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This briefing paper presents an overview of the NATO Military Committee meeting that took place on 14 May 2020. The discussions were carried out in private and there were no official documents or summaries of the outcomes.
NATO Defence Ministers met yesterday (15 April 2020) by secure video conference to discuss the alliance’s response to the COVID-19 crisis. The ministers were joined by partners Finland and Sweden, as well as EU High Representative Josep Borrell.
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.
Papering over the cracks in NATO’s uncertain world
A review of the NATO Defence Ministers meeting, 17-18 June 2020
NATO Watch Briefing No.78
24 June 2020
Key activities and decisions taken:
NATO’s reflection process (NATO 2030): will it address the twin elephants in the room (American exceptionalism and militarism)?
NATO Watch Briefing No. 77 16 June 2020
US could unilaterally decide to use nukes from Volkel airbase
By Maaike Beenes
North Atlantic Council meeting discusses US withdrawal from Open Skies Treaty and pins the blame on Russia (again)
24 May 2020
NATO Military Committee takes the temperature of health crisis and commitments in Afghanistan and Iraq
This briefing paper presents an overview of the NATO Military Committee meeting that took place on 14 May 2020. The discussions were carried out in private and there were no official documents or summaries of the outcomes.
Mind the Gap: Has UK military spending fallen below the NATO guideline and German military spending?
28 April 2020
Extraordinary meeting of NATO Defence Ministers reviews alliance response to the COVID-19 crisis
16 April 2020
By Dr. Ian Davis
NATO Defence Ministers met yesterday (15 April 2020) by secure video conference to discuss the alliance’s response to the COVID-19 crisis. The ministers were joined by partners Finland and Sweden, as well as EU High Representative Josep Borrell.
NATO’s COVID-19 objectives: Improving aid assistance, continuing core security tasks and winning the propaganda war
By Dr. Ian Davis and Joe Malmkvist
14 April 2020
Political turmoil in Afghanistan threatens US-Taliban peace deal
By Dr. Ian Davis and Joe Malmkvist
30 March 2020
“Strengthening Deterrence” with More Nuclear Bombs?
By Steven Aftergood, Federation of American Scientists (FAS)
21 February 2020