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Russian President Vladimir Putin, Sept. 19, 2014

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Sep 22, 2014

Putin Targets the Baltics to Discredit NATO

By Edward Lucas, Wall Street Journal

“[T]he squeeze on the Baltics stems not from any real interest in the fate of expatriate Russians—a matter that Moscow systematically ignores in most countries.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, Sept. 6, 2014

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Sep 18, 2014

Putin: Russian Troops could be in Vilnius, Warsaw, and Bucharest in Two Days

By Delfi and BBC

From Delfi:  In a meeting with Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko, Vladimir Putin allegedly threatened that, if he wanted, the Russian army could occupy Poland and the Baltic states in two days.

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Chinese Ambassador to Iceland Ma Jisheng, Sept. 30, 2013

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Sep 17, 2014

Is China’s Ambassador to Iceland Missing Because He Spied for Japan?

By Reuters and Kyodo News International

From Reuters:  China’s Foreign Ministry refused to say on Wednesday where its ambassador to Iceland was or who was even representing Beijing in the country, following reports he had been arrested by state security for passing secrets to Japan.

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Sep 8, 2014

Is NATO’s 2% of GDP a relevant target?

By James Hasik

Sometimes it’s what you spend, and sometimes it’s where and how you spend it.   With a few announcements of new spending around the NATO Summit, the alliance is a little closer, but only a little, to its “2-20” goals: that every member state will devote 2 percent of its GDP to its military, and 20 […]

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Danish Foreign Minister Martin Lidegaard and Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, March 18, 2014

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Sep 2, 2014

Special Summit Series: Denmark and NATO

By Magnus Nordenman

Denmark approaches the Wales Summit in the context of a radically changed security environment, due to, among other things, the Ukraine crisis.

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In the News

Sep 2, 2014

Brattberg: “NATO is Essential to Europe’s Security”

By Erik Brattberg

US News and World Report quotes Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Fellow Erik Brattberg on President Obama’s visit to Estonia ahead of the NATO Summit in Wales:

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In the News

Sep 1, 2014

Brattberg: Why President Obama’s Visit to Estonia Really Matters

By Erik Brattberg

Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Fellow Erik Brattberg writes for the Huffington Post on President Obama’s visit to Estonia ahead of the NATO Summit in Wales:

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New Atlanticist

Aug 29, 2014

Ambassador Matthew Bryza on President Obama’s Estonia Visit

By New Atlanticist

Ahead of the NATO Summit next week, President Barack Obama will visit Estonia to reassure Baltic allies of US support amid Russian aggression in Ukraine. In Tallinn, President Obama is to meet the presidents of all three Baltic states: Estonia’s Toomas Hendrik Ilves, Latvia’s Andris Berzins, and Lithuania’s Dalia Grybauskaite.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, June 6, 2007

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Aug 26, 2014

Is NATO Back? That Depends on Germany

By Emily Cadei, Ozy

The last few months have made clear that NATO’s core mutual-defense mission is more intensely relevant than at any time since the collapse of the Soviet Union 23 years ago.

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Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, May 8, 2014

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Aug 26, 2014

NATO’s Second-Class Members

By Slawomir Sierakowski, New York Times

There is no need to pretend: Those members who have no NATO bases are simply a gray area of second-class membership. What has become clear is that not all NATO members are equal.

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