US Army Europe’s 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command (10th AAMDC) travelled from Kaiserslautern, Germany to Jurmalciems, Latvia to participate in exercise Tobruq Arrows 2020 from June 5-15. During the exercise, US air defence assets conducted an Avenger Air Defense System live-fire exercise, shooting down drone targets off theContinue Reading
Around 3,000 personnel from 19 NATO Allies and partners are taking part in the annual BALTOPS naval exercise that kicked off in the Baltic Sea on Sunday 7. June 2020. The 49th BALTOPS exercise, which runs until 16 June, involves maritime and air forces with around 30 ships and submarines,Continue Reading
COVID-19 has claimed almost 4 million lives, infecting over 6.5 million individuals across the globe. The pandemic has disrupted economic structures, social relationships, the very nature of the State and inadvertently affected billions of lives across the globe in unsparingly evident or intangible ways. – In this discussion convened byContinue Reading
In the wake of protests against police brutality sweeping the nation, the name Antifa abounds online as the political right’s bogeyman, blamed even by U.S. President Trump and Attorney General Bill Barr as the group upon which to pin all of the blame without acknowledging the very real grievances ofContinue Reading
International Center for the Study of Violent Extremism (ICSVE) invites to a Panel Discussion with the topic “Issues of ISIS Prisoners & Repatriations in a Time of COVID” featuring Tasnime Akunjee, Attorney for Shamima Begum’s family, Anthony Loyd, Senior Journalist & War Correspondent, The Times and Anne Speckhard, Director ICSVEContinue Reading
Forsvarsministeren vil møte forsvarsindustrien for å diskutere situasjonen som har oppstått som følge av koronakrisen Forsvarsdepartementet har iverksatt tiltak, og vurderer fortløpende behovet for nye tiltak, for å støtte nasjonal forsvarsindustri. Forsvarsdepartementet ser på tiltak utover de generelle økonomiske tiltakspakkene for å avhjelpe skadevirkninger av korona-krisen. Inngripende tiltak for åContinue Reading
Message fron NATO: As the COVID-19 outbreak continues, we at NATO are deeply grateful to all those on the front line. We thank the healthcare professionals who are doing a heroic job, often in difficult conditions. NATO’s ability to conduct operations has not been undermined by the pandemic. Our forcesContinue Reading
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Norway’s Minister of Defence on the situation in Iraq: Defence Minister Frank Bakke-Jensen’s comments after the attacks against two of the military camps of the anti-ISIL coalition in Iraq. – We look very seriously at the attack on two of the coalition’s military camps in Iraq.I am deeply concerned aboutContinue Reading
NATO Ambassadors met on Monday (6 January 2019) to address current tensions in the Middle East and implications for NATO’s training mission in Iraq. Speaking after the meeting of NATO’s North Atlantic Council, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg stressed that the safety of NATO’s personnel in Iraq is paramount and thatContinue Reading