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The Chicago Summit was a bit of a damp squib. The protests took place largely without incident as did the Summit itself.... read more in the attached pdf.
In addition to reports and initiatives on NATO-related issues, NATO Watch offers regular comment on current and breaking news (below). To receive email-prompts please ask to be added to the ‘comment’ mailing list by signing-up here. You can also get an RSS feed of these comments (also available on the ‘sign-up’ page) which will appear on a web site or your desktop. Or check here regularly.
USA (NATO) and Russia: how can they – if ever - be true allies?
By Zoran P. Visak
NATO discusses WMD
By Rachel Staley, program support officer, British American Security Information Council (BASIC)
Chicago Summit Sketch: Sec Rasmussen’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Chicago Summit was a bit of a damp squib. The protests took place largely without incident as did the Summit itself.... read more in the attached pdf.
NATO's Deterrence and Defence Posture Review shows that consensus is not possible
Former IKV Pax Christi consultant and nuclear disarmament expert Laurens Hogebrink reflects in 10 talking points on NATO’s disappointing
NATO's Twin Crises
By John Feffer
Dutch call for an end to the deployment of US Tactical Nuclear Weapons grows louder
Wilbert van der Zeijden and Susi Snyder, IKV Pax Christi
Moving beyond the nuclear status quo in Europe
By Hans M. Kristensen, Director, Nuclear Information Project, Federation of American Scientists
Exit Strategies: The case for redefining NATO consensus on US Tactical Nuclear Weapons
Wilbert van der Zeijden, Susi Snyder and Peter Paul Ekker, IKV Pax Christi, April 2012
Smart Defence? Not in Greece (or the United States)
This comment first appeared as an editorial in NATO Watch Observatory No.31, April 2012
Institutionalizing Innovation in Secrecy Policy