FEATURED COMMENTARY & ANALYSIS

Featured Event

Program

The Europe Center promotes the transatlantic leadership and strategies required to ensure a strong Europe.

Content

Danish soldiers training in Germany, July 04, 2014

NATOSource

Jul 31, 2014

Denmark to Play Key Role in NATO’s Russia Plans

By Local (Denmark)

Danish troops will play a “significant” role in Nato’s response to Russian aggression in Ukraine, Politiken reported on Thursday.

Germany NATO
A Challenger 2 in the Royal Tank Regiment, June 17, 2014

NATOSource

Jul 28, 2014

UK Sending Battlegroup to Poland for NATO Exercise

By British Foreign Office and the Ministry of Defense

The UK will send a battle group to take part in major military training, Exercise Black Eagle, in October as part of a Nato package to reassure allies in eastern Europe.

NATO Poland
Polish soldiers in NATO exercise Steadfast Jazz, Oct. 27, 2013

NATOSource

Jul 25, 2014

What NATO Needs to Do in the Wake of the Ukraine Crisis

By John Deni, Defense One

First, the alliance should announce its intent to permanently station troops in the East, most likely in Poland.

Greece NATO
SACEUR Gen. Philip Breedlove and Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, Feb. 26, 2014

NATOSource

Jul 24, 2014

Russia Fears Prompt NATO to Look East for HQ

By Deborah Haynes, Times (London)

Britain and its Nato allies will be asked to transform a military base in eastern Europe to help the alliance respond faster to any threat posed by Russia.

NATO Poland
Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski, May 8, 2014

NATOSource

Jul 23, 2014

President of Poland Calls for Strengthening NATO’s Eastern Flank

By Office of the President of Poland

The Ukrainian-Russian conflict is the biggest challenge for European security since the time of the Cold War, according to President Bronislaw Komorowski. The Polish president is in favour of strengthening NATO’s eastern flank.

NATO Poland
Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and President Barack Obama, March 6, 2014

NATOSource

Jul 23, 2014

Special Summit Series: The United States and NATO

By James Joyner

In the run-up to September’s NATO summit in Wales, the Obama administration is sending decidedly mixed signals to its European allies, simultaneously demanding that they contribute more to their own security and signaling that they needn’t bother.

NATO Poland
Operation Atlantic Resolve is a series of actions designed to reassure NATO allies and partners

NATOSource

Jul 16, 2014

Operation Atlantic Resolve Fact Sheet

By EUCOM

OPERATION ATLANTIC RESOLVE The United States continues to demonstrate its commitment to the collective security of our NATO allies and support for our partners in Europe, in light of the on-going Russian intervention in Ukraine.

Germany NATO
The Prime Ministers of Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, and the Czech Republic, Jan. 29, 2014

NATOSource

Jul 3, 2014

Visegrad Countries May Turn EU Battlegroup into Permanent V4 Rapid Reaction Force

By Visegrád Group

We, the Prime Ministers of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia, recognize that current security trends in Europe call for even closer regional defence cooperation and multinational programs deeply rooted in NATO and EU policies.

Central Europe European Union
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, June 26, 2014

NATOSource

Jun 26, 2014

Most Germans Oppose Permanent NATO Base in Poland and Baltics: Poll

By Stephen Brown; Reuters

Nearly three quarters of Germans would oppose NATO having permanent NATO military bases in eastern Europe as requested by Poland and the Baltic states because of a perceived threat from Russia, according to a new poll released on Wednesday.

Germany NATO
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk

NATOSource

Jun 17, 2014

Putin Has Exposed Divisions in Europe

By Matthew Kaminski, Wall Street Journal

To the east Russia is on the march. After a spike in violence over the weekend in eastern Ukraine, the Kremlin on Monday cut gas exports to the country, using an economic cudgel to go with the military one.

Central Europe France

Experts