Northern Europe

Northern Europe holds great geostrategic importance to the transatlantic community as trade routes, emerging competition in the Arctic, and sustained Russian pressure make the region a key security concern for competing powers. Northern European states are active members of the transatlantic community, and they face similar concerns with their allies and partners: climate change, foreign influence campaigns, disinformation, and growing populist sentiment. Despite disagreements on fundamental policy issues, the United States must continue to engage its regional allies and partners.

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Event Recap

Jan 27, 2011

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.

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Transcript

Oct 28, 2010

Transcript: Challenges and Opportunities in the Emerging Arctic

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

Northern Europe

Event Recap

Oct 28, 2010

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.

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Transcript

Mar 22, 2010

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

European Union International Organizations

New Atlanticist

Mar 11, 2009

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.

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New Atlanticist

Sep 8, 2008

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.

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