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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:
NATO Foreign Ministers preach post-Trump unity: Rise of China and an ‘assertive and aggressive’ Russia top agenda
A review of the NATO Foreign Ministers meeting, 23-24 March 2021
By Dr. Ian Davis, NATO Watch
Key activities and decisions taken:
A deeply flawed policy assessment on the No First Use option for the United States
A Review of No-First Use of Nuclear Weapons: A Policy Assessment, Institute for Defense Analysis, January 2021
By Paul Ingram * 27 February 2021
New Pentagon chief reassures NATO allies, but feelgood factor does not extend to Afghanistan, China and Russia
A review of the NATO Defence Ministers teleconference,
17-18 February 2021
By Dr. Ian Davis, NATO Watch
Key activities and decisions taken:
Peace research perspectives on NATO 2030: A response to the official NATO Reflection Group
NATO Watch asked a group of 10 peace researchers to assess the NATO expert group report, NATO 2030: United for a New Era, that was published by the NATO Secretary General in D
Amidst political disunity, military spending set to grow by $400 billion and NATO reaches out into space
A review of the NATO Leaders’ Meeting, London, 3-4 December 2019
By Dr. Ian Davis, NATO Watch
Key activities and decisions taken:
As alliance military spending exceeds $1 trillion, NATO defence ministers reach out into space, the final frontier, boldly going where no alliance has gone before……
A review of the NATO Defence Ministers meeting, Brussels, 26-27 June 2019
By Dr. Ian Davis, NATO Watch
The NATO defence ministers met in Brussels for a two-day meeting to discuss three main issues: