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As U.S. ambassador to NATO, Ivo Daalder cannot afford to be soequivocal in the future: In terms of transatlantic security and America's national interest, he must put NATO first.

The U.S. must push for increased defense spending among NATO members at the 2016 Warsaw Summit.

The LEP and B61 are important for maintaining a science and technology base that allows the U.S. to keep its weapons safe, secure, and reliable.

In an effort to create "one telephone line" to Europe, the EU's proposed Lisbon Treaty, successor to the European Constitution, would remove foreign policy from the intergovernmental sphere andmake it a supranational EU competence. An EU foreign policy will becharacterized by inaction, Franco-German dominance, and an attemptto limit American power.

The NATO Riga summit should serve as a forum for reinvigoratingNATO's role as a powerful force in the global war on terrorism.

Deterring threats and defending NATO allies from Russia would be far easier than liberating them from Russian control.

Our experts break down how this conflict has transformed not only military operations and strategy, but also diplomacy, intelligence, national security, energy security, economic statecraft, and much more.

A labyrinth of more than 1.3 million kilometers of fiber-optic cables anchored to the sea floor carries about 95% of telephone and internet communications around the world every day, moving massive amounts of data every second. Everything from financial transactions to military orders passes along this underwater web of more than 475 cables.

Several of the Scowcroft Center's strategy experts analyzed NATO's new Strategic Concept, assessing the strategy based on five criteria.

How will history judge this consequential gathering? From Madrid to Washington, our experts are here with answers.