• Peers seek to block limit on UK soldiers’ accountability for war crimes
    Tuesday, April 13, 2021 from Nato | The Guardian
    Government could suffer high-profile defeat over five-year deadline proposed in overseas operations bill Peers behind a cross-party amendment to halt plans to restrict prosecutions of torture and war crimes by British soldiers serving...
  • Ukraine urges Nato to hasten membership as Russian troops gather
    Tuesday, April 6, 2021 from Nato | The Guardian
    President calls for his country to be put on pathway to membership of western military alliance Ukraine’s president has called on Nato and key member states to hasten his country’s membership of the western military alliance in response...
  • Afghans dread the ‘danger hours’ as fragile gains of 20 years slip away
    Sunday, March 7, 2021 from Nato | The Guardian
    As the deadline for US withdrawal looms, the Taliban are seizing their chance and the death toll rises daily Ghazaal Habibyar’s trembling hand hovered over her mobile phone, unable to type the numbers. “I was afraid to hear bad news,”...
  • No-fly zone over Putin-linked palace is due to Nato spies, says FSB
    Wednesday, January 27, 2021 from Nato | The Guardian
    Alexei Navalny’s investigation into £1bn seaside mansion has sparked protests across Russia Russia’s FSB security agency has confirmed it enforced a no-fly zone over the £1bn seaside palace that Vladimir Putin has assured the public he...
  • Global nuclear weapons ban begins - without the world's nuclear powers signing up
    Thursday, January 21, 2021 from Nato | The Guardian
    Treaty signatories include Africa’s most populous country and Europe’s least populated, but Russia and Nato on the sidelines An international treaty banning all nuclear weapons that has been signed by 51 countries and that campaigners...
  • World leaders hail 'new dawn' under Biden as Chinese media says 'good riddance'
    Wednesday, January 20, 2021 from Nato | The Guardian
    Leaders say Europe again has a friend in the White House as Chinese outlets hail end to Trump’s ‘toxic rhetoric’ Biden inauguration – live updates World leaders have voiced relief at Joe Biden’s inauguration, with European officials...
  • Kissinger to get a mixed reception from America's allies – archive, 8 December 1973
    Tuesday, December 8, 2020 from Nato | The Guardian
    8 December 1973: Nobody any longer bothers to deny that Atlantic relations have gone sour. But the Europeans feel that they have been more sinned against than sinning Dr Kissinger ’s first appearance on the NATO stage is awaited by the...
  • EU must assert autonomy in face of US-China dominance, says Macron
    Monday, November 16, 2020 from Nato | The Guardian
    French president says US election chance to pursue sovereignty amid rising populism European leaders must not let up on efforts to construct an autonomous bloc that is capable of resisting the duopoly of China and the US, Emmanuel Macron...
  • Macron criticises Turkey's 'imperial inclinations' as row between countries escalates
    Saturday, October 31, 2020 from Nato | The Guardian
    In an interview with al-Jazeera, the French president also tried to calm tensions with the Muslims world over caricatures of the prophet Muhammad The French president Emmanuel Macron has accused Turkey of adopting a “bellicose” stance...
  • Sweden to increase military spending by 40% as tension with Russia grows
    Thursday, October 15, 2020 from Nato | The Guardian
    Military run down after cold war but Russian activity in Baltic Sea forces hasty rearmament Sweden will increase military spending by about 40% in the next five years and double the number of people conscripted into its armed forces as...
  • Bottlenose whales shepherded out of Scottish loch ahead of Nato drills
    Thursday, October 1, 2020 from Nato | The Guardian
    Rescue boats had begun ‘gently moving’ pod of three whales towards the mouth of the River Clyde Rescuers shepherded a pod of three northern bottlenose whales from a Scottish loch on Thursday before a major international military...
  • Since reunification, Germany has had its best 30 years. The next 30 will be harder | Timothy Garton Ash
    Monday, September 28, 2020 from Nato | The Guardian
    The EU is in the country’s DNA. But global threats mean a strong transatlantic western alliance has never been more vital Happy birthday, Germany: 30 years old on 3 October, the anniversary of German unification in 1990. But hang on a...
  • How a rush for Mediterranean gas threatens to push Greece and Turkey into war
    Friday, September 11, 2020 from Nato | The Guardian
    Deepening dispute between Nato allies has dragged in neighbours and is in danger of spiralling out of control An increasingly fractious standoff over access to gas reserves has transformed a dispute between Turkey and Greece that was...
  • Russia asked to come clean on novichok after Navalny poisoning
    Friday, September 4, 2020 from Nato | The Guardian
    Moscow pressed over details of chemical weapons programme as Nato mulls next steps Russia is under pressure to reveal details of its novichok chemical weapons programme after Nato called for an impartial international investigation into...
  • Russia must answer 'serious questions' on Alexei Navalny novichok poisoning, says Nato – video
    Friday, September 4, 2020 from Nato | The Guardian
    Nato has condemned the poisoning of the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny with the nerve agent novichok as a 'disrespect for human life' and 'breach of international norms'.  Russia had serious questions to answer about the...
  • Belarus deports Swedish journalist amid media crackdown
    Friday, August 28, 2020 from Nato | The Guardian
    Paul Hansen one of 50 reporters, including BBC Moscow’s Steve Rosenberg, detained by police A Swedish photojournalist has been deported from Belarus, amid a crackdown on local and foreign media and ahead of further mass protests planned...
  • Ellwood aims fire at No 10 over tank plan: 'I see no defence strategy'
    Tuesday, August 25, 2020 from Nato | The Guardian
    Tory chair of defence committee responds to leaks Challenger 2 to be scrapped Tobias Ellwood, the chair of the defence select committee, has accused Downing Street of “an absence of an over arching defence strategy” after leaks that the...
  • Belarusians fear crackdown on planned day of protest
    Sunday, August 23, 2020 from Nato | The Guardian
    President has vowed to ‘solve’ demonstrations and told army to prepare for foreign invasion Belarusians are preparing for a second Sunday of massed rallies against Alexander Lukashenko, after the country’s authoritarian president told...
  • Why a Biden presidency might not mean a return to pre-Trump foreign relations
    Friday, August 7, 2020 from Nato | The Guardian
    There could be a renewed focus on international cooperation – but Biden would not be great news for Boris Johnson’s Britain European leaders, desperate for an end to the Trump presidency, are being warned that four years of Joe Biden may...
  • 'Simply not OK': removal of US troops worries German communities
    Sunday, August 2, 2020 from Nato | The Guardian
    Politicians say withdrawal of up to 12,000 soldiers will hurt local economy and makes little strategic sense The US government’s decision to withdraw thousands of troops from bases across southern and western Germany will have a huge...
  • Strengthen European Defense Cooperation Through NATO and the EU
    Friday, May 3, 2019 from NATOSource
    [A] key question remains unanswered: will allied deterrence prevent possible Russian aggression during those 30 days?
  • Omega
    Monday, March 25, 2019 from NATOSource
    Editor’s note: This short story describes a hypothetical future war in Europe between Russian and NATO forces using advanced technology.
  • German Defense Minister: The World Still Needs NATO
    Tuesday, January 22, 2019 from NATOSource
    The alliance is not just about bases and troops. It is about defending the world order.
  • Trump Discussed Pulling U.S. From NATO, Aides Say Amid New Concerns Over Russia
    Friday, January 18, 2019 from NATOSource
    There are few things that President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia desires more than the weakening of NATO,
  • President Trump: 'I Want Europe to Pay'
    Wednesday, January 9, 2019 from NATOSource
    [Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan] is working so hard on the military. We have a — we were taken advantage of by so many countries on our military .
