Amidst political disunity, military spending set to grow by $400 billion and NATO reaches out into space
A review of the NATO Leaders’ Meeting, London, 3-4 December 2019
By Dr. Ian Davis, NATO Watch
Key activities and decisions taken:
Arms Control & Disarmament
NATO Watch Observatory No.51
Quarterly newsletter focused on NATO policy-making and operational activities.
In this edition (June-September 2019):
NATO Watch Essay:
If the United States has become a rogue state how should NATO allies respond?
US withdraws from INF Treaty, NATO plans ‘measured response’
On the 2 August the United States announced its formal withdrawal from the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty, a cornerstone of European security for the past three decades.
As alliance military spending exceeds $1 trillion, NATO defence ministers reach out into space, the final frontier, boldly going where no alliance has gone before……
A review of the NATO Defence Ministers meeting, Brussels, 26-27 June 2019
By Dr. Ian Davis, NATO Watch
The NATO defence ministers met in Brussels for a two-day meeting to discuss three main issues:
NATO-Russia Council fails to bridge divide over INF Treaty
Time is running out to save the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty), a cornerstone of transatlantic security.
NATO Watch Observatory No.50
Quarterly newsletter focused on NATO policy-making and operational activities.
In this edition (January-May 2019):
NATO Watch Essay:
NATO’s new Military Strategy and Space Policy: Why are parliamentarians and the public being kept out of the loop?
NATO Watch Observatory No.49
Quarterly newsletter focused on NATO policy-making and operational activities.
In this edition (September-December 2018):
NATO Watch Essay:
NATO foreign ministers’ meeting dominated by Ukraine-Russia conflict and INF Treaty
A review of the NATO Foreign Ministers meeting, Brussels, 4-5 December 2018
By Dr. Ian Davis, NATO Watch
Key activities and decisions taken:
The Netherlands publishes national plan on the NATO Defence Investment Pledge
– the first NATO member state to make plan publicly available
– plan airbrushes out nuclear role
21 December 2018