NATO Watch Observatory No.46
Quarterly newsletter focused on NATO policy-making and operational activities
In this October-December 2017 edition:
Essay:
Russia-NATO relations
How Gorbachev was misled over assurances against NATO expansion
2 January 2018
Declassified documents show security assurances against NATO expansion to Soviet leaders from Baker, Bush, Genscher, Kohl, Gates, Mitterrand, Thatcher, Hurd, Major and Woerner
NATO Foreign Ministers agree to take NATO-EU cooperation to a “new level”
A review of the NATO Foreign Ministers meeting,
Brussels, 5-6 December 2017
By Dr Ian Davis, NATO Watch
Key decisions taken:
NATO seeks faster military movement across Europe and two new military commands to counter Russian threat
A review of the NATO Defence Ministers meeting, Brussels, 8-9 November 2017
By Dr. Ian Davis, NATO Watch
Key decisions taken:
NATO Deputy Secretary General defends alliance opposition to UN nuclear ban treaty at Vatican-sponsored conference
NATO Deputy Secretary General Rose Gottemoeller told a Vatican disarmament conference on 10 November that the UN treaty on the elimination of nuclear weapons agreed in July could undermine years of non-proliferation work and disrega
Latest NATO-Russia Council meeting fails to bridge key differences
Following the latest meeting of the NATO-Russia Council (NRC) on 26 October, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said the alliance and Russia "continue to hav
Medium-range missile target intercepted during NATO-led naval exercise Formidable Shield
During a NATO-led international ballistic missile defence (BMD) exercise in October a Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) fired from US guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook successfully intercepted a medium-range missile target off the c
NATO Nuclear Exercise Underway with Czech and Polish Participation
By Hans M. Kristensen, Director, Nuclear Information Project, Federation of American Scientists
NATO unveils new Black Sea force in Romania as latest counter to Russia
On the 9 October NATO announced the launch of a new multinational Black Sea Force, the Multinational NATO South-East Brigade, headquartered in Craiova, southern Rom
NATO Watch Observatory No.45
## Re-Launch Edition ##
Quarterly newsletter focused on NATO policy-making and operational activities
In this July-September 2017 edition:
Opinion: