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The 2023 NATO Military Committee Conference took place on 16-17 September in Oslo, Norway, with representatives from member countries (the Chiefs of Defence) gathering to take forward the decisions taken at the Vilnius Summit in July 2023.
This briefing examines the NATO Secretary General’s Annual report published on 21 March 2023. It looks at the historical coverage of Afghanistan in earlier reports and considers whether the current coverage of NATO’s support for Ukraine might contain equally dangerous omissions.
In addition to reports and initiatives on NATO-related issues, NATO Watch offers regular comment on current and breaking news (below). To receive email-prompts please ask to be added to the ‘comment’ mailing list by signing-up here. You can also get an RSS feed of these comments (also available on the ‘sign-up’ page) which will appear on a web site or your desktop. Or check here regularly.
Behind closed doors NATO generals continue to fine tune the ‘executability’ of regional war-fighting plans
The 2023 NATO Military Committee Conference took place on 16-17 September in Oslo, Norway, with representatives from member countries (the Chiefs of Defence) gathering to take forward the decisions taken at the Vilnius Summit in July 2023.
Sweden, NATO and nuclear weapons
7 September 2023
The impact of NATO membership on Swedish conscription
Sweden reintroduced a system of partial conscription (Swedish: värnplikt) for both men and women in 2017, after being dormant since 2010.
Sharing mass destruction
3 August 2023
By Ray Acheson, Director of Reaching Critical Will, Disarmament Programme, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
Summit prepares ground for a more militarized Europe, future Ukrainian membership and expansion into the Indo-Pacific
Analysis of the NATO Vilnius Summit, 11-12 July 2023
By Dr. Ian Davis, NATO Watch
Ireland debates security policy, but NATO membership not on the horizon
By Andrew Cottey
9 July 2023
Foreign Ministers renew support for Ukraine and discuss preparations for Vilnius Summit
A review of the informal meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs in Oslo, Norway, 31 May-1 June 2023
6 June 2023
Finland joins NATO as Foreign Ministers renew pressure on China
A review of the NATO Foreign Ministers meeting, Brussels, 4-5 April 2023
The war in Ukraine just became even more toxic and lethal: the UK supply of ‘depleted uranium’ ammunition to Ukraine and Russia’s ‘nuclear sharing’ with Belarus
31 March 2023
The NATO Secretary General’s annual report: PR gloss or a useful contribution to greater accountability?
This briefing examines the NATO Secretary General’s Annual report published on 21 March 2023. It looks at the historical coverage of Afghanistan in earlier reports and considers whether the current coverage of NATO’s support for Ukraine might contain equally dangerous omissions.