom the agency suspects of having gathered classified information for years on behalf of a Russian intelligence service.

NATO
Russia
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