NATO’s Strategic Concept review needs to preserve alliance cohesion, but the leaders of central and eastern Europe must show constructive leadership
NATO’s Nuclear Posture
The Shadow NATO Summit: Options for NATO – pressing the reset button on the strategic concept
NATO officials, civil society and policy experts gathered to examine the organization’s future and explore how civil society groups and parliamentarians could advance NATO-related policies and actions.
This event was organized by NATO Watch, BASIC, Bertelsmann-Stiftung, and ISIS-Europe, with support from the Marmot Charitable Trust.
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NATO nuclear burden sharing and NPT obligations
NATO's major review of its Strategic Concept will cover all aspects of its strategic policy, including its nuclear posture, including the issue of US warheads in European non-nuclear states, which threatens the cohesion of the NPT.
NATO’s nuclear posture in the context of the Strategic Concept review
In partnership with the New America Foundation (NAF), BASIC hosted a breakfast discussion on NATO\’s nuclear posture within the context of the Strategic Concept review.
The meeting was held at the Cosmos Club in Washington, DC with around 30 participants – including representatives from NATO-member embassies and U.S. government offices.
Politics around US tactical nuclear weapons in European host states
Though there is growing pressure on the US and NATO member states for the end of nuclear sharing, governments are reluctant to appear to challenge the relevance of the Alliance. The NATO Strategic Concept review is an opportunity to come up with more valuable measures that demonstrate commitment.
Toughness as tactics: Dmitri Trenin’s speech to Chatham House
Russia and the US/NATO
NATO nuclear sharing: Opportunity for change?
There is pressure on the US and NATO to remove nuclear weapons from Europe and an opportunity for change at the forthcoming Alliance summit, where plans are afoot to open the Strategic Concept for rev
NATO and the Afghan Insurgency: Looking ahead to Bucharest
The insurgency shows few signs of abating. Training of the Afghan army and police, and reconstruction, are essential.