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.
Arms Control & Disarmament
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
Could Spain be the first NATO State to sign the Nuclear Ban Treaty?
This blog post (originally published on the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) website here on the 6 December 2018) is reproduced by NATO Watch with the kind permission