John Feffer, co-director of Foreign Policy in Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies, wrote an op-ed for the German newspaper Die Tageszeitung on NATO's defense 'obesity problem'. This was based on his presentation to the Shadow NATO Summit III in Washington D.C. earlier in May.
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U.S. Tactical nuclear weapons in Europe: “Politically, a bad idea”
Ted Seay, BASIC policy consultant, was interviewed on tactical nuclear weapons and NATO defence policies by the German newspaper Die Tageszeitung after the Shadow NATO Summit III in Washington, D.C.
C-SPAN coverage of NATO Shadow Summit
C-SPAN covered the first afternoon of the two-day NATO Shadow Summit in Washington on May 14 and 15, bringing civil society into the conversation a week ahead of the NATO summit in Chicago. The C-SPAN introduction to the event is here:
NATO’s Twin Crises
John Feffer, a panelist at the Shadow NATO Summit III in Washington earlier this month, wrote an article for IPS about the “existential and fiscal crisis” facing NATO. Feffer takes quotes and discussion points from panelists at the Shadow Summit, including Juliane Smith, deputy national security advisor to Vice President Joseph Biden.
NATO’s DDPR: What to Expect and What Needs to Be Done After Chicago
NOTE: This post follows up on the front page article published in Arms Control Today, May 2, 2012
Amb. Francois Rivasseau at the Shadow NATO Summit
Ambassador Francois Rivasseau, member of the UN Secretary-General's disarmament advisory board, discusses US tactical nuclear weapons in Europe and NATO's nuclear weapon sharing arrangements at the Shadow NATO Summit hosted by BASIC, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, the Elliott School of International Affairs, NATO Watch, and Strategy International in Washington, DC on May 14 and 15, 2012.
Shaping a better, more open NATO
NATO Watch director and former BASIC executive director, Ian Davis, wrote this timely piece for The Hill's Congress Blog about build up to the NATO Summit in Chicago on May 20-21, 2012 and the elements that should be discussed amongst policymakers.
C-SPAN broadcast: U.S. and Europe NATO Capabilities Gap
Coverage of the first day of BASIC's Shadow NATO Summit III was broadcast live on C-SPAN. This session on smart defense and burden sharing with a special focus on closing the U.S.-Europe capabilities gap with a human security approach featured Ms. Julianne Smith, Ambassador Andras Simonyi, Mr. John Feffer, and Dr. Marios Efthymiopoulos. It was chaired by Dr. Ian Davis.