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Nov 21, 2014

Finland Back on Red Alert Over Expansionist Russia

By Simon Tisdall, Guardian

Now – with a newly expansionist, jingoistic Russia led by President Vladimir Putin set on reasserting itself internationally, with eastern Europe and the Baltic states wondering fearfully what may follow its armed intervention in eastern Ukraine,

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“Cyber Coalition 2014” is the 7th such annual exercise

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Nov 20, 2014

NATO Holds Largest Cyber War Games

By Sam Jones, Financial Times

[T]he alliance this week conducted the world’s biggest digital war game.

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US F-16s participating in Baltic exercise, June 13, 2014

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Nov 20, 2014

NATO Scrambles Jets 400 Times in 2014 as Russian Air Activity Jumps

By David Mardiste and Jonathan Saul, Reuters

NATO warplanes have had to scramble 400 times this year in response to an increase in Russian air activity around Europe not seen since the Cold War, the alliance’s chief said on Thursday.

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Russian Su-34 Fullback fighter bomber off the coast of Norway in late October

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Nov 17, 2014

Putin Targets the Scandinavians

By Andrew A. Michta, American Interest

Throughout 2014, an unprecedented number of air space violations and incidents have required NATO Baltic Air Policing to scramble jets in response.

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Sonar image allegedly shows sub-sea tracks left by a mini-submarine

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Nov 14, 2014

Sweden Confirms Foreign Submarine Entered its Territorial Waters

By Swedish Armed Forces

The Swedish Armed Forces now confirms that a submarine has violated Swedish territorial integrity.

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8 northern European nations decide to strengthen defense cooperation

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Nov 13, 2014

Northern European Nations to Boost Military Cooperation Against Russia

By Alister Doyle, Reuters

Eight northern European nations agreed on Thursday to step up cooperation to counter an increase in Moscow’s military activity that has included a tripling of NATO intercepts of Russian jets this year.

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Russian An-72 transport aircraft in Finnish airspace, Aug. 28, 2014

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Nov 10, 2014

Finland Warns of New Cold War Over Failure to Grasp Situation in Russia

By Simon Tisdall, Guardian

Western countries are at the gates of a new cold war with Russia, sparked by the Ukraine crisis and a continuing failure to grasp the depth and seriousness of Vladimir Putin’s grievances with the US and EU,

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Estonian Minister of Defense Sven Mikser

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Nov 10, 2014

Show Putin Strength, Not Weakness, Says Estonian Defense Minister

By David Mardiste, Reuters

Russia has returned to Cold War ways by stepping up incursions into European Union and NATO members’ airspace and territorial waters, and the West needs to present a united front to deter President Vladimir Putin,

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RAF Typhoon intercepts Russian Tu-95 Bear bomber

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Nov 10, 2014

NATO-Russia Incidents Came Close to Conflict, Says Think-Tank

By Sam Jones, Financial Times

Dozens of sensitive military incursions have occurred between Russia and Nato states over the past year, some coming close to triggering hostilities, according to a new report.

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US and Iraqi soldiers, Camp Ramadi, Nov. 15, 2009

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Nov 7, 2014

Strengthening the Nordic Military Contribution to the International Effort Against ISIL

By Sigurd Neubauer, Magnus Nordenman, Erik Brattberg, and Alex Vatanka

The rapid and brutal advance of the Islamic State, a self-proclaimed caliphate, holding onto territory in eastern Syria and western Iraq, is not only threatening the stability of Iraq’s semi autonomous Kurdistan and its religious minorities, but threatens to establish a hub of jihadism

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