Today in Copenhagen, the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of Norway Jonas Gahr Støre, the Prime Minister of Sweden Magdalena Andersson, the Prime Minister of Iceland Katrín Jakobsdóttir, the Prime Minister of Finland Sanna Marin, and the Prime Minister of Denmark Mette Frederiksen held a SummitContinue Reading
A joint statement on 4th February 2022 between the Russian and Chinese presidents mentioned the strategic partnership between the two nations as being one “with no limits”.1 This has raised fears of the emergence of a two-front Moscow-Beijing Axis to take on the United States-led existing liberal international order. WhileContinue Reading
Press conference by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg following the extraordinary virtual summit of NATO Heads of State and Government: Allied leaders have just met to address the gravest threat to Euro-Atlantic security in decades. I invited NATO’s close partners Finland, Sweden and the European Union to our summit. BecauseContinue Reading
Statement by NATO Heads of State and Government on Russia’s attack on Ukraine: – We have met today to discuss the gravest threat to Euro-Atlantic security in decades. We condemn in the strongest possible terms Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, enabled by Belarus. We call on Russia to immediately ceaseContinue Reading
Anne Speckhard, Molly Ellenberg, and TM Garret [When I was in the Army National Guard], there were people that knew [I was in the Aryan Nations]. I joined prior to 9/11, but after 9/11 they didn’t care […] I ended up getting kicked out for being racist, but it tookContinue Reading
– These cyber actors represented a dangerous combination of aggressive disruption and high-stake targets A total of 12 individuals wreaking havoc across the world with ransomware attacks against critical infrastructure have been targeted as the result of a law enforcement and judicial operation involving eight countries. These attacks are believedContinue Reading
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS (KONGSBERG) is awarded a contract with the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency (NDMA) to supply the Joint Strike Missile (JSM) for Norway’s fleet of F-35A Lightning II fighter aircrafts. Photo credit: Torbjørn Kjosvold / Norwegian Armed Forces The contract is valued at MNOK 3,950. The partnershipContinue Reading
NATO scientists are working on ways to help detect small UAVs or unmanned aerial vehicles, which can pose a security risk and cause major disruption. NATO scientists are building up a signature database of small UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) to help nations develop drone detection systems and tracking algorithms. AtContinue Reading
The interaction between people and new technologies is what will give the NATO alliance the greatest challenges in the future, says NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in an interview published by FFI, who celebrates 75 years. More than a hundred Norwegian researchers are at all times engaged in work withContinue Reading
In 2017, Norway and Germany entered into a strategic, maritime cooperation on materiel, aimed at the acquisition of identical submarines and naval strike missiles. The defence materiel organisations of Norway and Germany, NDMA and BAAINBw, have reached an agreement with the Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems on the contract for new, identicalContinue Reading