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Completing Europe: Gas interconnections in Central and Southeastern Europe—an update

New Atlanticist Jul 5, 2024

Dispatch from Warsaw: Poland’s military and economic rise is coming just in time, as the West wobbles

By Daniel Fried

Its rise at home and its strategic clarity about Russia have placed Poland in the first rank of European powers for the first time in centuries.

NATO Poland

EnergySource Apr 3, 2024

Central and Eastern Europe needs to rethink its approach to energy security

By Pawel Czyzak and Nolan Theisen

The upcoming Three Seas Initiative Summit is an opportune time for Central and Eastern European leaders to pivot toward clean, affordable, and local renewables to build energy security.

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New Atlanticist Mar 6, 2024

NATO enlargement at twenty-five: How we got there and what it achieved

By Jerzy Koźmiński and Daniel Fried

Two and a half decades after Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic joined NATO, their membership continues to protect them from Russian aggression.

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This series of events hosted by the Europe Center’s Warsaw Office will provide a platform to map out a constructive agenda for the transatlantic partnership.

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Aug 24, 2016

Completing Europe: Gas interconnections in Central and Southeastern Europe—an update

By John Roberts

What has been the progress made in the development of gas interconnectors, the single most important element in the creation of an effective energy union and in assuring energy security for Europe?

Central Europe Energy & Environment

NATO missile defense facility in Deveselu, Romania

NATOSource

Aug 22, 2016

NATO Takes Command of Missile Defense Facility in Romania

By Allied Air Command, NATO

Today a new milestone in the development of NATO Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) has been reached.

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Defense Industrialist

Aug 3, 2016

A Franco-Polish-German tank

By James Hasik

The Polish Defense Minister’s interest in a trilateral development program is sound in many dimensions. For Defense News today, Aaron Mehta, Pierre Tran and Jaroslaw Adamowski report how the Polish Army is edging closer to getting new tanks. During an interview back on July 22, Polish Defense Minister Antoni Macierewicz told the reporters that his […]

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In the News

Jul 29, 2016

Brzezinski Quoted by Defense News on Poland’s Potential Military Partnership with Sweden

By Ian Brzezinski

Read the full article here.

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Bremain vs Brexit

Jul 12, 2016

Wilson Joins Radio Poland to Discuss Washington’s Growing Role in European Politics After Brexit

By Damon Wilson

Listen to the full interview here.

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New Atlanticist

Jul 7, 2016

Brexit May Strengthen NATO

By Ashish Kumar Sen

NATO Deputy Secretary General Vershbow said Brexit may make the military Alliance more important for the UK The British vote to leave the European Union will have minimal impact on the United Kingdom’s role in NATO; it could, in fact, enhance the Alliance’s importance as a forum at which to address global challenges, NATO Deputy […]

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Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka greet US soldiers participating in Dragoon Ride exercise, Sept. 9, 2015 (photo: NATO)

NATOSource

Jul 6, 2016

NATO Summit Special Series: Czech Republic

By Zbyněk Pavlačík

Apart from being one of the most important meetings for the entire Alliance, the upcoming NATO Summit in Warsaw will also carry some special significance for the Czech Republic, as well as a quite extraordinary symbolism of its own.

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Bremain vs Brexit

Jul 4, 2016

Castello-Catchot Quoted by EFE on Obama’s Trip to Spain, Poland After Brexit

By Carles Castell-Catchot

Read the full article here.

Poland Southern & Southeastern Europe

NATO exercise Capable Logistician in Slovakia, June 17, 2013

NATOSource

Jul 1, 2016

NATO Summit Special Series: Slovakia

By Marian Majer

In the case of Slovakia, the nearly two years that have passed since the last NATO summit in Wales, have been marked by a discrepancy between the official statements by government officials and the practical steps required to fulfill Bratislava’s political and military commitments to the Alliance.

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Polish soldier in NATO's Noble Jump exercise, June 18, 2015

NATOSource

Jun 28, 2016

NATO Summit Special Series: Poland

By Ian Brzezinski

NATO’s meeting of heads of state on July 8th in Warsaw will be the Alliance’s most important summit since the fall of the Berlin Wall.

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