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Nov 18, 2013

Paying Any Price: Starting the Next Chapter of Military Compensation

By James Joyner

Over the last dozen years, America’s volunteer warriors have shouldered the burden of multiple deployments to two combat zones, risking death and permanent injury while enduring long separation from their loved ones. As we shift into a peacetime mindset and cope with budget austerity, we’re looking at ways to save money on defense, including reforming […]

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President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel

NATOSource

Nov 15, 2013

Europe Loses Trust in Obama

By John Vinocur, Wall Street Journal

The U.S. president’s turnabouts on Syria and Iran—coupled with his policy fumbles at home—have diminished European allies’ traditional respect for the White House.

Europe & Eurasia Germany
A Polish Leopard II tank participating in NATO Exercise Steadfast Jazz

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Nov 14, 2013

NATO’s Future: Back to Basics

By Economist

This is the final stage of Steadfast Jazz 2013, NATO’s biggest live-fire exercise since 2006.

NATO Northern Europe

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Nov 13, 2013

Prepared Remarks by Victoria Nuland on a Transatlantic Renaissance

By Victoria Nuland

Prepared remarks by Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, Victoria Nuland, delivered on November 12, 2013 at the Atlantic Council.

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Meeting of the North Atlantic Council, December 7, 2011

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Nov 13, 2013

NATO Approves Turkey’s Request to Extend Deployment of Patriot Missiles

By Adrian Croft and Tulay Karadeniz, Reuters

NATO allies backed keeping Patriot missiles in Turkey on Wednesday, agreeing with Ankara that threats from the civil war in Syria remained serious, an alliance official said.

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Key Locations in the Baltic Region

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Nov 13, 2013

How the US Should Strengthen Security Cooperation with the Baltic Republics

By Luke Coffey, Heritage Foundation

There is ample room for deeper relations between the U.S. and the Baltic states, particularly in joint military training and defense procurement.

NATO Security & Defense

New Atlanticist

Nov 13, 2013

Is Anyone Home at Either End of Pennsylvania Avenue?

By Harlan Ullman

Two of America’s most vital interests are represented and colocated in Brussels, Belgium. The European Union is one. And NATO is the other. NATO is by far history’s most successful military alliance that, Afghanistan aside, has won every war it has waged, notably presiding over the demise of the Soviet Union nearly a quarter of […]

NATO Security & Defense
Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS)

NATOSource

Nov 7, 2013

MEADS Missile Defense Destroyed Two Targets at Once – Lockheed

By Andrea Shalal-Esa, Reuters

The MEADS missile defense system developed by the United States, Italy and Germany intercepted and destroyed two targets simultaneously in a final test on Wednesday before Washington pulls out of the program, Lockheed Martin Corp said.

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NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and President Barack Obama

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Nov 6, 2013

NATO Seen as ‘Still Essential’ by Majority of Europeans and Americans

By Stanley Sloan

In times of diminished resources for defense, having reliable allies willing to share the burden of collective defense becomes even more important to American interests.

NATO Security & Defense
No one has an overview of US R/D on cyber

NATOSource

Nov 6, 2013

Commission: Obama’s Efforts to Coordinate US Cyber Activities Have Largely Failed

By David E. Sanger, New York Times

[T]he National Commission for the Review of the Research and Development Programs of the United States Intelligence Community, concludes that President Obama’s efforts to differentiate the roles of competing agencies have largely failed.

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