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A Polish Leopard II tank participating in NATO Exercise Steadfast Jazz

NATOSource

Nov 14, 2013

NATO’s Future: Back to Basics

By Economist

This is the final stage of Steadfast Jazz 2013, NATO’s biggest live-fire exercise since 2006.

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The Swedish armed forces want to develop “offensive cyber capabilities”

NATOSource

Oct 18, 2013

Swedish Military Desires Cyber-Attack Capability

By Swedish Radio

The Swedish armed forces want to build their capability to attack other countries’ computer networks.

Cybersecurity Northern Europe
Four U.S. Air Force F-15C Eagles on their way to Arctic Challenge exercise

NATOSource

Sep 20, 2013

Over Sixty Aircraft from NATO Members and Partners Training Together in Exercise Arctic Challenge

By USAF and NORDEFCO

From U.S. Air Force:  The first-ever Exercise Arctic Challenge, which includes more than 60 aircraft from five partner nations, here began Sept. 16.

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President of Finland Sauli Niinisto and NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Nov. 14, 2012

NATOSource

Sep 11, 2013

Finland, Sweden Mull NATO Option

By Gerard O'Dwyer, Defense News

Finland’s Armed Forces’ commander in chief, President Sauli Niinistö, has entered the debate over whether the Nordic nation should join NATO as a long-term solution to meeting its future defense needs.

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Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt

NATOSource

Sep 9, 2013

Sweden Lashes Out at Russian ‘Economic Warfare’ in East Europe

By Justyna Pawlak and Adrian Croft, Reuters

Sweden accused Russia on Friday of waging “economic warfare” against former Soviet republics that have been considering closer trade relations with the European Union and said the EU needed a strategy to resist Moscow.

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New Atlanticist

Sep 4, 2013

Sweden Welcomes President Obama

President Obama’s trip to Sweden before heading to the G20 Summit has all of Europe buzzing. The photo above shows President Obama’s arrival, and the video set below shows the joint press conference with the Prime Minister of Sweden.

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Article

Sep 4, 2013

The Nordic-Baltic Region as a Global Partner of the United States

By Damon Wilson and Magnus Nordenman

In “The Nordic-Baltic Region as a Global Partner of the United States,” Atlantic Council Executive Vice President Damon Wilson and Scowcroft Center Deputy Director Magnus Nordenman analyze the significance of the growing trend of Nordic and Baltic cooperation. First written in September 2011, the authors called then for President Obama to agree to meet his Nordic […]

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President Barack Obama and Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt

NATOSource

Sep 4, 2013

US and Sweden Agree on Key Security Issues

By Barack Obama and Fredrik Reinfeldt, White House

Excerpts from Joint Statement by President Obama and Prime Minister Reinfeldt of Sweden

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Article

Sep 4, 2013

Timeline of Nordic/Baltic Security

By Jorge Benitez

This interactive timeline shows recent events in Nordic-Baltic history.

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New Atlanticist

Sep 3, 2013

Damon Wilson Looks at President Obama’s Visit to Sweden

As Magnus Nordenman summarizes in his piece on NATOSource, there could be any number of reasons why President Obama is visiting Sweden this week. Obama’s decision to visit Stockholm may be explained with something as banal as Russia’s acceptance of Ed Snowden’s asylum application and a wish by Washington to send a message of displeasure […]

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