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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.
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
NATO Secretary General parrots US concerns over Iran’s military programmes and European allies avoid criticising US assassination of Iranian commander
By Dr. Ian Davis, NATO Watch
8 January 2020
Amidst political disunity, military spending set to grow by $400 billion and NATO reaches out into space
A review of the NATO Leaders’ Meeting, London, 3-4 December 2019
By Dr. Ian Davis, NATO Watch
Key activities and decisions taken:
The death of satire? ‘Diplomat of the Year’ thanks President Trump for commitment to NATO
25 November 2019
Dr Ian Davis
NATO Military Committee expects increased violence in Afghanistan following collapse of peace talks
20 September 2019
As alliance military spending exceeds $1 trillion, NATO defence ministers reach out into space, the final frontier, boldly going where no alliance has gone before……
A review of the NATO Defence Ministers meeting, Brussels, 26-27 June 2019
By Dr. Ian Davis, NATO Watch
The NATO defence ministers met in Brussels for a two-day meeting to discuss three main issues:
Dutch government sets a (qualified) timeline to end the nuclear task
Susi Snyder, project lead for the PAX No Nukes project, The Netherlands
16 July 2019
NATO foreign ministers’ meeting dominated by Ukraine-Russia conflict and INF Treaty
A review of the NATO Foreign Ministers meeting, Brussels, 4-5 December 2018
By Dr. Ian Davis, NATO Watch
Key activities and decisions taken: