NATO Seeks Higher Montenegro Public Support for Membership

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NATO Seeks Higher Montenegro Public Support for Membership

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While Spain still falls short of its defense spending goals, Madrid nevertheless leads NATO missions, supports Ukraine, and helps guard Europe’s southern flank.

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NATO Seeks Higher Montenegro Public Support for Membership

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Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Macedonian Prime Minister Milo Đjukanović, June 11, 2015

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Jun 12, 2015

NATO Seeks Higher Montenegro Public Support for Membership

By Predrag Milic, AP

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said in Podgorica that Montenegro’s membership bid is in “the crucial phase” and that it will be discussed at NATO’s ministerial meeting scheduled for December.

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Polish Defense Minister Tomasz Siemoniak at Wroclaw Global Forum, June 12, 2015

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Jun 12, 2015

Poland Says Next NATO Summit Should Invite Macedonia, Montenegro to Join

By Wiktor Szary, Reuters

The former Yugoslav republics of Macedonia and Montenegro should be invited to join NATO when it holds its next summit in Warsaw in 2016, Polish Defense Minister Tomasz Siemoniak said on Friday.

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Jun 7, 2015

Gramer on Naval Migrant Interdiction

By Robert Gramer

Defense News quotes Transatlantic Security Initiative Assistant Director Robbie Gramer on the challenges facing European navies as they scramble to address a growing migration crisis:

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Jun 6, 2015

Montanino: Athens Needs a Ten-Year Plan

By Andrea Montanino

Global Business and Economics Program Director Andrea Montanino writes for Corriere della Sera on why it is necessary to agree on a ten-year program to radically transform the Greek economy:

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NATO's first unmanned air vehicle, June 4, 2015

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Jun 5, 2015

NATO’s First Drone Rolls off Assembly Line

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The first of NATO’s five unmanned air vehicles rolled off the factory line in San Diego on Thursday, 4 June 2015.

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Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama, Feb. 24, 2014

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May 21, 2015

Albania Threatens to Veto Macedonia’s NATO Bid

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Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama threatened on Wednesday that his country would veto Macedonia’s NATO candidacy, arguing it did not respect the rights of its ethnic Albanian minority.

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May 20, 2015

How Do You Solve a Problem Like Libya?

By Ashish Kumar Sen

Analysts discuss the humanitarian, security, and political crises emanating from a country in chaos  The chaos in Libya that has prevailed since the ouster of Moammar Gadhafi in 2011 has placed both a humanitarian as well as a security crisis on Europe’s doorstep. Libya today has two governments—one in Tripoli and the other in Tobruk. […]

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French Mistral warship, Nov. 25, 2006

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May 19, 2015

France’s Orphaned Mistrals Can Solve a Sea of Troubles

By Blake Franko and Nicholas Varangis

As the European Union struggles to remain a unified and influential force for the 21st century, geopolitical developments have only made this goal more elusive.

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May 18, 2015

The Future of NATO’s Open-Door Policy

By Brent Scowcroft Center

In March, the Atlantic Council hosted a discussion with H.E. Milica Pejanović-Đurišić, Minister of Defense of Montenegro on the Future of NATO Open Door Policy with

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May 18, 2015

Keeping Europe’s Door Open: Montenegro’s Path Toward NATO Membership

By Brent Scowcroft Center

On March 11, 2015, the Atlantic Council hosted Montenegro’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Igor Lukšić for a strategy session on the future of NATO enlargement and security dynamics in the Balkan region.

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