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Espen Barth Eide, Norway’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, has said the era of Pax Americana is over.
Kristin Ven Bruusgaard, director of the Norwegian Intelligence School, has said allies must be prepared for Russia to cross the nuclear threshold.
Pasi Rajala, a Finnish State Secretary, has said Finland wants the EU to limit tourist visas for Russians, warning that not all Russian tourists entering the bloc are innocent.
General Sir Gwyn Jenkins, the First Sea Lord, has said Britain has an open border with Russia to its north through the Atlantic, and that Norway is its first line of defence.
Lord Wood of Anfield, a Foreign Office minister, has said Europe must take more responsibility for its own defence, an ambition Britain will take to the UK-EU summit.
The Royal Navy's existing shipbuilding programme amounts to 280,000 tonnes of new steel and 450,000 tonnes when planned programmes are included, the First Sea Lord has said.
Britain's First Sea Lord has said he will sign an agreement with Northrop Grumman to prepare its Talon drone for Royal Navy trials.
Joint Expeditionary Force navy chiefs have signed an agreement taking forward the JEF Northern Navies Initiative on board HMS Prince of Wales in Oslo.
Luke Pollard, Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry, has called for Joint Expeditionary Force nations to join up their defence supply chains.
General Sir Gwyn Jenkins, the First Sea Lord, has rejected criticism that the hybrid navy is too ambitious.
