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NATO Partnerships: Stronger, Together
Guest contribution by H. E. Douglas Lute Nearly 65 years ago in Washington DC, twelve nations signed a world-shaping treaty based on a simple premise: We are stronger together. And while NATO, the organisation founded by the Washington Treaty in April 1949, has adapted...
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Russian troops occupy Crimea, Putin say use of force ‘last resort’
News Article Russian troops in unmarked uniforms have occupied the Crimea and have surrounded Ukrainian installations across the peninsula. Amid unrest in the east of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said further use of force was a ‘last resort’.
Op-ed by Anna Nellberg. As the Stockholm Programme comes to an end and the EU prepares the next set of Justice and Home Affairs policy priorities, there could not be a better time to take stock of the status quo of policing in the European Union
Saving the Franco-British defence pact By Edgar Buckley, Former senior vice president of Thales and former Sherpa for French defence industry in the FR/UK High Level Working Group
Why the Sahel urgently needs an EU backed security framework By Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, Former UN Special Representative to West Africa and President of the Centre for Strategy and Security in the Sahel Sahara
Think small: How to improve China-EU security cooperation By Oliver Bräuner, Researcher for the China and Global Security Programme at SIPRI
Alexander Vershbow Deputy Secretary General NATO
Pierre Vimont Executive Secretary General European External Action Service
Brig. Gen. Ilkka Laitinen Executive Director FRONTEX
Ioan Mircea Pascu
Vice Chairman Committee on Foreign Affairs European Parliament
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