securityallianceIn early 2012, NATO's then-Secretary General, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, unveiled the Connected Forces Initiative (CFI), an effort designed to increase allied interoperability and readiness. Through three lines of effort – training and education, exercises, and better use of technology ...
NATO has conducted its "biggest ever trial" for joint intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (JISR) systems, which is one of the top capabilities for the alliance's nascent Connected Forces Initiative. 'Unified Vision 2014' ('UV14'), which ran from 18-28 May and was mostly based in...
First, the country’s late entry into the theater limited World War II’s economic toll.In fact, quite the opposite happened. Because the United States supplied the Allied forces with food, weapons, and military equipment, World War II created a booming wartime economy for the States. The Se...
Clearly, as Ukraine faces down Russia, now is not the time to start realizing plans to decrease U.S. forces in Europe. But ultimately, this is the likely direction for the U.S., either by plan or surprise, so it’s better for Europe to start planning. To be clear, this reformed N...
When President Trump tweeted in October 2019 that he was withdrawing US troops from Northern Syria, Turkey immediately attacked the Kurdish forces that had fought Daesh alongside NATO. The initiative was tantamount to treason. It was here that Russia interceded to secure...
The bulletproof hosting service has been connected to organized crime by authorities, the hosting of child pornography websites and domains dedicated to the sale of synthetic drugs -- as well as Dark Web marketplaces. Specifically, the bunker-based data center is believed to have hosted Cannabis...
Power politics had to a large extent shifted from hard power to soft power.27 In 2013, Sweden designated a general to work alongside allies, in order to develop a concept that would fit the needs of Sweden and Finland within the frame- work of the Connected Forces Initiative.28 That had ...
Making Soup with Stones: JMTC Partnership and the NATO Connected Forces InitiativeFirst published in Europe in 1947 by Marcia Brown after World War II, many children have grown up reading a classic story titled Stone Soup.Norris, John G