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New Atlanticist

Nov 11, 2016

Can Lithuania’s New Government Maintain Stability?

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Agnia Grigas</span>

On the same day that the United States announced the election of Donald J. Trump as its new president, its small ally, Lithuania, announced its new government. The relatively unknown Peasants and Greens Union party, which won the most votes in parliamentary elections on October 23, has, at last, finalized its coalition agreement with the […]

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Royal Marines training in Norway, Feb. 2, 2016

NATOSource

Nov 11, 2016

Norway, Britain Sign Deal on Increased Defense Cooperation

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Stine Jacobsen, Reuters</span>

NATO allies Britain and Norway agreed on Thursday to beef up their defense cooperation, including maritime surveillance and joint exercises on Norwegian soil, amid concerns about a more assertive Russia in northern Europe.

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A Russian Su-27 Flanker jet photographed from an RAF Typhoon, June 17, 2014

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Nov 7, 2016

Russia has Violated NATO Air Space at Least Five Times this Year

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Michael Birnbaum, Washington Post</span>

Just ahead of the U.S. presidential elections, Russian President Vladimir Putin appears to be pushing his conflict with the West to new heights.

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Deputy chairman of Federation Council's defence and security committee Frants Klintsevitsj

NATOSource

Nov 2, 2016

Russian Leader Makes Nuclear Threat to Norway for Hosting US Marines

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >The Local (Norway)</span>

A key Russian defence figure says the deployment of US Marines at Værnes is part of a US buildup to go on a “global blitz” and warned that Norway may make itself a target for a potential nuclear attack.

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Issue Brief

Nov 2, 2016

NATO’s new frontlines

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Elisabeth Braw</span>

Security and deterrence in the Baltic Sea region.

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Issue Brief

Nov 2, 2016

NATO’s new frontlines

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Elisabeth Braw</span>

Security and deterrence in the Baltic Sea region.

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In the News

Nov 1, 2016

International Business Times Features Atlantic Council Report Enhancing the US-Swedish Defense Relationsip

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Magnus Nordenman</span>

Read the full article here.

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In the News

Oct 31, 2016

Grigas Quoted by Newsweek on Russian Activities in the Baltics

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Agnia Grigas</span>

Read the full article here.

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Event Recap

Oct 27, 2016

Tackling Root Causes of Conflict in the Middle East

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Tyler M. Nocita</span>

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 […]

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Issue Brief

Oct 26, 2016

Enhancing the US-Swedish defense relationship

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Magnus Nordenman</span>

Security and deterrence in the Baltic Sea region.

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