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Czech soldiers participating in 1st Noble Jump exercise, April 9, 2015

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Jun 9, 2015

NATO Spearhead Troops Practice Fast Deployment in Poland

By AP and Allied Command Operations

From Monika Scislowska, AP:  Hundreds of NATO troops with heavy equipment began a military exercise in Poland on Tuesday, testing the alliance’s rapid response readiness in the face of new security challenges on its eastern flank….

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Jun 4, 2015

Eastern Partnership: Commissioner Johannes Hahn on the Way Forward After Riga

Please join us on June 4, 2015 from 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. for a discussion with Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, on the EU’s efforts to move forward after Riga and an outlook on what was achieved at the Eastern Partnership summit. Note: Due to technical difficulties, we will not […]

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President Barack Obama in Warsaw, June 3, 2014

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Jun 3, 2015

The European Reassurance Initiative’s One Year Anniversary: Mixed Results

By Ian Brzezinski

On June 3, 2014, President Barack Obama announced the European Reassurance Initiative, ERI, a key element of his Administration’s strategy to counter Moscow’s provocative military actions, including Russia’ invasion of Ukraine, launched just three months earlier.

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Polish Defense Minister Tomasz Siemoniak, Oct. 31, 2014

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May 21, 2015

Polish Defense Minister Forecasts NATO Reboot

By PAP

Defence Minister Tomasz Siemoniak outlined the need for ‘a new NATO’ during a speech in Washington on Tuesday, looking ahead to the organisation’s 2016 summit in Warsaw.

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Estonian Defence League mortar platoon, Oct. 30, 2013

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May 18, 2015

Paramilitary Groups Surge in Popularity in Eastern Europe

By Felicity Capon, Newsweek

Thousands of ordinary civilians, including doctors, carpenters and teachers, are flocking to join volunteer paramilitary groups in several European countries, with some doubling in size since the start of the Ukraine crisis, Newsweek has discovered.

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German Leopard tanks, Aug. 17, 2010

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May 14, 2015

Poland Considering Formal Request for Permanent NATO Bases

By Wiktor Szary, Reuters

Poland and the Baltic states said on Thursday they were seeking permanent NATO deployments on their soil to counter increased Russian military activity, and a Polish internal document suggested the matter may be raised at a Warsaw summit next year.

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Members of Polish, Croatian, and US special forces, April 21, 2008

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May 7, 2015

Best of Friends: Why Reassuring European Allies is a Job for Special Forces

By Magnus Nordenman

US and European special forces have been incredibly busy over the last decade in global hot spots such as Iraq and Afghanistan. But as major counterinsurgency operations recede, there is still work for them to do, not least in Europe

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Swedish soldiers training, Aug. 25, 2013

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May 4, 2015

Nations Around Baltic Sea Increasing Defense Spending

By Charles Duxbury, Christina Zander, and Juhana Rossi, Wall Street Journal

After Russia grabbed a piece of the Black Sea coast from Ukraine and ramped up its marine and air force exercises on and over the Baltic, the other eight countries with a piece of that sea’s shoreline have realized that this backwater isn’t as placid as it was.

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Chief of the Russian General Staff General Valery Gerasimov, Nov. 9, 2012

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Apr 28, 2015

Russia Threatens NATO Over Missile Shield

By Paul Sonne, Wall Street Journal

Russia’s top general warned European countries planning to host installations for a U.S.-led missile-defense shield that Russian forces would be forced to target them.

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US Patriot battery in Turkey, Feb. 4, 2013

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Apr 22, 2015

Poland Decides to Acquire Patriot Missile Defense System

By Defense News and Boston Globe

From Aaron Mehta and Pierre Tran, Defense News:  Poland has selected the US Patriot system and the Airbus Caracal helicopter as the European nation faces an increasingly aggressive Russia.

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