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What will NATO do with its giant Arctic footprint?

The accession of Sweden and Finland means the alliance truly dominates the region, agitating already frail relations with Russia

By Alex Little

4 May 2024

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A role for NATO in ending the Israel-Palestinian crisis?

Martin A. Smith

14 December 2023

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Foreign Ministers renew pledges to Ukraine, fail to condemn atrocities in Gaza and look towards Washington Summit in 2024

A review of the meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs

Brussels, 28-29 November 2023

3 December 2023

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Dismantling deterrence instead of dismantling disarmament

By Ray Acheson, Reaching Critical Will, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom

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New research: NATO standard of 2% of GDP leads to sharp increase in fossil emissions

Press release: https://stopwapenhandel.org/klimaat-kruisvuur/

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NATO ministerial meeting overshadowed by Israel-Hamas war

Analysis of the NATO Defence Ministers Meeting, Brussels, 11-12 October 2023

14 October 2023

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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.