NATO’s nuclear exercise ‘Steadfast Noon’ taking place in Europe
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg attended the alliance's "annual nuclear exercise" on 16 October at Volkel air base (southern Netherlands), NATO announced in a
Military Exercises
NATO brokers Greek-Turkish ‘technical talks’ to reduce military tensions in the eastern Mediterranean
7 September 2020
NATO says alliance members Turkey and Greece have held "technical talks" on ways to de-escalate military tensions in the eastern Mediterranean Sea over disputed gas exploration activities.
NATO Watch Observatory No.54
Quarterly newsletter focused on NATO policy-making and operational activities.
In this edition (June – August 2020):
NATO Watch Essay:
Is it inevitable that NATO must support Washington in the US-China Cold War?
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 Watch Observatory No.53
Quarterly newsletter focused on NATO policy-making and operational activities.
In this edition (February – May 2020):
NATO Watch Essay:
NATO scales back exercises due to coronavirus
22 March 2020
NATO is scaling down military exercises in Europe to curb the spread of the coronavirus, and warns of “severe consequences” for member states economies.
NATO military exercise, Defender Europe 20, threatened by coronavirus; China comes to the aid of Italy
NATO’s biggest military exercise for over 25 years ‘Defender Europe 20’ is getting underway with 20,000 US troops due to participate in the United States’s largest deployment to Europe in over quarter of a century.
NATO Watch Observatory No.52
Quarterly newsletter focused on NATO policy-making and operational activities.
In this edition (October 2019 – January 2020):
NATO Watch Essay:
NATO’s Chamber of Secrets and a Cursed Child
NATO Watch Observatory No.51
Quarterly newsletter focused on NATO policy-making and operational activities.
In this edition (June-September 2019):
NATO Watch Essay:
If the United States has become a rogue state how should NATO allies respond?