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On 21 November the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (PA), which is institutionally separate from NATO, unanimously voted to adopt a resolution recognising Russia as a “terrorist state”.
Editor’s Note: In a major breakthrough at the COP27 UN Climate Summit, rich countries agreed to establish a loss and damage fund to help the Global South deal with the worst effects of the climate catastrophe, but delegates failed to agree any steps to phase out fossil fuels.
On the 13 September President Volodymyr Zelensky's office published a draft set of security guarantees that, if agreed, would commit Ukraine’s allies to legally binding large-scale weapons transfers and multi-decade investment in the country’s defences.
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 new AI initiatives: full speed ahead for new military technologies
By Peter Burt*
6 January 2023
NATO agrees large increases in 2023 civil and military budgets
Ian Davis
16 December 2022
Public kept in the dark about NATO's views of UK's contribution to the alliance
By Peter Burt*
8 December 2022
Back to the Future: NATO Foreign Ministers renew vague promises of membership to Ukraine and Georgia 14 years later
A review of the NATO Foreign Ministers meeting, Bucharest, Romania, 29-30 November 2022
Loose talk costs lives
By Paul Ingram*
30 November 2022
NATO Parliamentary Assembly labels Russia a ‘terrorist state’
On 21 November the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (PA), which is institutionally separate from NATO, unanimously voted to adopt a resolution recognising Russia as a “terrorist state”.
COP27, NATO and the war in Ukraine
Editor’s Note: In a major breakthrough at the COP27 UN Climate Summit, rich countries agreed to establish a loss and damage fund to help the Global South deal with the worst effects of the climate catastrophe, but delegates failed to agree any steps to phase out fossil fuels.
NATO Defence Ministers discuss further support for Ukraine and strengthening deterrence against Russia
– nuclear exercises by Russia and NATO to go ahead
Analysis of the NATO Defence Ministers meeting, 12-13 October 2022
The proposed ‘Kyiv Security Compact’ and the Western network of advisers and consultancy firms helping to steer Ukraine’s foreign policy choices
On the 13 September President Volodymyr Zelensky's office published a draft set of security guarantees that, if agreed, would commit Ukraine’s allies to legally binding large-scale weapons transfers and multi-decade investment in the country’s defences.
Should NATO consider withdrawing nuclear weapons from Europe in exchange for peace in Ukraine?
27 July 2022
By Paul Ingram and Ian Davis