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In Conversation with Amb. Doug Lute and Col. Jordan Becker | The NATO Burden-sharing Debate
The following conversation was recorded in September 2024 and has been edited for clarity. You can listen to the conversation here. The views expressed on this podcast are those of the participants alone and do not represent those of...
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In Conversation with Benedetta Berti | An Inside Look at NATO Policy Planning
The following conversation was recorded on July 2, 2024 and has been edited for clarity. You can listen to the conversation here. Rick Landgraf: With me today is Benedetta Berti. She is the Director of Policy Planning in the...
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In Conversation with Seth Johnston: NATO’s History, Purpose, and Evolution
The following conversation has been edited for clarity. You can listen to the conversation here. Rick Landgraf: With me today is Seth Johnston. Seth is a US Army officer and the author of How NATO Adapts: Strategy and Organization...
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In Conversation with Amb. Vershbow: Understanding the US Role in NATO
The following conversation has been edited for clarity. You can listen to the conversation here. Rick Landgraf: With me today is Alexander Vershbow who served as the Deputy Secretary General of NATO from 2012 to 2016, the US Ambassador...
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In Conversation with Former NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer
The following conversation has been edited for clarity. You can listen to the conversation here. Rick Landgraf: With me today is Jaap de Hoop Scheffer. Jaap welcome to the show. Jaap de Hoop Scheffer: Thank you for the invitation. RL:...
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An External Agenda for the NATO Summit
With leaders of the North Atlantic Alliance—along with dialogue partners from across the Indo-Pacific region—in Washington set to begin their consultations on July 9, they will have the opportunity to frame strategic responses to the shifting geopolitics of great...
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Anticipating NATO’s Next Moves at the Washington Summit
On July 9-11, the heads of state and government of NATO’s 32 allies will convene in Washington to discuss the most pressing issues facing the alliance and provide strategic guidance for its activities. The NATO summit in Washington comes...
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Russian Strategic Culture and the War in Ukraine
Introduction The Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, shocked the world. Currently, the Russian-Ukrainian war is the biggest European war since the end of World War II. The full-scale invasion was a continuation of unlawful actions in...
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Why NATOizing Military Assistance to Ukraine Won’t Solve the Alliance’s Ukraine Dilemma
Despite promises to support Ukraine for as long as necessary, many NATO Allies are starting to reach a tipping point in their military assistance to Ukraine. That reality, and the specter of Donald Trump’s reelection this November, has led...
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NATO’s Fast Approaching “Moment of Truth” on Ukraine
In April, not long after NATO marked its 75th anniversary, during a little-noticed press conference at the Alliance’s Headquarters in Brussels, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg declared, “if Allies face a choice between meeting NATO capability targets and providing more...
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