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Aug 21, 2017

Grigas in Financial Times: Lithuania Becomes First Ex-Soviet State to Buy US Natural Gas

By Agnia Grigas

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Northern Europe

In the News

Jul 29, 2017

Farkas Quoted by POLITICO on Pence’s Visit to Estonia

By Evelyn Farkas

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Northern Europe

In the News

Jul 29, 2017

Brzezinski Quoted by POLITICO on Pence’s Visit to Estonia

By Ian Brzezinski

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Northern Europe

UkraineAlert

Jul 17, 2017

Twelve Myths about Change in Ukraine

By Alexander J. Motyl

Most Ukrainians will tell you that “nothing has changed” since the Euromaidan Revolution. Meanwhile, most Ukrainian analysts bemoan that Ukraine’s elites are resisting change and that, unless Ukraine changes more quickly, the country will backtrack and be lost. And everyone seems to agree that no change is possible unless corruption is fully eliminated. These views […]

France
Germany

New Atlanticist

Jul 7, 2017

Private Sector Support Sought for Three Seas Initiative

By Ashish Kumar Sen

US President Donald J. Trump has provided “valuable” support to the Three Seas Initiative, but he can go further by encouraging US businesses to participate in the plan that seeks to improve trade, infrastructure, and energy links among the twelve nations between the Baltic, Black, and Adriatic Seas, Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović said at the […]

Northern Europe
Poland

NATOSource

Jun 27, 2017

NATO Holds its Peace as Relations with Turkey Degrade

By Arthur Beesley, Financial Times

Kjell Brygfjeld, a 67-year-old commercial lawyer in Stavanger, the oil capital of Norway, never expected the aftershocks from last July’s failed military coup in Turkey to reach his door.

Germany
NATO

NATOSource

Jun 8, 2017

Putin Vows Military Response to ‘Eliminate NATO Threat’ If Sweden Joins US-Led Alliance

By Damien Sharkov, Newsweek

Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed deep opposition to the idea of Sweden joining NATO, calling its potential membership of the U.S.-led alliance a “threat” that would need to be “eliminated.”

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Northern Europe
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NATOSource

May 9, 2017

Mattis Trip to Europe Should Lead to Larger US Role in the Baltic Sea Region

By Magnus Nordenman

This week Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis is in Europe to discuss the counter-ISIS campaign with European friends and allies.

NATO
Northern Europe
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NATOSource

May 1, 2017

Nordic Governments Deepen Defense Collaboration

By Gerard O’Dwyer, Defense News

The Nordic countries have further deepened cross-border collaboration with the launch of the Nordic Defence Materiel Agreement.

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International Organizations
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NATOSource

Apr 27, 2017

Brexit Puts European Security Cooperation at Risk

By By Giulia Paravicini, Politico Europe

Brussels is calling Theresa May’s bluff on security.

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International Organizations
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Resident Fellow, Baltics

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David Auerswald

Nonresident Senior Fellow

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Defense Policy Europe & Eurasia

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Erik Brattberg

Nonresident Senior Fellow

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Henrik Breitenbauch

Nonresident Senior Fellow

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Ian Brzezinski

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Central Europe Defense Policy

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Justina Budginaite-Froehly

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Europe Center Transatlantic Security Initiative

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