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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:
The NATO-Russia Council (NRC) met at Ambassadorial level in Brussels on the 31 May 2018. The Russian delegation was led by their acting representative to the alliance Yuri Gorlach.
Total world military expenditure rose to $1739 billion in 2017, a marginal increase of 1.1 per cent in real terms from 2016, according to new figures from the Stockholm International Peace Research Instit
Locked Shields 2018, which describes itself as the largest and most advanced international live-fire cyber defence exercise in the world, began on the 25 April at the NATO Coop
Declassified documents show security assurances against NATO expansion to Soviet leaders from Baker, Bush, Genscher, Kohl, Gates, Mitterrand, Thatcher, Hurd, Major and Woerner
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:
NATO Secretary General welcomes “historic” Greece-Republic of Macedonia name deal
15 June 2018
NATO-Russia Council meets for the first time in 2018
7 June 2018
The NATO-Russia Council (NRC) met at Ambassadorial level in Brussels on the 31 May 2018. The Russian delegation was led by their acting representative to the alliance Yuri Gorlach.
Poland seeks permanent US military base
According to a Polish defence ministry proposal, Warsaw is seeking a permanent US military presence and is willing to pay up to $2 billion to
Colombia announces that it will become NATO's first South American 'global partner' (despite being in the club for 12 months)
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos announced on 25 May that the South American nation will be the latest NATO ‘partner acros
Pressure grows on Germany to up its game in NATO
18 May 2018
NATO launches initiative to help detect explosives and firearms in public transport
NATO announced on 14 May 2018 that it has launched a new initiative to help detect explosives and firearms in public transport environments.
NATO member states account for over 50 per cent of global military spending
Total world military expenditure rose to $1739 billion in 2017, a marginal increase of 1.1 per cent in real terms from 2016, according to new figures from the Stockholm International Peace Research Instit
‘Locked Shields’ cyber exercise begins at NATO centre in Tallinn
Locked Shields 2018, which describes itself as the largest and most advanced international live-fire cyber defence exercise in the world, began on the 25 April at the NATO Coop
US Senate revives NATO Observer Group
3 March 2018
How Gorbachev was misled over assurances against NATO expansion
2 January 2018
Declassified documents show security assurances against NATO expansion to Soviet leaders from Baker, Bush, Genscher, Kohl, Gates, Mitterrand, Thatcher, Hurd, Major and Woerner