NATO Watch Observatory No.53

Quarterly newsletter focused on NATO policy-making and operational activities.

In this edition (February – May 2020):

NATO Watch Essay:

Dear NATO Secretary General: A post-pandemic world requires the elimination of nuclear weapons. Siding with US-hawks on this issue is an abrogation of leadership

News, Commentary & Reports: Arctic Security; Arms Control and Disarmament: US announces withdrawal from Open Skies Treaty; Climate Change; Collective Defence; COVID-19: NATO’s response; Cyber Security, Information Warfare and Hybrid Threats; Defence Budgets, Procurement and Burden Sharing; Enlargement and Partnerships; History; Maritime Security; Military Exercises; Munich Security Conference; NATO Defence Ministers Meetings (February and April); NATO Foreign Ministers Meeting (April); NATO Military Committee; NATO Parliamentary Assembly; NATO Secretary General’s Annual Report 2019; Nuclear Weapons; Operations and Missions; President Trump, the Transatlantic Bond and the NATO Reflection Group; Russia-NATO Relations; Space Policy; Women, Peace and Security

Security News from NATO Member States:  Belgium, Bulgaria; Canada; Estonia; France; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Iceland; Italy; Latvia; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Montenegro; North Macedonia; Poland; Slovakia; Spain; Turkey; UK; USA

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