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Former Nat’l Security Adviser Jones on Winning 5G Competition, Engaging Allies, Turkey

Gen. James Jones, USMC Ret., executive chairman emeritus of the Atlantic Council and former national security adviser, NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander and US Marine Corps commandant, discusses the importance of winning the 5G technology competition with China, engaging allies and tensions with Turkey with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted at the think tank’s annual International Conference on Cyber Engagement at George Washington University.

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Finland’s Kuusela on Nordic Cooperation, Russia, Disinformation & F-35

Janne Kuusela, the policy director at Finland’s defense ministry, discusses closer cooperation with Denmark, Iceland, Sweden and Norway, understanding Russia, countering disinformation, better cyber security and the country’s competition for a new fighter aircraft with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview, conducted at the residence of Sweden’s ambassador to the United States, followed an Atlantic Council event in Washington marking 10th anniversary of the Nordic Defense Cooperation agreement to improve collaboration among Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.

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Binnendijk, Zakheim on NATO at 70, Challenges and Opportunities

Hans Binnendijk, PhD, former special assistant to the president and former senior director for defense policy now a senior fellow at SAIS and adjust political scientist at RAND, and Dov Zakheim, PhD, former under secretary of defense (comptroller) who is now an Atlantic Council board member, discuss the health of the NATO alliance, challenges and more with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted at the NATO Engages event in Washington to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Atlantic Alliance. The event was sponsored by the Atlantic Council, the German Marshall Fund, the Munich Security Conference and other leading organizations like the German Foreign Ministry and other think tanks.

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NATO’s Nielson on Albania, Georgia Exercises; Capability Development

Adm. Manfred Nielson, German Navy, NATO’s deputy Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, discusses the alliance’s recent exercises in Albania and Georgia, building capability development capabilities, and improving civil-military integration to address security challenges with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted at the NATO Engages conference sponsored by the Atlantic Council, the German Marshall Fund, the Munich Security Conference and other think tanks in Washington, DC, to mark the 70th anniversary of NATO that founded by the Washington Treaty on April 4, 1949, with 12 nations that has grown to 29 nations today.

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RAND’s Flanagan on NATO at 70; Turkey and Alliance

Stephen Flanagan, PhD, senior political scientist at the RAND Corporation think tank, discusses the challenges facing NATO on its 70th anniversary, challenges, as well as Turkey and the alliance with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian at the NATO Engages: The Alliance at 70 event sponsored by the Atlantic Council, the German Marshall Fund, the Munich Security Conference and other think tanks and organizations to mark NATO’s founding with the signing of the Washington Treaty on April 4, 1949. From those 12 founding nations, 29 nations are now members.

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Chairman Connolly on Stoltenberg’s Joint Session Address, Alliance’s 70th Anniversary

Rep. Gerry Connolly, D-Va., the chairman of the House government operations subcommittee as well as chairman of the US delegation to the NATO parliamentary assembly, discusses NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg’s historic address to a joint session of Congress and the Atlantic Alliance on its 70th anniversary with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview was conducted at the NATO Engages event marking the 70th anniversary of the Washington Treaty that founded the alliance on April 4, 1949, sponsored by the Atlantic Council, the German Marshall Fund, the Munich Security Conference and numerous other leading think tanks.

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Atlantic Council’s Kempe on Building a Global NATO, the Alliance at 70

Fred Kempe, the president and CEO of the Atlantic Council think tank, discusses the need for a global NATO and the alliance at 70, his take on Vice President Mike Pence’s address to the NATO Engages conference — co-sponsored by the Atlantic Council, German Marshall Fund, the Munich Security Conference and other key think tank’s — as well as NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg’s address to the US Congress. The interview was conducted at the NATO Engages event marking the 70th anniversary of the Washington Treaty that founded the alliance on April 4, 1949, with 12 nations that over the decades as grown to 29 nations.

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Denmark’s Kasper on NATO, Nordic Cooperation, Greenland, China, Climate

Kasper Høeg-Jensen, the head of the security policy and operations department of Denmark’s ministry of defense, discusses closer Nordic cooperation, NATO, Greenland, China, climate change and more with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview, conducted at the residence of Sweden’s ambassador to the United States, followed an Atlantic Council event in Washington marking 10th anniversary of the Nordic Defense Cooperation agreement to improve collaboration among Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.

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Norway’s Efjestad on NATO Exercise Lessons, Nordic Defense Cooperation, Emerging Threats

Svein Efjestad, the policy director at Norway’s defense ministry, discusses lessons from NATO’s Trident Juncture 2018 exercise the country hosted, balancing the Atlantic alliance and Nordic Defense Cooperation, emerging threats like China, cyber and 5G, and the Trump administration’s Cost Plus 50 proposal with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian. The interview, conducted at the residence of Sweden’s ambassador to the United States, followed an Atlantic Council event in Washington marking 10th anniversary of the Nordic Defense Cooperation agreement improve collaboration among Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.

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