NATO commits to 5% spending plan to keep the Russians out, the Americans in and the Germans up
A review of the NATO Summit meeting in The Hague, 24-25 June 2025
Key events and decisions:
Arms control and disarmament
Silence of the NATO lambs: NATO Secretary General continues to see the United States as a trustworthy ally, but dismisses Greenland, tariffs and other concerns
A review of the meeting of NATO Foreign Ministers, Brussels, 3-4 April 2025
10 April 2025
NATO Tactical Nuclear Weapons Exercise and Base Upgrades
By Hans Kristensen, Federation of American Scientists
From High Noon to Steadfast Noon
By Tariq Rauf*
This article was first published by In Depth News on 14 October 2024 and is reproduced here under the Creative Commons licence.
Germans uneasy about stationing new US missiles
Their deployment could be used as part of some future deal with Russia but they're creating insecurity in the meantime
By Anatol Lieven
Gaslighting, victim-blaming, and hive minds at the NPT PrepCom
By Ray Acheson, Reaching Critical Will
The CFE Treaty: The latest European arms control domino to fall
11 November 2023
NATO allies condemned Russia’s withdrawal on 7 November from the 1990 Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE), a key post-Cold War agreement, and said they would suspend its operation in response.
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