ICSVE: Keep your force up to speed!
Upcoming in ICSVE’s Police Responses to Terrorism and Violent Extremism multi-media training series are six modules delivered virtually in two-hour sessions starting Monday, March 4th continuing daily through Friday March 8th starting at 11 am EST ending at 1 pm EST. ICSVE researchers have spent the last 20 years interviewingContinue Reading
NATO visit to Sarajevo
At the invitation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the North Atlantic Council (NAC), chaired by NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană, will visit Sarajevo on 1 and 2 February 2024. On 1 February 2024, the Deputy Secretary General and NATO Ambassadors will meet the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). AContinue Reading
The Arctic peace bubble is bursting?
‘Throughout the decades of cold war, the Arctic was in many ways a different landscape that was protected from international tension,’ says Marius Nyquist Pedersen in a new report from Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI). A Warming Arctic in a Cold War– consequences of climate change for Norwegian security inContinue Reading
CHESS DYNAMICS: HAWKEYE MMP DELIVERS WORLD-LEADING ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY PERFORMANCE
UK surveillance specialist Chess Dynamics’ vehicle surveillance system, Hawkeye MMP, has demonstrated a world-leading electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) performance as part of the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency’s (NDMA) Observation Targeting and Surveillance Systems (OTAS) project. In meeting stringent requirements set by the NDMA, Hawkeye MMP has demonstrated its ability to meetContinue Reading
Statement by Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III on Coalition Strikes in Houthi-Controlled Areas of Yemen
In light of the illegal, dangerous, and destabilizing Iranian-backed Houthi attacks against U.S. and international vessels and commercial vessels from many countries lawfully transiting the Red Sea, today the militaries of the United States and the United Kingdom, with support from Australia, Bahrain, Canada, and the Netherlands, conducted strikes againstContinue Reading
Patriot missiles for Ukraine
NATO’s Support and Procurement Agency will support a coalition of Allies, including Germany, the Netherlands, Romania and Spain to procure up to 1,000 Patriot missiles to strengthen their air defences amid Russia’s war against Ukraine. The contract will expand the European production of the missiles, enhancing supply and ensuring theContinue Reading
Strong coalition condemning Houthi attacks against commercial vessels
A Joint Statement from the Governments of the United States, Australia, Bahrain, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, and the United Kingdom. Recognizing the broad consensus as expressed by 44 countries around the world on December 19, 2023, as well as theContinue Reading
Norway allows direct sales of weapons and defence-related products to Ukraine
The Norwegian government has decided to permit direct sales of weapons and defence-related products from the Norwegian defence industry to the defence authorities in Ukraine. This policy change will enter into force on January 1 2024. Russia’s war of aggression threatens Ukraine as a state and nation. Only a fewContinue Reading
Stoltenberg meet Kuleba at NATO HQ
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg welcomed Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba to NATO Headquarters on Wednesday (29 November 2023) for the first meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council at the level of foreign ministers. Photo: Left to right: Dmytro Kuleba (Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ukraine) with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg MrContinue Reading
Statement by the NATO-Ukraine Council at the level of Foreign Ministers issued following its meeting held in Brussels on 29th November 2023
The NATO Invitee associates itself with this Statement The NATO-Ukraine Council (NUC) met today for the first time at the level of Foreign Ministers, as Russia continues its brutal war of aggression, to act together to further deepen the NATO-Ukraine relationship. Allies remain steadfast in their commitment to further stepContinue Reading