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Mar 19, 2013

Conference Call: Implications of the Obama Administration’s Missile Defense Announcement

By Jason Harmala

On March 19, the Atlantic Council’s Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security held a conference call on the implications of the Obama administration’s March 15 announcement regarding changes to US missile defense plans and deployments.

Missile Defense
Security & Defense

NATOSource

Mar 19, 2013

Rules of cyberwar: Don’t target nuclear plants or hospitals, says NATO manual

By Owen Bowcott, Guardian

From Owen Bowcott, Guardian:  State-sponsored cyber-attacks must avoid sensitive civilian targets such as hospitals, dams, dykes and nuclear power stations, according to an advisory manual on cyber-warfare written for Nato

Cybersecurity
Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Mar 18, 2013

The Saga of US-Poland Missile Defense Cooperation

By Ian Brzezinski

Missile defense cooperation stands among the most prominent dimensions of the strategic relationship between the United States and Poland.  Both Washington and Warsaw have been strong advocates of missile defense within NATO.  Poland has enthusiastically accepted US requests to base missile interceptors on its territory, and recently made the acquisition of air and missile defense capability its […]

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Mar 15, 2013

Spain and NATO look to the future

By NATO

From NATO:  General Knud Bartels, Chairman of NATO’s Military Committee, paid an official visit to Spain, where he discussed with the Spanish Chief of Defence, Admiral Fernando García Sánchez, NATO defence priorities post-2014, particularly Smart Defence, and the Connected Forces Initiative.

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Security & Defense

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Mar 15, 2013

Polish president’s network attacked by hackers

By Karolina Slowikowska and Dagmara Leszkowicz, Reuters

From Karolina Slowikowska and Dagmara Leszkowicz, Reuters:  Hackers broke into the computer network of the Polish president‘s [Bronisław Komorowski] office and attempted to spread a computer virus in the form of an email attachment, the president’s press office said on Thursday.

Cybersecurity
Security & Defense

NATOSource

Mar 14, 2013

After 61 years, NATO headquarters in Heidelberg deactivates

By Matt Millham, Stars and Stripes

From Matt Millham, Stars and Stripes:  As part of NATO’s transformation to a more flexible and affordable force, the alliance on Thursday deactivated its Headquarters Allied Force Command Heidelberg, ending a 61-year history that tracks largely alongside that of the U.S. Army’s in this old German city.

NATO
Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Mar 14, 2013

Transatlantic Confessions

By Stanley R. Sloan

Are transatlantic relations in another crisis, perhaps a slow rolling one, or are we at the opening of a new and more promising era for the United States, Canada, and their European partners? Decisions on both sides of the Atlantic in the next few years will determine the fate of America’s most important alliance.

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NATO

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Mar 13, 2013

Pentagon creating thirteen teams to launch cyberattacks as threat grows

By Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post

From Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post:  The Pentagon’s Cyber Command will create 13 offensive teams by the fall of 2015 to help defend the nation against major computer attacks from abroad, Gen. Keith Alexander testified to Congress on Tuesday

Cybersecurity
Security & Defense

NATOSource

Mar 13, 2013

The transatlantic community needs a common vision

By Isabelle Francois, New Atlanticist

From Isabelle Francois, New Atlanticist:  Eminent American strategic thinkers indeed consider that their country is at a crucial juncture of human history and have advised the Obama administration to seize the opportunity towards collaborative partnerships with its most stalwart allies in Europe

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Mar 12, 2013

Transcript: The United States and Global Missile Defense

Full transcript of the 2013 Atlantic Council Missile Defense Conference.

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