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Estonian President Toomas Henrik Ilves, Dec. 9, 2010

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Apr 10, 2014

After Russian Invasion of Crimea, Alliance Must Deter Incursions into NATO Members

By Matthew Kaminski, Wall Street Journal

“An aggressive, revanchist power,” in the Estonian leader’s words, makes the unthinkable thinkable. “We were already caught off guard with Crimea,” he [Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves] says.

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MP Artis Pabriks, October 17, 2011

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Apr 9, 2014

Hesitation Within NATO will Encourage Russia to Test Alliance

By Artis Pabriks, atlantic-community.org

Since the end of the Russian-Georgian war in 2008, Russia has been seriously increasing its military budget (up 15-20% annually) and conducting military exercises with more than 100,000 personnel (Zapad 2009, Zapad 2013), targeted towards its western neighbours.

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Latvian President Andris Bērziņš, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaitė, and Vice President Joe Biden

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Apr 8, 2014

Crisis in Ukraine Highlights NATO’s Responsibility to Defend All Allies

By Andris Razans, National Interest

What is the strategic role and responsibility of NATO in this situation?

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Russian President Vladimir Putin at GRU headquarters, March 13, 2008

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Apr 8, 2014

Swedish Intelligence Worried about Russian ‘War Preparations’

By Local (Sweden)

Russia has intensified its espionage efforts in Sweden to include war preparations, Swedish security service Säpo warned on Monday.

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Apr 7, 2014

Brattberg on NATO’s New SecGen

By Erik Brattberg

Brent Scowcroft Center Resident Fellow Erik Brattberg is quoted by OZY on Jens Stoltenberg, NATO’s new secretary general:

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UK Ambassador to Estonia Chris Holtby

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Apr 3, 2014

UK-Estonian Defense Cooperation in NATO

By Chris Holtby, Estonian World

NATO became stronger through its enlargement 10 years ago and since then the UK has developed an especially close partnership with Estonia.

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"The people of Helsinki are nervous"

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Apr 2, 2014

Finland Frets Over Russian Military Drills on Its Doorstep

By Alexander Smith, Alastair Jamieson, and Albina Kovalyova, NBC News

Russian military drills near neighboring Finland have provoked concern that northern Europe may be the next focus of Moscow’s seemingly renewed appetite for redrawing its borders.

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Polish Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski and Secretary of State John Kerry

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Apr 2, 2014

Ukraine Crisis: Poland Calls for 10,000 NATO Troops on its Territory

By Financial Times, New York Times, Telegraph

From Financial Times:  The violation of Kiev’s security guarantees by Russia’s invasion of Crimea and the build-up of Russian troops on Ukraine’s borders has prompted Warsaw to ask for a deployment of two heavy brigades of Nato troops to Poland.

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Apr 1, 2014

As Russia Growls, Swedes, Finns Eye Defense Options, NATO

By Alistair Scrutton and Sakari Suoninen, Reuters

When Russian warplanes staged a mock bombing run on Sweden last year, air defences were caught napping. It was the middle of the night and no Swedish planes were scrambled.

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Mar 31, 2014

Germany Mulls Military Support for NATO’s Eastern European States

By Madeline Chambers, Reuters

Der Spiegel said the defense ministry was ready to make available up to six aircraft for a strengthened air patrolling mission in parts of eastern Europe.

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European Leadership Accelerator Participant

Helene-Terese Jürgenson

E-Construction Services Project Manager, Estonian Ministry of Climate

Millennium Leadership Program

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Staff

Torrey Taussig

Director

Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security Transatlantic Security Initiative

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European Leadership Accelerator Participant

Antti Rauhala

Programme Officer, International Energy Agency (IEA)

Millennium Leadership Program

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European Leadership Accelerator Participant

Eveline Debora Nuta

Founder & CEO, Kollabrix

Millennium Leadership Program

Eastern Europe Education

Fellow

Justina Budginaite-Froehly

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Europe Center Transatlantic Security Initiative

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James Hursch

Nonresident Senior Fellow

Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security Transatlantic Security Initiative

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