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What Finland will bring to NATO – and how it might change the alliance
There has been so much focus on whether Finland would join NATO that few have questioned what happens if it does. Here are 5 key areas to watch.
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NATO nations should invest more on air defense, fires, EUCOM nominee says
Gen. Christopher Cavoli, nominee for Supreme Allied Commander Europe, said that NATO nations could supply more air and missile defense technology, armor vehicles and more.
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Finland needs ability to ‘react rapidly’ to any Russian aggression: Minister
With a wary eye on Russia, Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto said that so far it’s mostly quiet on the eastern front.
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American politics could derail NATO’s momentum – unless leaders prepare now.
The outcome of America’s 2024 election could provide a major blow to NATO if alliance leaders don’t plan ahead for an American president skeptical of the alliance, writes op-ed author Eric Robinson.
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HASC Chairman: Turkey ‘not coming back’ to F-35 program as NATO trade
As Turkey blocks Sweden and Finland’s entry into NATO, the F-35 is not a carrot the US will dangle, Adam Smith says.
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Six NATO nations team up to launch helicopter program eyed by Euro, US industry
France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom will work on the concept together, while European industry will work to keep their American competitors out.
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Echoes of Spain’s NATO membership in Swedish, Finnish bids
“The coming of Sweden and Finland will not look like the Eastern expansion, but more akin to the Spanish development, whereby older national traditions are re-defined and new defense approaches...
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Turkey lifts hold on Sweden, Finland joining NATO, following wide-ranging...
Sweden will lift an arms embargo on Turkey and the three nations will work more closely on counter-terrorism issues, per an agreement.
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US increasing troop presence in Europe, while new NATO strategy eyes China
“We’re going to step up. We’re stepping up,” US President Joe Biden said. “We’re proving that NATO is more needed now than it ever has been and it’s as important as it has ever been.”
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NATO leaders establish new €1B innovation fund, accelerator
“It is essential that we do everything in our power to remain at the forefront of innovation and technology,” NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said.
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‘A powerful signal:’ What it means to send two more DDGs to Spain
Lawmakers have spent years lobbying the Pentagon to send more ships to Spain to reinforce NATO. But experts say there are many issues still to work out.
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Norwegian air chief: Russia isn’t ’10 feet tall,’ but don’t discount it
“I think we shouldn’t underestimate [Russia’s] level of capability, because I don’t think we have seen it,” Maj. Gen. Rolf Folland, chief of the Royal Norwegian Air Force, told Breaking Defense.
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Norwegian air chief wants ‘Nordic Air Operations Center’ if Sweden, Finland...
“I think [a Nordic air operations center] would be a benefit for us, and it can be a benefit for NATO,” said Maj. Gen. Rolf Folland, chief of the Royal Norwegian Air Force.
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Finland, in NATO and with the F-35, forms a powerful challenge to Russia
“Finland never bought into the idea of East-West peace lasting forever following the collapse of the Soviet Union,” and now seems prescient in its defense investments, writes Robbin Laird.
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4 questions the US and NATO need to ask, and answer, about their Ukraine...
As the Ukraine conflict enters a new phase, Joshua Huminski says it’s time to examine questions about the end game and how to get there.
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US Senate ratifies Sweden, Finland NATO membership
“Enlarging NATO is exactly the opposite of what Putin envisioned when he ordered his tanks to invade Ukraine,” Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said ahead...
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Microsoft disrupts Russian-linked hackers targeting NATO countries
The company said information collected during SEABORGIUM intrusions likely supports traditional espionage objectives and information operations as opposed to financial motivations.
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NATO expansion should be accompanied by a Nordic defense reset
Adding Sweden and Finland to the alliance should serve as a turning point in how the Nordic nations plan out their defense strategies, writes analyst Robbin Laird.
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Danish defense minister: New status quo will ‘move NATO to the north,’ with...
With Sweden and Finland NATO-bound and Denmark loosening defense restrictions, the Nordic nations “get more places to play, to develop a defense policy,” Morten Bødskov said while visiting Washington.
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