Northern Europe

Breaking News, Instant Analysis, and the Oslo Attacks

By James Joyner

The death toll in Norway’s deadliest day of terrorism is up to 91. The man behind it, 32-year-old Anders Behring Breivik, is a frequent poster of anti-Muslim screeds on Christian fundamentalist websites. AP (“91 killed in Norway island massacre, capital blast“): A Norwegian dressed as a police officer gunned down at least 84 people at an island […]

The US-Swedish Defense Relationship

Despite heavy snowfall, on January 27th the Atlantic Council’s International Security Program hosted a delegation of senior officials from the Swedish Ministry of Defense.

Transcript: Challenges and Opportunities in the Emerging Arctic

Full transcript of a public address and conversation with Grete Faremo, Minister of Defense of Norway.

Challenges and Opportunities in the Emerging Arctic: A Norwegian Perspective

On October 28, the Atlantic Council’s International Security Program hosted Grete Faremo, Minister of Defense of Norway, for a public address and conversation.

Toomas Ilves Hendrik Transcript

Ilves Event Speakers: Frederick Kempe, President and CEO, Atlantic Council Andy Prozes, Atlantic Council Board Director and CEO, LexisNexis Toomas Hendrik Ilves, President of Estonia

Denmark’s Anders Fogh Rasmussen Next NATO Chief?

By James Joyner

“Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the Danish prime minister, appears set to become the new secretary-general of Nato, following a private agreement by the leaders of Britain, France and Germany to back his candidacy,” James Blitz reports for the FT.

Would NATO Defend Narva?

By Alexander Motyl

Russia’s war against Georgia has forced Europeans to ask where their true interests lie and which country they’d be willing to defend if and when a Russian push ever comes to shove.