Summit prepares ground for ‘NATOisation of Europe’ and continues collision course with China and high levels of military spending
Analysis of the NATO Madrid Summit, 29-30 June 2022
By Dr. Ian Davis, NATO Watch
Operations and Missions
Update 14: Russia's war with Ukraine
Russian aggression against Ukraine continued into week 12 of the war with further destruction of civilian infrastructure and indiscriminate violence against civilians.
How to end the Ukraine crisis and redirect military spending towards climate, health and prosperity
Europe needs to form its own Non-Aligned Movement
1 February 2022
NATO Watch Observatory No.58
Quarterly newsletter focused on NATO policy-making and operational activities.
In this edition (October-December 2021):
NATO Watch Comment:
Are we all complicit in NATO’s whitewashing of two decades of failure in Afghanistan?
NATO foreign ministers speak tough on Ukraine, while burying the lessons from Afghanistan
An analysis of the NATO Foreign Ministers Meeting, Riga, Latvia, 30 November – 1 December 2021
By Dr. Ian Davis, NATO Watch
Key activities and decisions taken:
NATO seeks to sharpen its technological advantage and adopts a Janus-inspired strategy: one face towards Russia and the other towards China
An analysis of the NATO Defence Ministers Meeting, Brussels, 21-22 October 2021
By Dr. Ian Davis, NATO Watch
1 November 2021
Key activities and decisions taken:
NATO Watch Observatory No.57
Quarterly newsletter focused on NATO policy-making and operational activities.
In this edition (June-September 2021):
NATO Watch Comment:
Why NATO must conduct a public inquiry into what went wrong in Afghanistan
Summit sets NATO on collision course with China; continues to press for high levels of military spending despite pandemic; and resumes hostility to nuclear ban treaty
An analysis of the NATO Summit Communiqué, Brussels, 14 June 2021
Key features of the NATO Summit and Communiqué: