Trump's Nuclear Posture Review endangers Europe
By Maxwell Downman, Analyst and Clerk to the UK All Party Parliamentary Group on Global Security and Non-Proliferation
Arms control and disarmament
NATO confirms two new military commands and agrees a new training mission to Iraq, but burden sharing review fails transparency test
A review of the NATO Defence Ministers meeting, Brussels, 14-15 February 2018
By Dr Ian Davis, NATO Watch
Key decisions taken:
NATO Watch Observatory No.46
Quarterly newsletter focused on NATO policy-making and operational activities
In this October-December 2017 edition:
Essay:
NATO seeks faster military movement across Europe and two new military commands to counter Russian threat
A review of the NATO Defence Ministers meeting, Brussels, 8-9 November 2017
By Dr. Ian Davis, NATO Watch
Key decisions taken:
NATO Deputy Secretary General defends alliance opposition to UN nuclear ban treaty at Vatican-sponsored conference
NATO Deputy Secretary General Rose Gottemoeller told a Vatican disarmament conference on 10 November that the UN treaty on the elimination of nuclear weapons agreed in July could undermine years of non-proliferation work and disrega
NATO Watch Observatory No.45
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Quarterly newsletter focused on NATO policy-making and operational activities
In this July-September 2017 edition:
Opinion:
NATO Secretary General condemns North Korea’s sixth nuclear test
In a statement on 3 September, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg condemned the sixth nuclear test conducted by North Korea.