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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

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Update 5 on the Ukraine-Russia-NATO crisis

13 March 2022

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Xi and Putin call on NATO to abandon expansion as Ukraine tensions grow

6 February 2022

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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

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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?

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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:

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NATO's new AI strategy: lacking in substance and lacking in leadership

8 November 2021

By Peter Burt

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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:

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Annual session of NATO Parliamentary Assembly focuses on next Strategic Concept and lessons learnt in Afghanistan

22 October 2021

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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:

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