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NATO Watch News Briefs cover a range of NATO-related news items from around the world (below). This syndicated news feed is free. Feeds allow you to stay up to date with the latest news and features by adding the feed address to a news reader programme, or to your own website. There are various ways to subscribe, including:
On the 2 August the United States announced its formal withdrawal from the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty, a cornerstone of European security for the past three decades.
On the 12 June, President Donald Trump announced an increase in the number of US troops in Poland, but suggested that this might be balanced by shifting forces from Germany.
NATO Watch News Briefs cover a range of NATO-related news items from around the world (below). This syndicated news feed is free. Feeds allow you to stay up to date with the latest news and features by adding the feed address to a news reader programme, or to your own website. There are various ways to subscribe, including:
While Macron depicts the “brain death” of NATO, Germany agrees to hit alliance spending target by 2031
11 November 2019
German defence minister proposes to NATO allies a security zone for Syria-Turkey border
23 October 2019
While the alliance has no mission in Syria, it's been dragged into the debate over what's happening on the ground there.
NATO rejects ‘not credible’ Russian offer to keep intermediate nuclear missiles out of Europe
29 September 2019
NATO concerned by attacks on Saudi oil facilities
18 September 2019
Australia and NATO deepen cooperation with focus on the Pacific region (code for addressing ‘the rise of China’)
On the 7 August 2019, Australia and NATO signed a new "enhanced partnership agreement" with a greater focus on the Pacific region.
US withdraws from INF Treaty, NATO plans ‘measured response’
On the 2 August the United States announced its formal withdrawal from the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty, a cornerstone of European security for the past three decades.
NATO-Russia Council fails to bridge divide over INF Treaty
Time is running out to save the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF Treaty), a cornerstone of transatlantic security.
The US military emits more greenhouse gases than Sweden, study finds
The United States produces more greenhouse gas emissions through its military operations than several individual European countries, a
President Trump threatens to shift forces from Germany to Fort Trump-lite in Poland
17 June 2019
On the 12 June, President Donald Trump announced an increase in the number of US troops in Poland, but suggested that this might be balanced by shifting forces from Germany.
The Netherlands publishes national plan on the NATO Defence Investment Pledge
– the first NATO member state to make plan publicly available
– plan airbrushes out nuclear role
21 December 2018