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Has Russia’s War on Ukraine Changed European Defense Budgets?

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.

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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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Central Europe

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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US troops participating in Combined Resolve exercise, Oct. 25, 2014

NATOSource

Oct 27, 2014

Has Russia’s War on Ukraine Changed European Defense Budgets?

By Christopher P. Cavas, Defense News

Russia’s heightened aggressiveness has been on display for most of the year, notably in Crimea and Ukraine. But President Vladimir Putin’s military forces have been more antagonistic elsewhere,

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Poland plans to move troops to bases in the East

NATOSource

Oct 27, 2014

Poland Shifting Thousands of Troops to Its Eastern Borders

By Monika Scislowska, AP

Poland will move thousands of troops toward its eastern borders in a historic realignment of a military structure built in the Cold War, the country’s defense minister told The Associated Press on Monday.

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In the News

Oct 21, 2014

Kordosova on US Pressure on Hungary

By Simona Kordosova

Brent Scowcroft Director Associate Director Simona Kordosova joins Euronews to discuss US pressure on Hungary over its alleged corruption:

Hungary

Defense Industrialist

Oct 20, 2014

Can Coastal Artillery Backstop the Navy?

By James Hasik

Yes, but there are hard ways and easy ways for an army to stand up new capabilities. The question of coastal artillery was all over the trade press last week, starting with a speech by Defense Secretary Hagel at the AUSA meeting. Hagel noted that for a century after 1812, the US Army protected American ports with a […]

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Soldiers in Hungary's 25/88th Light Mixed Battalion, April 13, 2012

NATOSource

Oct 7, 2014

Hungary Hosts NATO Exercise in ‘Show of Strength’

By AFP

Hungarian and US soldiers took part in a joint military exercise Thursday, simulating “everyday” battle situations in Ukraine, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin visiting Novorossiysk, Sept. 23, 2014

NATOSource

Oct 6, 2014

Russian and Polish Analysts Concerned War in Ukraine Could Escalate and Approach Nuclear Level

By Gideon Rachman, Financial Times

In European capitals I have visited recently – in particular, Warsaw and Berlin – certain ideas about the Ukraine crisis are regarded as established facts.

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Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland in Kiev, Feb. 7, 2014

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Oct 3, 2014

US Worried about ‘Twin Cancers of Democratic Backsliding and Corruption’ in Central Europe

By Victoria Nuland, Department of State

We live in a better world because the countries of Central Europe chose the path of a Europe whole, free and at peace 25 years ago. But today that choice is under threat, and Central Europe is once again on the frontline

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Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, October 1, 2014

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Oct 1, 2014

New secretary general: NATO Military presence in eastern Allies ‘for as long as necessary’

By Jens Stoltenberg, NATO

It is indeed an honour to take up the post of Secretary General of NATO. The most successful Alliance in history.

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In the News

Sep 29, 2014

Hansen: Donald Tusk and the Case for EU Optimism

By Ian Hansen

Atlantic Council Program Assistant Ian Hansen writes for the EUobserver on why Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s proven leadership and established European relationships should inspire optimism for Europe’s future:

Poland

Defense Industrialist

Sep 28, 2014

Is the Armored Vehicle Industry Shifting Away from the United States?

By James Hasik

Russian threats and US economizing may be driving the business north and east. Earlier this month, investors’ website the Motley Fool called the recently-announced alliance between France’s Nexter and Germany’s KMW the possible “birth of a European tank-building superpower” and “General Dynamics’ new challenger”. All the same, in a recent essay for the Lexington Institute, Dan Gouré argues that General […]

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