Russia-NATO relations
Extraordinary meeting of NATO Defence Ministers reviews alliance response to the COVID-19 crisis
16 April 2020
By Dr. Ian Davis
NATO Defence Ministers met yesterday (15 April 2020) by secure video conference to discuss the alliance’s response to the COVID-19 crisis. The ministers were joined by partners Finland and Sweden, as well as EU High Representative Josep Borrell.
NATO military exercise, Defender Europe 20, threatened by coronavirus; China comes to the aid of Italy
NATO’s biggest military exercise for over 25 years ‘Defender Europe 20’ is getting underway with 20,000 US troops due to participate in the United States’s largest deployment to Europe in over quarter of a century.
“Strengthening Deterrence” with More Nuclear Bombs?
By Steven Aftergood, Federation of American Scientists (FAS)
21 February 2020
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:
German defence minister proposes to NATO allies a security zone for Syria-Turkey border
23 October 2019
While the alliance has no mission in Syria, it's been dragged into the debate over what's happening on the ground there.
NATO Watch Observatory No.51
Quarterly newsletter focused on NATO policy-making and operational activities.
In this edition (June-September 2019):
NATO Watch Essay:
If the United States has become a rogue state how should NATO allies respond?
US withdraws from INF Treaty, NATO plans ‘measured response’
On the 2 August the United States announced its formal withdrawal from the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty, a cornerstone of European security for the past three decades.