  • To Combat Russian Subs, NATO Allies are Teaming up to Develop Naval Drones
    Wednesday, October 24, 2018 from NATOSource
    NATO: [O]n Wednesday (3 October 2018), Defence Ministers from thirteen NATO Allies signed a declaration of intent to cooperate on the introduction of Maritime Unmanned Systems.
  • Sixty Minutes Interview: New Revelations of Trump's NATO Policy
    Monday, October 15, 2018 from NATOSource
    Excerpts from President Donald Trump's interview with Lesley Stahl, aired on October 14, 2018.
  • Stoltenberg: 'NATO Allies Boost America's Military Power'
    Friday, October 5, 2018 from NATOSource
    NATO is very important to Europe. That’s widely recognized. But it is also very important to the United States.
  • US Offers NATO Allies Cyber Warfare Capabilities
    Thursday, October 4, 2018 from NATOSource
    The United States is expected to announce in the coming days that it will use offensive and defensive cyber capabilities on behalf of NATO if asked , a senior Pentagon official said,
  • ANGRY TRIDENT
    Monday, September 24, 2018 from NATOSource
    Editor’s note: This short story describes a hypothetical future war in northern Europe between Russian and NATO forces using advanced technology.
  • NATO supports Mongolia in transforming its defence education system
    Wednesday, September 13, 2017 from NATO Latest News
    Mongolia recently marked the successful achievement of goals set under its Defence Education Enhancement Programme (DEEP) with NATO. Through DEEP, Mongolia has completed an ambitious multi-year plan for the modernisation of its...
  • EADRCC’s Consequence Management Exercise ''BOSNA I HERCEGOVINA 2017''
    Monday, September 11, 2017 from NATO Latest News
    The Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre (EADRCC) will conduct the consequence management field exercise “BOSNA I HERCEGOVINA 2017” from 25th to 29th September 2017, in and around the city of Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina....
  • Remembering Nancy Dupree, ''the Grandmother of Afghanistan''
    Sunday, September 10, 2017 from NATO Latest News
    Nancy Dupree, an American historian, archaeologist and educator, has died in Kabul. She was 90. Nancy Dupree dedicated her life to Afghanistan and became known as "the Grandmother of Afghanistan".
  • NATO Deputy Secretary General leads parliamentary delegation to Konya
    Friday, September 8, 2017 from NATO Latest News
    Deputy Secretary General Rose Gottemoeller led a delegation to visit NATO troops stationed at Turkey's Konya airbase on Friday (8 September 2017).
  • NATO Secretary General meets EU Defence Ministers, attends cyber exercise
    Thursday, September 7, 2017 from NATO Latest News
    NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg participated as an observer in a cyber exercise at the informal meeting of EU Defence Ministers in Tallinn on Thursday (7 September 2017). Mr. Stoltenberg highlighted that NATO-EU cooperation is...
  • Chairman of NATO Military Committee General Pavel to meet with Russian Chief of General Staff General Gerasimov
    Thursday, September 7, 2017 from NATO Latest News
    General Petr Pavel, Chairman of the NATO Military Committee and General Valery Gerasimov, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and First Deputy Minister of Defence, will meet today, 7 September 2017,...
  • Chairman of the NATO Military Committee visits Azerbaijan
    Thursday, September 7, 2017 from NATO Latest News
    Chairman of the NATO Military Committee, General Petr Pavel visited Baku, Azerbaijan on 7 September 17. He met with the Chief of Defence of the Azerbaijan Armed Forces and First Deputy Defence Minister, General Najmeddin Sadikov.
  • Chairman of NATO Military Committee, General Pavel met with Russian Chief of General Staff, General Gerasimov
    Thursday, September 7, 2017 from NATO Latest News
    General Petr Pavel, Chairman of the NATO Military Committee and General Valery Gerasimov, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and First Deputy Minister of Defence met today, 7 September 2017, in Baku,...
