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Admiral: NATO’s Standing Naval Forces are the Alliance’s ‘First Responders’

New Atlanticist
Jan 27, 2025

The case for a US-UK trade and investment agreement

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L. Daniel Mullaney

As US President Donald Trump begins his second term, the United Kingdom is the right partner for the United States, and now is the right time for a deal.

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Admiral: NATO’s Standing Naval Forces are the Alliance’s ‘First Responders’

New Atlanticist
Jan 7, 2025

What the new British ambassador to the US means for the ‘special relationship’

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Ed Owen

The new envoy to Washington is a politician, not a career diplomat. That might be just what the US-UK relationship needs at this moment.

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Admiral: NATO’s Standing Naval Forces are the Alliance’s ‘First Responders’

New Atlanticist
Jul 11, 2024

UK foreign secretary: Why NATO remains core to British security

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David Lammy

With a return of war to Europe and security threats rising, strengthening Britain’s relationships with its closest allies is firmly in the national interest, writes UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy.

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British Ambassador to the United States The Rt Hon Lord Mandelson speaks at the 2025 Christopher J. Makin lecture to discuss the significance of the transatlantic relationship during this unprecedented geopolitical period.

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Apr 5, 2017

Admiral: NATO’s Standing Naval Forces are the Alliance’s ‘First Responders’

By Clive Johnstone, NATO Maritime Command

As a sailor, I have a particular interest in the battle of Salamis. It stands as the classic example of a small, allied but unified force acting boldly to defeat a much larger, clumsy and disorganized opponent.

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Mar 16, 2017

How to Prevent Future Cyber Attacks

By Franklin D. Kramer, Robert Butler and Catherine Lotrionte, US News and World Report

Wednesday’s indictment of Russian hackers, including from Russia’s Federal Security Service, over cyberthefts against Yahoo

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Mar 7, 2017

Fearing US Withdrawal, Europe Considers Its Own Nuclear Deterrent

By Max Fisher, New York Times

An idea, once unthinkable, is gaining attention in European policy circles: a European Union nuclear weapons program.

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Mar 3, 2017

Russian Cyberhacks Could be an Act of Aggression, says NATO Chief

By Deborah Haynes, Times (London)

Fake news, cyberhacks and political coercion by Russia could be deemed acts of aggression by Nato, the top British officer in the alliance has indicated.

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Mar 3, 2017

NATO and the EU Need ‘Grand Strategy’ to Resist Putin, says General

By Sam Jones, Financial Times

Nato cannot deter Russia alone and must formulate a “grand strategy” for security in Europe with the EU, the alliance’s highest-ranking operational European officer has warned.

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Feb 28, 2017

Britain’s Defense Capabilities and the Future of Transatlantic Security

By Steve McCarthy

Last week, UK Defense Secretary Michael Fallon stood alongside US Defense Secretary James Mattis as they reaffirmed our countries’ commitment to NATO

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Feb 8, 2017

Trump and UK Prime Minister United in Their Support for NATO

By Donald Trump and Theresa May, Office of the Prime Minister

President Donald Trump: The special relationship between our 2 countries has been one of the great forces in history for justice and for peace

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Feb 8, 2017

UK Prime Minister: Time for Allies to Step Up and Stop Outsourcing Their Security to the US

By Theresa May, Spectator

For more than two centuries, the very idea of America – drawn from history and given written form in a small hall not far from here – has lit up the world….

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Jan 27, 2017

Dale Quoted by BBC on President Trump’s View of Britain and the EU

By Reginald Dale

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Jan 27, 2017

Castello-Catchot Quoted by El Pais on Teresa May’s Meeting with Trump:

By Carles Castelló-Catchot

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