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Poland Shifting Thousands of Troops to Its Eastern Borders

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Poland Shifting Thousands of Troops to Its Eastern Borders

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Poland plans to move troops to bases in the East

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Oct 27, 2014

Poland Shifting Thousands of Troops to Its Eastern Borders

By Monika Scislowska, AP

Poland will move thousands of troops toward its eastern borders in a historic realignment of a military structure built in the Cold War, the country’s defense minister told The Associated Press on Monday.

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Defense Industrialist

Oct 20, 2014

Can Coastal Artillery Backstop the Navy?

By James Hasik

Yes, but there are hard ways and easy ways for an army to stand up new capabilities.   The question of coastal artillery was all over the trade press last week, starting with a speech by Defense Secretary Hagel at the AUSA meeting. Hagel noted that for a century after 1812, the US Army protected American ports with a […]

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Russian President Vladimir Putin visiting Novorossiysk, Sept. 23, 2014

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Oct 6, 2014

Russian and Polish Analysts Concerned War in Ukraine Could Escalate and Approach Nuclear Level

By Gideon Rachman, Financial Times

In European capitals I have visited recently – in particular, Warsaw and Berlin – certain ideas about the Ukraine crisis are regarded as established facts.

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Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland in Kiev, Feb. 7, 2014

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Oct 3, 2014

US Worried about ‘Twin Cancers of Democratic Backsliding and Corruption’ in Central Europe

By Victoria Nuland, Department of State

We live in a better world because the countries of Central Europe chose the path of a Europe whole, free and at peace 25 years ago. But today that choice is under threat, and Central Europe is once again on the frontline

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Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, October 1, 2014

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Oct 1, 2014

New secretary general: NATO Military presence in eastern Allies ‘for as long as necessary’

By Jens Stoltenberg, NATO

It is indeed an honour to take up the post of Secretary General of NATO. The most successful Alliance in history.

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In the News

Sep 29, 2014

Hansen: Donald Tusk and the Case for EU Optimism

By Ian Hansen

Atlantic Council Program Assistant Ian Hansen writes for the EUobserver on why Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s proven leadership and established European relationships should inspire optimism for Europe’s future:

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Russian S-300V SAM and Tor-M1 in 2008

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Sep 23, 2014

NATO Airspace ‘Contested’ by Long Range Russian Missiles

By Sydney J. Freedberg, Jr., Breaking Defense

The alliance was looking at this training issue even before Vladimir Putin’s “little green men” took over Crimea.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, Sept. 6, 2014

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Sep 18, 2014

Putin: Russian Troops could be in Vilnius, Warsaw, and Bucharest in Two Days

By Delfi and BBC

From Delfi:  In a meeting with Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko, Vladimir Putin allegedly threatened that, if he wanted, the Russian army could occupy Poland and the Baltic states in two days.

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RAF Typhoon lifts off for Libya, May 25, 2011

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Aug 28, 2014

US and Europe have a Feasible Military Option for Defending Ukraine

By Jorge Benitez, U.S. News & World Report

It is becoming harder and harder to ignore Russia’s growing military intervention in Ukraine.

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Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, May 8, 2014

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Aug 26, 2014

NATO’s Second-Class Members

By Slawomir Sierakowski, New York Times

There is no need to pretend: Those members who have no NATO bases are simply a gray area of second-class membership. What has become clear is that not all NATO members are equal.

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