NATO’s New Strategic Concept: Not an Either or Proposition

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NATO’s New Strategic Concept: Not an Either or Proposition

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NATO’s New Strategic Concept: Not an Either or Proposition

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Apr 2, 2010

NATO’s New Strategic Concept: Not an Either or Proposition

By  Andrew Michta, Center for European Policy Analysis 

From Andrew Michta, Center for European Policy Analysis :  In recent years, different security optics of the members have splintered NATO. The United States wants an expeditionary alliance with a global reach, able to deliver security where needed. The Western Europeans hold to a vision of a regional club of liberal democracies that continues to anchor America […]

Cybersecurity
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Issue Brief

Apr 2, 2010

NATO Initiatives for an Era of Global Competition

By Franklin D. Kramer

Franklin D. Kramer, Atlantic Council vice chair and member of the Strategic Advisors Group (SAG), recommends five initiatives for NATO designed to respond to global challenges in both the immediate and longer term. Download PDF

NATO
Security & Defense

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Mar 22, 2010

Toomas Ilves Hendrik Transcript

Ilves Event Speakers: Frederick Kempe, President and CEO, Atlantic Council Andy Prozes, Atlantic Council Board Director and CEO, LexisNexis Toomas Hendrik Ilves, President of Estonia

European Union
International Organizations

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Mar 18, 2010

Force Posture – Panel 4 Transcript

U.S. Force Posture in Europe Speakers: Rear Admiral (Ret.) Richard Jaskot, Senior Associate, Booze Allen Hamilton Rep. Jim Marshall (D-GA) Ian Brzezinski, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Europe and NATO, Atlantic Council SAG Member Frank Kramer, Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Atlantic Council SAG Member

NATO
Security & Defense

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Mar 18, 2010

Force Posture – Panel 3 Transcript

U.S. Force Posture in Europe Speakers: Hank Allen, Vice President, MPRI Andrzej Karkoszka, Former Polish Secretary of State for National General Klaus Naumann, Former Chairman, NATO’s Military Committee Boyko Noev, Former Bulgarian Defense Minister, Atlantic Council SAG Member Risto Volanen, State Secretary to the Prime Minister of Finland

NATO
Security & Defense

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Mar 18, 2010

Force Posture – Panel 2 Transcript

U.S. Force Posture in Europe Speakers: Peter Walpole, Associate, Booze Allen Hamilton Maj Gen Paul Schafer, Director of Strategy, Policy and Assessments, U.S. European Command Kori Schake, Distinguished Chair of International Security Studies, West Point Academy Jim Townsend, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Europe and NATO Gen (Ret.) Chuck Wald, Aerospace and Defense Industry […]

Europe & Eurasia
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Mar 18, 2010

Force Posture – Introductions and Panel Transcript

U.S. Force Posture in Europe Speakers: Damon Wilson, Vice President and Director, International Security Program, Atlantic Council Ian Brzezinski, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Europe and NATO, Atlantic Council SAG Member Frank Kramer, Former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Atlantic Council SAG Member Janine Davidson, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense […]

NATO
Security & Defense

NATOSource

Mar 18, 2010

British Legislators Call on NATO to Co-Ordinate Global Response to Threat of Cyber Attack

By the AP

From the AP:  NATO must do more to co-ordinate the international community’s response to the threat of cyber attacks, members of Britain’s House of Lords said Thursday. In a report, peers said they were shocked at the lack of co-operation between NATO and other blocs like the European Union. Michael Jopling, a Lords member, says […]

Cybersecurity
European Union

Event Recap

Mar 16, 2010

NATO Forum: Slovak Defense Leaders at the Atlantic Council

The Atlantic Council hosted Slovak Minister of Defense Jaroslav Baška and General Ľubomír Bulík, Chief of the General Staff of the Slovak Armed Forces, for a NATO Forum strategy session.

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Mar 15, 2010

James Steinberg Event Transcript

Steinberg Event Speakers: Frederick Kempe, President and CEO, Atlantic Council James Steinberg, Deputy Secretary of State

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