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NATO Secretary General attempts to hold the line on nuclear sharing: Germany and Norway caught in the crosshairs
Dr. Ian Davis
23 November 2021
NATO's new AI strategy: lacking in substance and lacking in leadership
8 November 2021
By Peter Burt
NATO seeks to sharpen its technological advantage and adopts a Janus-inspired strategy: one face towards Russia and the other towards China
An analysis of the NATO Defence Ministers Meeting, Brussels, 21-22 October 2021
By Dr. Ian Davis, NATO Watch
1 November 2021
Key activities and decisions taken:
Annual session of NATO Parliamentary Assembly focuses on next Strategic Concept and lessons learnt in Afghanistan
22 October 2021
Mr. Stoltenberg goes to Washington
By Ian Davis
8 October 2021
Oi …wanna buy a cheap nuclear sub… special deal for our mates?
By Malcolm Reid
4 October 2021
Secretary General focuses on China threat at annual NATO arms control conference but ignores nuclear proliferation closer to home
Dr. Ian Davis, NATO Watch
9 September 2021
After the Afghanistan Disaster, NATO Is Already Planning the Next War
BY NATHAN AKEHURST
NATO Foreign Ministers hold emergency meeting on Afghanistan; Secretary General to conduct a “thorough assessment” of NATO’s engagement in the country
21 August 2021
Summit sets NATO on collision course with China; continues to press for high levels of military spending despite pandemic; and resumes hostility to nuclear ban treaty
An analysis of the NATO Summit Communiqué, Brussels, 14 June 2021
Key features of the NATO Summit and Communiqué: