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Terrorist attacks in Europe highlight the need to monitor European extremists fighting abroad Faced with the prospect of 3,000 of its citizens fighting in Syria and Iraq, European governments are experimenting with different techniques to…

Book authors: Bruce Jones and David Steven, Brookings Institution Press, November 2014 Reviewed by: per Concordiam Staff In February 1945, U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt met King Abdulaziz Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia aboard a U.S. warship…

A perspective on the role of military forces in civil security The role that armed forces play in a nation’s domestic matters, including their traditional role in homeland defense, is an increasingly important and complex issue. This is…

Militaries are typically employed in six different domestic scenarios Major changes since the Cold War ended have altered in important ways how we look at armed forces. Professional armies, now the majority throughout NATO, are expensive,…

Joint training initiatives improve security in the Balkans Today, all aspects of life are changing, influenced by globalization, rapid technological advances and increased industrial production that contributes to environmental degradation…

The EU supports and advocates for internally displaced people in Ukraine A number of crises are unfolding in different parts of the world. The European Union is engaged in managing and mitigating many of these situations (e.g., the Ebola…

Europe pursues a holistic and sustainable security approach On July 22, 2011, a car bomb blasted Oslo’s government quarter, killing eight people and injuring 10. Right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik’s improvised explosive device…

UGANDAN GENERAL Leads the African Union Mission to Confront the DEADLY VIRUS Maj. Gen. Julius Oketta of Uganda spoke in October 2014 about the African Union Support to Ebola Outbreak in West Africa (ASEOWA), which he heads. He arrived in…

The crisis in Ukraine has forced the Alliance to adapt strategically to new threats The days when NATO could boast of the special partnership it had established with post-Cold War Russia have ended. The cause of the shift wasn’t just the…

The NATO Response Force hones tactics to confront challenges in Europe NATO has stood as the primary guarantor of European security for more than 65 years. With the end of the Cold War, however, the most substantial security threat…