NATO Watch Observatory No.47
Quarterly newsletter focused on NATO policy-making and operational activities
In this January-May 2018 edition:
Russia-NATO relations
NATO-Russia Council meets for the first time in 2018
7 June 2018
The NATO-Russia Council (NRC) met at Ambassadorial level in Brussels on the 31 May 2018. The Russian delegation was led by their acting representative to the alliance Yuri Gorlach.
NATO Parliamentary Assembly focuses on NATO Summit in July
A review of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly Spring Session,
Warsaw, 25-28 May 2018
By Dr. Ian Davis, NATO Watch
Poland seeks permanent US military base
According to a Polish defence ministry proposal, Warsaw is seeking a permanent US military presence and is willing to pay up to $2 billion to
NATO Military Committee sets the stage for July Summit
A review of the NATO Military Committee meeting, Brussels, 16 May 2018
By Dr. Ian Davis, NATO Watch
NATO member states account for over 50 per cent of global military spending
Total world military expenditure rose to $1739 billion in 2017, a marginal increase of 1.1 per cent in real terms from 2016, according to new figures from the Stockholm International Peace Research Instit
NATO and the airstrikes against Syria
17 April 2018
By Dr. Ian Davis, NATO Watch
Trump's Nuclear Posture Review endangers Europe
By Maxwell Downman, Analyst and Clerk to the UK All Party Parliamentary Group on Global Security and Non-Proliferation
NATO confirms two new military commands and agrees a new training mission to Iraq, but burden sharing review fails transparency test
A review of the NATO Defence Ministers meeting, Brussels, 14-15 February 2018
By Dr Ian Davis, NATO Watch
Key decisions taken:
NATO Watch Observatory No.46
Quarterly newsletter focused on NATO policy-making and operational activities
In this October-December 2017 edition:
Essay: