Secretary General focuses on China threat at annual NATO arms control conference but ignores nuclear proliferation closer to home
Dr. Ian Davis, NATO Watch
9 September 2021
Transparency & Accountability
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 Watch Observatory No.56
Quarterly newsletter focused on NATO policy-making and operational activities.
In this edition (January-May 2021):
NATO Watch Essay:
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:
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 researchers challenge NATO 2030 project: Reflection Group proposals risk twin cold wars with Russia and China
For Immediate Release: 16 February 2021
Contact: Dr. Ian Davis | +44 (0)7767 686145
Email: idavis@natowatch.org
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
US Nuclear Weapons in the Netherlands: A First Appraisal
Edited by Cees Wiebes and William Burr
Briefing Book #736
US National Security Archive
15 January 2021
"These materials are reproduced from www.nsarchive.org with the permission of the National Security Archive."
NATO Watch Observatory No.55
Quarterly newsletter focused on NATO policy-making and operational activities.
In this edition (September-December 2020):
NATO Watch Essay:
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss? NATO and Joe Biden