  • Statement by the North Atlantic Council on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)
    Wednesday, September 6, 2017 from NATO Latest News
    On 3 September, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) conducted another nuclear test, demonstrating again its reckless pursuit of nuclear weapons. This represents a flagrant violation of multiple UN Security Council...
  • Secretary General meets NATO troops, commends Estonia
    Wednesday, September 6, 2017 from NATO Latest News
    Together with Estonian Prime Minister Jüri Ratas, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg visited NATO’s UK-led battlegroup in Tapa on Wednesday (6 September 2017). Addressing troops, the Secretary General called the multinational force...
  • United States and Belgium safeguard the airspace of NATO’s Baltic Allies
    Tuesday, September 5, 2017 from NATO Latest News
    For the next four months, the United States and Belgium will conduct NATO’s Baltic Air Policing mission, safeguarding the airspace over the region. At a ceremony on Tuesday (5 September 2017), Belgium took over the supporting role from...
  • NATO Deputy Secretary General talks nuclear governance, North Korea in visit to Slovenia
    Tuesday, September 5, 2017 from NATO Latest News
    NATO Deputy Secretary General Rose Gottemoeller delivered remarks on non-proliferation at the Strategic Forum in Bled, Slovenia on Tuesday (5 September 2017). On a panel with senior officials, including from the European Union, the...
  • NATO Strategic Direction South Hub inaugurated
    Tuesday, September 5, 2017 from NATO Latest News
    On 5 September, Ambassador Alejandro Alvargonzalez, NATO Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and Security Policy and Admiral Michelle Howard, Commander at Allied Joint Force Command inaugurated the NATO Strategic Direction...
  • NATO Secretary General to visit NATO’s Enhanced Forward Presence in Estonia
    Monday, September 4, 2017 from NATO Latest News
    NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will travel to Tallin and Tapa in Estonia on Wednesday and Thursday 6 and 7 September 2017. During his visit, he will have bilateral meetings with the Estonian President H.E. Ms. Kersti Kaljulaid,...
  • Statement by the NATO Secretary General on North Korea
    Sunday, September 3, 2017 from NATO Latest News
    I strongly condemn that North Korea has conducted a sixth nuclear test today. This is yet another flagrant violation of multiple UN Security Council Resolutions, including UNSCR 2321 adopted in November 2016.
  • Postponement of Press conference by the Commander of the NATO-led Resolute Support Mission
    Sunday, September 3, 2017 from NATO Latest News
    The press conference with the Commander of the NATO-led Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan - planned for the 4th of September 2017 at NATO Headquarters, at 15:15 - has been postponed due to scheduling issues.‎ A new date will be...
  • NATO Deputy Secretary General to participate at the Strategic Forum in Slovenia
    Friday, September 1, 2017 from NATO Latest News
    On Monday, 4 and Tuesday 5 September 2017, the NATO Deputy Secretary General, The Honourable Ms. Rose Gottemoeller will travel to Bled in Slovenia to participate in a panel discussion entitled “Global Nuclear Governance: Quo vadis?”...
  • Deputy Chairman of the NATO Military Committee visits Finland
    Friday, September 1, 2017 from NATO Latest News
    Lieutenant General Steven M. Shepro, Deputy Chairman of the NATO Military Committee (DCMC) visited Finland on 28-29 August 2017. During his visit, Lieutenant General Steven M. Shepro attended the 4th Helsinki Summer Session and visited...
  • Press conference by the Commander of the NATO-led Resolute Support Mission
    Friday, September 1, 2017 from NATO Latest News
  • Canadian jets ready for NATO air policing over Romania
    Thursday, August 31, 2017 from NATO Latest News
    Canadian CF-188 fighters are ready to begin NATO air policing patrols over Romania. At the Mihail Kogalniceanu Airbase on Thursday (31 August 2017), the detachment was certified to operate alongside the MiG-21s of their Romanian hosts....
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