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Feb 27, 2016

Nordenman Joins Sweden’s National Public Radio to Discuss the US Coming Back to Iceland With Maritime Patrol Aircrafts

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

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Bremain vs Brexit

Feb 26, 2016

Nuclear Component Must Be Part of NATO’s Deterrence Policy in Europe’s East, says Latvia’s Foreign Minister

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Ashish Kumar Sen</span>

Official says Russia using migrant crisis to divide Europe NATO’s current presence in Europe’s east is insufficient to provide credible deterrence, must be ramped up, and include a nuclear component, said Latvia’s Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevičs. “A nuclear component should be part of the overall NATO Article 5 deterrence policy,” Rinkevičs said, noting that Russian […]

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New Atlanticist

Feb 25, 2016

‘Sustainable Global Energy Systems’ Needed, says Norwegian Official

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Mitch Hulse</span>

Universal access to affordable green energy is critical for meeting both global sustainable development and carbon-emission-reduction goals, Norway’s Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Tord Lien, said in Washington on February 25. In order “to eliminate extreme poverty and reduce global social inequality, we have to build sustainable global energy systems,” said Lien. He spoke at […]

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Feb 22, 2016

Nordenman Quoted by High North News on US Navy Base Expansion in Iceland

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

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In the News

Feb 18, 2016

Nordenman Quoted by CNN on Military Operations Between Norway and Russia

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

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Art of Future Warfare

Feb 18, 2016

Cole in War on the Rocks: Run, Freeze, or Fight? “Occupied” and the Future of Warfare

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >August Cole</span>

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Estonian troops participating in Steadfast Jazz exercise, Nov. 3, 2013

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Feb 17, 2016

Expert on NATO Calls for Permanent Alliance Military Presence in Baltics As Hedge Against Russia Military Action

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >John Grady, USNI News</span>

A leading analyst on NATO policy called for the alliance to place a permanent military presence in Baltic member states as a hedge against a more active Russian military.

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Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven and Finnish Prime Minister Juha Sipil, June 8, 2015

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Feb 12, 2016

Sweden and Finland: Common Destiny or Common Diversity?

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Tomas Bertelman</span>

More than a year ago, I presented a study commissioned by the Swedish Minister of Defense, which pointed to the growing contradictions in current Swedish security policy.

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The geo-strategic area around Suwalki, Poland has a rich and complex history

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Feb 9, 2016

NATO’s Vulnerable Link in Europe: Poland’s Suwalki Gap

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

The Pentagon’s decision to quadruple its 2017 budget for European defence due to the perceived threat of Russian aggression and the recent RAND report noting the difficulties NATO would have defending the Baltic States, are once again bringing to the forefront the risks on Europe’s frontier states.

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The 2015 annual report by NATO's Secretary General

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Feb 1, 2016

Valuable Data from the Annual Report by NATO’s Secretary General

By <span class="gta-embed--tax--expert gta-post-embed--tax--expert" >Jens Stoltenberg, NATO</span>

The NATO Response Force (NRF) is a highly ready and technologically advanced multinational force made up of land, air, maritime and Special Operations Forces components that the Alliance can deploy quickly, wherever needed, when authorised by the North Atlantic Council

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