Tag: NATO

Secretary Blinken’s Call with NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg (US Department of State)

The below is attributable to Spokesperson Ned Price: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken spoke today with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to discuss the...

How to ensure Afghanistan isn’t the graveyard of European defense (Federica Fazio and Nicolas Adams, Atlantic Council)

French Navy Rafale fighter jets are parked onboard the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier at the port of Limassol, Cyprus, on February 21, 2020....

A Political and Diplomatic Case for Protection of Civilians at NATO (Andrew Hyde, Stimson Center)

As NATO faces a shifting and evolving strategic landscape, PoC will continue to have political and military relevance for NATO in future operating environments....

China urges NATO not to provoke military tension in Asia-Pacific (Global Times)

NATO member states have been frequently deploying aircraft to the Asia-Pacific region but the region doesn't welcome military bloc, major-power confrontation, or Cold War...

Afghanistan/USA/UK/NATO/Europe. Facing reality is painful for the US and its allies (Chatham House)

Experts from across Chatham House analyse the strategic and intelligence failures in Afghanistan, and the lasting effects on the US, UK, NATO and the...

Afghanistan/NATO. Fall of Kabul: Inconvenient Truths for NATO (CSIS)

Rachel Ellehuus e Pierre Morcos Since 2001, the United States and its NATO allies and partners had been heavily committed in Afghanistan, where more than 3,500...

NATO members’ Kabul evacuation battles bottlenecks outside the airport (Defense News)

Vivienne Machi NATO foreign ministers convened Friday afternoon via teleconference to discuss the situation in Afghanistan, which Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said remains “very difficult and...

NATO – NATO chief flags Baltic tensions ahead of Zapad military drill (Defense News)

Sebastian Sprenger NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said the alliance would keep a close eye on “hybrid activities” by Belarus against alliance member Lithuania, as...

(NATO/China) NATO’s identification of China as a ‘systemic challenge’ has raised some eyebrows in Southeast Asia

Asad Latif writes for RUSI: NATO’s identification of China as a ‘systemic challenge’ has raised some eyebrows in Southeast Asia. Some Asians wonder why NATO...

Europe/NATO – Four ways Europeans can help refocus NATO (Marta Dassù, ECFR)

As the nature of global security shifts; as China rises; and with Joe Biden in the White House, it is time for Europeans to...

NATO/Turkey/Russia – Can Turkish Drones Bolster NATO’s Eastern Flank Against Russia? (Can Kasapoglu, The Jamestown Foundation)

Turkish unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) are becoming popular strategic assets and affordable military modernization solutions on the international arms market. Can Turkish Drones Bolster NATO’s...

NATO – NATO soliciting industry to beef up internal cyber defenses (Vivienne Machi, Defense News)

(Emmanuel Dunand/AFP via Getty Images)  The NATO alliance plans to procure new cyber defense systems to replace aging platforms, with contracts worth tens of millions...

NATO – NATO Summit: Strong on Russia but a Net Disappointment to Eastern Allies and Partners (Part Two) (Vladimir Socor, The Jamestown Foundation)

The quasi-annual charade surrounding the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s Membership Action Plans (NATO MAP) for Ukraine and Georgia took a different form at the...

NATO – NATO Summit: Strong on Russia but a Net Disappointment to Eastern Allies and Partners (Part One) (Vladimir Socor, The Jamestown Foundation)

The heads of state and government of the North Atlantic Organization’s (NATO) 30 member countries held a summit at the Alliance’s Brussels headquarters on...

NATO – The secret to NATO’s survival: Get political (Jamie Shea and Michael John Williams, Atlantic Council)

NATO is a political-military alliance, but the political element has been lost in recent years, frustrating those such as the NATO 2030 Reflection Group who argue...

NATO – Three priorities for NATO partnerships in a contested world (Lisa Aronsson and Brett Swaney, Atlantic Council)

The NATO Summit came at a pivotal moment for the Alliance as it adapts to a new security environment shaped by transnational challenges and...