That we may see being played out into the overall Russian Strategic thinking some of it is not just about abstract readiness. But the exercise is certainly testing thert of transatlantic community, testing the russian ability to pursue with the community ouralso the ability to keep deterrence posture credible. And thirdly, which is be our sort of reaction . Say three words here. Vigilantot to be calm, and flexible. It we have to do certainly intend this to be the case. In ae also have to do it way as an alliance, and as countries in the region. Particularly considering the bad habit of bad things happening in august and september time frame. As people mentioned. Sour,ularly if things go that is the thing we have to get behind. In a wider sense, we have to continue adjusting the alliances, the structure, the theern flank to reflect existing complexity and join us of the challenges we currently face and what we face in the foreseeable future. These are my first remarks. I will be happy t
That we may see being played out into the overall Russian Strategic thinking some of it is not just about abstract readiness. But the exercise is certainly testing thert of transatlantic community, testing the russian ability to pursue with the community ouralso the ability to keep deterrence posture credible. And thirdly, which is be our sort of reaction . Say three words here. Vigilantot to be calm, and flexible. It we have to do certainly intend this to be the case. In ae also have to do it way as an alliance, and as countries in the region. Particularly considering the bad habit of bad things happening in august and september time frame. As people mentioned. Sour,ularly if things go that is the thing we have to get behind. In a wider sense, we have to continue adjusting the alliances, the structure, the theern flank to reflect existing complexity and join us of the challenges we currently face and what we face in the foreseeable future. These are my first remarks. I will be happy t
It is great to see such a big crowd in july for this event. Guest. To add a special he is the chairman of the Foreign Relations committee, and also the undersecretary for defense policy. As some of you may know, he served previously here at the embassy in washington. It is great to see him back in town. I am going to say a few words andre we let our experts regional representatives loose. I want to say in the very near future, the focus will shift to the black sea region. This is obviously in response to a rush of the continues to be assertive in and around europe and elsewhere. It is clearly bent on altering the european order, especially with military power. There is a special interest to the broader community. He can tell us quite a bit about russian intentions and the capabilities. Previous iterations of this exercise have showed us how russia can, for example, mobilize across distances. Given us a window into russian thinking about the use of key capabilities during a crisis, clea
It is great to see such a big crowd in july for this event. Guest. To add a special he is the chairman of the Foreign Relations committee, and also the undersecretary for defense policy. As some of you may know, he served previously here at the embassy in washington. It is great to see him back in town. I am going to say a few words andre we let our experts regional representatives loose. I want to say in the very near future, the focus will shift to the black sea region. This is obviously in response to a rush of the continues to be assertive in and around europe and elsewhere. It is clearly bent on altering the european order, especially with military power. There is a special interest to the broader community. He can tell us quite a bit about russian intentions and the capabilities. Previous iterations of this exercise have showed us how russia can, for example, mobilize across distances. Given us a window into russian thinking about the use of key capabilities during a crisis, clea
That we may see being played out into the overall Russian Strategic thinking some of it is not just about abstract readiness. But the exercise is certainly testing thert of transatlantic community, testing the russian ability to pursue with the community ouralso the ability to keep deterrence posture credible. And thirdly, which is be our sort of reaction . Say three words here. Vigilantot to be calm, and flexible. It we have to do certainly intend this to be the case. In ae also have to do it way as an alliance, and as countries in the region. Particularly considering the bad habit of bad things happening in august and september time frame. As people mentioned. Sour,ularly if things go that is the thing we have to get behind. In a wider sense, we have to continue adjusting the alliances, the structure, the theern flank to reflect existing complexity and join us of the challenges we currently face and what we face in the foreseeable future. These are my first remarks. I will be happy t