Karl A L Smith

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NATO Alternative Security Partnership Fund

NATO Alternative Security Partnership Fund ASPF sounds like a big change but what does it actually mean? The NATO Alternative Security Partnership Fund (ASPF) is a voluntary financing mechanism that allows groups of NATO members or partner countries to fund…

NATO “Stay-Behind” Networks and Operation Gladio

NATO “Stay-Behind” Networks and Operation Gladio Europe has always been ready for War with Russia, either conventional or resistance operations. NATO has not really dealt with the long view that Russia has taken so while the stay-behind networks were disbanded…