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Oct 31, 2016

Grigas Quoted by Newsweek on Russian Activities in the Baltics

By Agnia Grigas

Read the full article here.

Northern Europe Russia

Event Recap

Oct 27, 2016

Tackling Root Causes of Conflict in the Middle East

By Tyler M. Nocita

On Thursday, October 27, 2016, the Brent Scowcroft Center on International Security hosted Sweden’s State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Annika Söder for a conference on US-European cooperation in the Middle East. Söder delivered keynote remarks, in which she emphasized that the Middle East is undergoing a period of rapid transition and instability, threatened by a […]

Europe & Eurasia Middle East

Issue Brief

Oct 26, 2016

Enhancing the US-Swedish defense relationship

By Magnus Nordenman

Security and deterrence in the Baltic Sea region.

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Proposed Rail Baltica

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Oct 24, 2016

New Railroad Agreement a National Security Milestone for Baltic Allies, Poland, EU, and NATO

By Olevs Nikers, Jamestown Foundation

Earlier this month (October 2016), the governments of the Baltic States and Poland finally reached all the necessary political, financial and technical agreements to implement one of the most ambitious projects inside the European Union—linking Finland, the Baltic States and Poland with the unified Trans-European Transport Network

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Event Recap

Oct 13, 2016

Enhancing security and defense in the Baltic States

By Lauren Speranza and Marija Vaicekauskaite

On October 13, the Transatlantic Security Initiative hosted a private roundtable on “Enhancing Security and Defense in the Baltic States”. The session featured a keynote address by LTG Jonas Vytautas Žukas, Chief of Defense of the Lithuanian Armed Forces, and a moderated discussion led by James Hasik, Nonresident Senior Fellow for Defense with the Brent […]

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Dinner for Heads of State at NATO Warsaw Summit, July 6, 2016

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Oct 12, 2016

Can They Get Any Closer? The Case for Deepening the Partnerships Between Sweden and Finland with NATO

By Anna Wieslander

The dinner between Prime Minister Stefan Löfven, President Sauli Niinistö, and the Heads of States of NATO in Warsaw in July 2016, was a landmark in the partnership between Sweden, Finland and the Alliance.

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Transport loader for Iskander-M missile system, May 9, 2015

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Oct 11, 2016

Russia’s Deployment of Nuclear Capable Missiles Near NATO Border Alarms Allies

By BBC, AP, and Reuters

From Jonathan Marcus, BBC:  Russia’s deployment of nuclear-capable missiles to its Kaliningrad exclave is setting off warning bells in the Baltics and at Nato.

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Two Russian TU-160 Blackjack bombers, Sept. 22, 2016

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Oct 6, 2016

Jets From Four NATO Members Scramble As Russian Bombers Fly from Norway To Spain

By BBC

Two Russian Blackjack bombers were intercepted by fighter jets from four European countries as they flew from the direction of Norway to northern Spain and back, it has emerged.

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In the News

Sep 29, 2016

Braw Joins The Monocle to Discuss Swedish Conscription and Austrian Elections

By Elisabeth Braw

Listen to the full interview here.

Northern Europe
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama, June 18, 2012

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Sep 21, 2016

The United States Must Be the World’s Policeman

By Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Wall Street Journal

Barely had I been seated before Vladimir Putin told me that NATO—the organization that I then headed—no longer had any purpose and should be disbanded.

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