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Apr 12, 2013

Russia threatens to use ‘asymmetrical’ measures to neutralize space weapons

By Xinhua

From Xinhua:  Russia will considerably beef up its space forces by 2030 to counter possible threats, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said Friday.

Cybersecurity
Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Apr 12, 2013

American Airpower Sequestered

By Aaron Burgstein

I like to run. One thing runners know, really that all athletes amateur to professional know, is that when you take time off or scale back on your training because of an injury or the like, it takes time to recover. I don’t mean taking a day off to recover here and there. I mean taking say a […]

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Apr 11, 2013

President of Estonia: Cyber allows enemies to ‘paralyze a country without attacking its defense forces’

By Toomas Hendrik Ilves, International Herald Tribune

From Toomas Hendrik Ilves, International Herald Tribune:  Today, almost everything we do depends on a digitized system of one kind or another.

Cybersecurity
Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Apr 11, 2013

More Self-Sufficient Cities in a 3D Printing World

By Neal Peirce

There has been plenty of hype recently about the wonders of three dimensional printing – a fast-emerging technology that may be able to reproduce any object from an instrument for sublime music (a Stradivarius violin) to a potential weapon of death (a bullet-firing gun). But 3D printing machines can do more than produce objects. They […]

Intelligence
Security & Defense

NATOSource

Apr 11, 2013

SACEUR’s three big agenda items for 2013

By James Stavridis, Allied Command Operations

From James Stavridis, Allied Command Operations:  As I look at NATO and U.S. European Command in 2013, I see three big agenda items.

Cybersecurity
Security & Defense

NATOSource

Apr 11, 2013

Iceland would like to join NATO Cyber Defense Center

By Postimees

From Postimees:  At his meeting in Reykjavik with Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Paet, Icelandic Foreign Minister Össur Skarphéðinsson said that Iceland would like to join the NATO Cyber Defence Centre located in Tallinn.

Cybersecurity
Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Apr 10, 2013

No, It’s Not Too Soon to Judge Iraq War

By James Joyner

Paul Wolfowitz, a leading cheerleader for and planner of the Iraq War, says “it’s too soon to tell” how it turned out.

National Security
Security & Defense

NATOSource

Apr 9, 2013

NATO’s Nordic Model

By Magnus Nordenman, New Atlanticist

From Magnus Nordenman, New Atlanticist:  Amidst massive defense cuts and perennial squabbling over burden sharing across NATO, the Nordic countries of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Denmark have quietly assumed a real leadership role in the transatlantic security relationship.

NATO
Northern Europe

NATOSource

Apr 9, 2013

Six U.S. Air Force cyber capabilities designated ‘weapons’

By Andrea Shalal-Esa, Reuters

From Andrea Shalal-Esa, Reuters:  The U.S. Air Force has designated six cyber tools as weapons, which should help the programs compete for increasingly scarce dollars in the Pentagon budget, an Air Force official said on Monday.

Cybersecurity
Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Apr 8, 2013

How the Nordic Countries Are Quietly Leading the Alliance into the Future

By Magnus Nordenman

Amidst massive defense cuts and perennial squabbling over burden sharing across NATO, the Nordic countries of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Denmark have quietly assumed a real leadership role in the transatlantic security relationship. They are making valuable contributions to the Alliance in personnel, strategic vision, operations, and policy. More importantly, they provide a model for […]

NATO
Northern Europe

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