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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 <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Olevs Nikers, Jamestown Foundation</span>

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 <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Lauren Speranza and Marija Vaicekauskaite</span>

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 <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Anna Wieslander</span>

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 <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >BBC, AP, and Reuters</span>

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 <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >BBC</span>

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

Listen to the full interview here.

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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 <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Wall Street Journal</span>

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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Defense Industrialist

Sep 21, 2016

My strike fighter for a cooling line

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >James Hasik</span>

Lockheed Martin’s recent quality problem reminds us how challenging massively multinational development and production programs can be. Almost a squadron’s worth of Joint Strike Fighters, Courtney Albon wrote for Inside Defense, “may not fly for months.” As Colin Clark wrote for Breaking Defense, the US Air Force and the Royal Norwegian Air Force have suspended […]

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Swedish Marine participating in BALTOPS exercise, June 13, 2016

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Sep 20, 2016

Swedish Military Told to Look Out for Foreign Spies

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

Sweden’s military has urged staff to stay alert as more and more incidents that could be linked to suspected espionage are emerging across the country, report Swedish media.

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Swedish soldier participating in ISAF mission in Afghanistan, Aug. 26, 2007

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Sep 19, 2016

Sweden’s Surprise Decision to Keep Troops in Gotland Linked to Top Secret Threat

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

Information about an increased threat from Russia was a contributing factor in Sweden’s decision to station permanent troops on the Baltic Sea island of Gotland, according to a newspaper report.

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