Europe & Eurasia

The Kremlin’s Myth About Ukraine Militias Echoes in the Baltics

By James Rupert

A Diaspora Russian Declares That 500 Pro-Kremlin Fighters Could Break Up Latvia Latvia’s government and the world’s mainstream media may have been right to publicly ignore a Latvia-born Russian named Andrey Neronsky this week when he declared that “about 500 [Donbas-style] militiamen would be enough to end the existence of Latvia as a unified state.” […]

NATO Ramps Up Its War of Words With Russia

By Naftali Bendavid, Wall Street Journal

Russia’s comments on Ukraine are “pure fantasy,” include “ludicrous” claims, and show “either ignorance or dishonesty.” Moscow is also engaging in “misrepresentations of the facts” and “baseless attacks.”

Operation Atlantic Resolve Fact Sheet

By EUCOM

OPERATION ATLANTIC RESOLVE The United States continues to demonstrate its commitment to the collective security of our NATO allies and support for our partners in Europe, in light of the on-going Russian intervention in Ukraine.

Transition Seminar for the Republic of Macedonia’s Minister of Defense Zoran Jolevski

As Russia continues to destabilize Ukraine, many of NATO’s European partners are anxious to walk through NATO’s ‘open-door’ to Alliance membership to guarantee their security and further integrate with the Euro-Atlantic community. But NATO has recently hinted that the Alliance will not be adding any new members at its upcoming summit in Wales this September.

Lithuanian President Approves Increased Defense Spending

By New Europe

Lithuanian president Dalia Grybauskaite signed the amendments of state and municipalities budgets on increased defense spending for the year 2014 in Vilnius on Monday.

After the West’s Retreat on Sanctions: Putin, Tanks & Missiles Escalate the War on Ukraine

By James Rupert

Kyiv Government and Local Residents Report New Tanks From Russia Entering the Fight A week after the European Union backed away from its vow to impose broad economic sanctions on Russia over the Kremlin’s war in Ukraine, the government of President Vladimir Putin has intensified the assault. Ukraine’s government and independent reports say Russia has […]

Rasmussen: If Attacked, NATO Members ‘Can Count on the Aid of All Other 27’ Allies

By Spiegel

Excerpts from interview of NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen by Christiane Hoffmann and Christoph Schult, Spiegel.

Europe’s New Energy Security Strategy

On July 11th, the Dinu Patriciu Eurasia Center held an off-the-record strategy session with H.E. Vaclav Bartuska, Ambassador-at-Large for Energy Security, Czech Republic. Ambassador John Herbst, Director of the Center, introduced the Ambassador and moderated the discussion.

Will France’s Mistral Warships Make Russia a Naval Threat?

By Matthew Bodner, Moscow Times

With the first of two French-built Mistral class amphibious assault carriers set to be delivered to the Russian Navy in October, France is handing Russia the keys to one of the world’s most advanced warships