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Burden-sharing in a trillion-dollar military alliance: military spending in NATO
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NATO Watch is a not-for-profit, independent information service, which works to promote public awareness and foster debate on the role of NATO in public life. It advocates for more openness, transparency and accountability within the Alliance.

It is our aim to make NATO Watch the world’s most visited non-governmental web site on NATO-related issues. Here you will find extensive news briefings and analysis, reports on issues concerned with NATO and transatlantic security, links to other NATO-related research projects, and commentary by NATO experts on current events and policy developments within the Alliance.

Every item that appears on this site is categorised into at least one of the 23 policy areas listed in the drop-down menu under ‘Research’. If you are looking for free, independent and informed NATO-based news content, then look no further than NATO Watch.

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Slovenia to call consultative referendum on NATO membership after parliament supports a plebiscite on new military spending targets

6 July 2025

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Is time really being called on Americas longest war in Afghanistan?

US aircraft, drones and special forces may continue warfare remotely

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NATO Watch Observatory No.59

Bi-monthly newsletter focused on NATO policy-making and operational activities.

In this edition (October 2023):

NATO and the Israel-Hamas War

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Peace research perspectives on NATO 2030: A response to the official NATO Reflection Group

NATO Watch asked a group of 10 peace researchers to assess the NATO expert group report, NATO 2030: United for a New Era, that was published by the NATO Secretary General in D

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Shooting Down Carney’s Faulty NATO Pledge

The PM vows military spending will zoom. He’s failed to show the need or how we can afford it.

By Christopher Holcroft,  writer and principal of Empower Consulting

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From peace to pauses: How ceasefires took over international diplomacy

Ceasefires should be part of a longer process aimed at achieving durable peace, not the endgame.

By Govinda Clayton, Mediation support manager and ceasefire expert at the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue

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UK Greens seek change to NATO policy

By Paul Ingram*

3 July 2025

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NATO News

  • NATO Emergency Management Exercise "BULGARIA 2025"
  • NATO Secretary General to visit the United States of America
  • NATO Deputy Secretary General to take part in the 107th Rose-Roth Seminar
  • NATO Deputy Secretary General meets the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania
  • Director General of the International Military Staff concludes three-year tenure
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Peace researchers challenge NATO 2030 project: Reflection Group proposals risk twin cold wars with Russia and China

For Immediate Release: 16 February 2021

 

Contact: Dr. Ian Davis | +44 (0)7767 686145

Email: idavis@natowatch.org

www.natowatch.org

 

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Hybrid Wars and Hollow Words: A Preview of the NATO Wales Summit

NATO’s summit meeting in Wales (4-5 September 2014) comes at a vital time in the alliance’s 65-year history when the global security environment is becoming increasingly unpredictable and unstable. In addition, NATO is preparing to complete its longest combat mission and to open a new chapter in its relationship with Afghanistan.

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New website launched in Netherlands showing NATO's limited financial transparency

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