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Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven, Nov. 9, 2015

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Aug 22, 2016

Inching Closer: The Impact of Sweden’s Growing Relationship with NATO

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Rahul Krishna</span>

At the NATO Summit in Warsaw, the Prime Minister of Sweden participated, for the first time, in a meeting of the heads of state of the Alliance.

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NATO VJTF exercise, June 18, 2015

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Aug 18, 2016

NATO Is America’s Greatest Strategic Advantage

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Hannes Hanso, Wall Street Journal</span>

Debates about NATO’s role and burden-sharing have been around since its founding. GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump’s sharp criticisms of the Western Alliance are just the latest flare-up.

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Congressman John Shimkus (R-IL15), (photo: Office of Congressman John Shimkus)

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Aug 5, 2016

US Congressman: ‘I would die for Tallinn’

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >John Shimkus</span>

Many Americans served in Europe during the Cold War. I was one of them, serving on the border of the former Czechoslovakia from 1981 through 1984.

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Jul 29, 2016

Brzezinski Quoted by Defense News on Poland’s Potential Military Partnership with Sweden

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Ian Brzezinski</span>

Read the full article here.

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Estonian army scouts, May 11, 2015 (photo: NATO)

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Jul 19, 2016

Estonia Needs NATO’s Help Against Russia

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

The question of how to respond to increasing Russian aggression remains Estonia’s top priority.

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Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Jan. 23, 2016

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Jul 18, 2016

Why Canada is Leading a NATO Battalion in the East Instead of France

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Murray Brewster, CBC News</span>

Canada announced at the recent Warsaw Summit that it would deploy at least 450 soldiers to Latvia, becoming one-of-four “framework” nations in a 4,000 person, high-readiness multinational brigade.

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Latvian soldier participating in exercise Saber Strike, June 5, 2013

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Jul 3, 2016

NATO Summit Special Series: Estonia and Latvia

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Jorge Benitez</span>

After recent terrorists attacks in Europe and the crisis of so many refugees fleeing conflicts in North Africa and the Middle East, this NATO summit is important

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Lithuanian soldiers in military exercise, June 5, 2016

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Jul 2, 2016

NATO Summit Special Series: Lithuania

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Živilė Marija Vaicekauskaitė</span>

With Russia’s aggressive military posture in the east and instability in the south, the transatlantic community faces its biggest strategic challenges since the end of the Cold War.

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Jul 1, 2016

Canada to Send Troops to Latvia for New NATO Force

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Murray Brewster, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation</span>

With Crimea still under Moscow’s rule and war raging in eastern Ukraine, [Canadian Defense Minister Harjit] Sajjan acknowledged Friday the fielding of the new NATO brigade is a serious step, but one that Canada is prepared to wholeheartedly support.

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Swedish Marine participating in BALTOPS exercise, Jun 11, 2016

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Jun 30, 2016

NATO Summit Special Series: Sweden and Finland

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

Along with the heads of state of NATO’s 28 members, the leaders of partner nations will also attend the Warsaw summit in July to discuss the response to the changing European security environment.

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