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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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Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven and Finnish Prime Minister Alexander Stubb, Oct. 20, 2014

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Nov 7, 2014

Finland and Sweden Reject Common Approach to NATO Membership

By Gerard O'Dwyer, Defense News

Sweden and Finland, currently engaged in bilateral defense cooperation talks, have no plans to jointly attempt to join NATO.

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Portuguese Defense Minister Jose Pedro Aguiar Branco, Sept. 20, 2011

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Nov 6, 2014

Portugal Escorts Russian Ship From Its Waters

By AFP and BBC

From AFP:  The Portugese Navy escorted a Russian oceanographic ship out of its waters Wednesday in response to the latest in a series of territorial incursions by a Russian vessel or plane.

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A Russian Tu-95 Bear H strategic bomber, October 29, 2014

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Oct 31, 2014

Why Russia Is Buzzing NATO?

By Marc Champion, Bloomberg View

In a single 24-hour period this week, Russia dispatched 19 combat aircraft — including “Bear” strategic bombers — to probe North Atlantic Treaty Organization air defenses.

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Russian jets over Victory Day Parade, May 9, 2010

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Oct 29, 2014

NATO Intercepted 19 Russian Military Aircraft Today

By Allied Command Operations

NATO detected and monitored four groups of Russian military aircraft conducting significant military manoeuvers in European airspace over the Baltic Sea, North Sea/Atlantic Ocean, and Black Sea on 28 and 29 October 2014.

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Sweden is a NATO partner and has a delegation at NATO headquarters

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Oct 29, 2014

For First Time, More Swedes Favor Joining NATO than Against

By Richard Milne, Financial Times

More Swedes are in favour of joining Nato than are against for the first time in the Nordic country’s history, according to a poll just a week after a hunt for a suspected submarine in the waters outside Stockholm.

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Event Recap

Oct 28, 2014

Strategy Session on Baltic Security with Minister of the Interior for Estonia, H.E. Hanno Pavkur

By Atlantic Council

A month after an Estonian security officer was kidnapped and forced over the Russian border with scant international response, the Atlantic Council welcomed the Minister of the Interior for Estonia, H.E. Hanno Pavkur, for an off-the-record strategy session on European and Baltic security issues on October 16. With large Russian-speaking populations, many NATO policymakers see […]

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Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, October 28, 2014

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Oct 28, 2014

Secretary General: NATO is a Unique Alliance With a Clear Course

By Jens Stoltenberg, NATO

I grew up in a world that felt at the time as dangerous as the world we live in today. As a child in Norway during the Cold War, I didn’t know much about Article 5 or the Washington Treaty. But I did know that NATO was there to protect us.

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New Atlanticist

Oct 24, 2014

Sweden Ends Its Hunt for a Foreign Submarine in its Waters

By Liz Harper

Three Questions with Magnus Nordenman: NATO, Russia, Sweden, and Security in the Baltic As Sweden called off its week-long search today for a suspected foreign submarine in its territorial waters, the Atlantic Council’s Magnus Nordenman discussed the implications of the incident, in which public discussion suggested a Russian military intrusion. The incident comes amid recent […]

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Swedish corvette HMS Helsingborg

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Oct 24, 2014

Sweden Submarine Search Called Off

By BBC

The Swedish military has called off its week-long search for a suspected submarine in the sea south of Stockholm, officials say.

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