Blog Posts from May, 2013
Strategic Foresight selection process
Strategic Foresight Analyst Shana Mclean describes the two methodologies at work within the top-selection process, and the general process behind cultivating information to garner a final product, pulling simulations, models and social behavioral science into the mix. Mcclean says Strategic Foresight analysts ask "what are the big issues down the road? What is happening beneath the surface of news and intelligence channels?," and produce a product to share insight and foster conversation between EUCOM, D.C., and international partners and allies in order to better address future security and regional concerns.
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Ambassador Stephen D. Mull Remarks at Koźmiński University May 21, 2013
The transformation of Poland since I first worked here has been remarkable, and today Poland has one of the strongest economies in Europe. Poland was the only EU country to avoid recession in 2009 and its GDP grew by an impressive 15.8% from 2008 to 2011. Even though growth has slowed down during recent months, Poland is still doing better than nearly all other EU members, and there are already signs that the worst of the economic slowdown is over.
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What's Strategic Foresight?
William Busch, branch chief of U.S. European Command's Strategic Foresight program, explores and explains the dynamic mission and capabilities of Strategic Foresight. Its mission is to foster conversation and dialogue on the broad range of issues in Europe and abroad.
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Field Water Workshop
Last week, field water experts from the Minnesota Army National Guard and U.S. European Command traveled to Zagreb, Croatia to conduct a Field Water Treatment Workshop with partners from the Croatian Armed Forces from May 7-9, 2013.
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Remarks by Secretary Hagel at the Town Hall Meeting with Department of Defense Personnel, Alexandria, Virginia
We're living at a difficult time. I was saying last night at a dinner off-the-record with a number of journalists, I don't know of a time in our history, especially in our lifetimes, when it has been more difficult to govern. I don't know when it has been more difficult to lead.
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Message from Secretary Hagel on Furloughs
As you are fully aware, the Department of Defense is facing a historic shortfall in our budget for the current fiscal year. This is the result of current law that went into effect March 1.
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A new chapter: embracing our past and moving forward
As I assume command of Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe and U.S. European Command, I am truly humbled to serve in the position held by such extraordinary leaders as Generals Eisenhower, Ridgway, Shalikashvili, Ralston and most recently Admiral Stavridis.
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EUCOM Change of Command Ceremony As Delivered by Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton B. Carter
Distinguished guests, representatives from NATO and especially our German hosts, ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of Secretary Hagel, it is my honor and it’s my privilege to be here with you today. Today, we transfer command responsibility from one outstanding leader to another and recognize the accomplishments of the men and women of the United States European Command over the past four years.
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“NATO post ISAF Mission: Collective Defense or Operations, Partners and Transitions”
After 12 years of war in Afghanistan – the longest war in American history – it’s easy to understand why many these days on both sides of the Atlantic would prefer to avoid any talk of new NATO expeditionary missions anytime soon, and to return to the so-called "core mission" of collective defense. But with all due respect to the title of this panel, I don’t see the concepts of collective defense and expeditionary missions as mutually exclusive, but rather as integral parts of one continuum.
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At Voyage's End, Some Final Thoughts...
What a voyage! Certainly I've had my fair share of challenges along the way but we have also had plenty of great successes (due largely to the hard work of those on my various teams), and a few tie scores as well. As I look back over these past four years in particular, there were a number of solid accomplishments and a few stubborn difficulties -- but at the center of it all were wonderful human relationships.
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3AF 9th Annual International Conference on Missile Defense
I would like to give you a quick overview of the status of the United States European Phased Adaptive Approach to missile defense, or for short the E-P-A-A. I will touch on the extensive missile defense cooperation within NATO. I will say a few words about our efforts to cooperate with the Russian Federation on missile defense. Then I’ll close with a few remarks on the cooperation going on right here in Romania.
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Not Quite Time for "High Fives” in Kosovo
When I arrived as the NATO commander in 2009, we had more than 15,000 troops in Kosovo. They had two key missions in the tense former province of Serbia: maintain freedom of movement and contribute to a "safe and secure environment." It was, and still can be, a dangerous place.
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''Striking a new transatlantic deal''
For over sixty years, NATO has been our collective life insurance. The Washington Treaty’s key principle can be summed up as “all for one, and one for all.” Yet NATO is not just a military Alliance.
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Security Awareness and Developing a Cyber Workforce
Cyber Defense experts from the California National Guard traveled to Kiev, Ukraine to conduct a Cyber Security Familiarization, Awareness and Workforce Development Seminar with the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense Armed Services, 19 – 21 March 2013.
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