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NATO Foreign Ministers agree measures to counter Russian ‘sabotage’, but little new on Ukraine and the Middle East

A review of the meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Brussels, 3-4 December 2024

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Trump 2.0 and NATO: Implications for Ukraine, European security and military spending

11 November 2024

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NATO Defence Ministers seek common munitions standards, more joint procurement and further support for Ukraine

A review of the meeting of NATO Ministers of Defence

Brussels, 17-18 October 2024

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NATO Tactical Nuclear Weapons Exercise and Base Upgrades

By Hans Kristensen, Federation of American Scientists

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From High Noon to Steadfast Noon

By Tariq Rauf*

This article was first published by In Depth News on 14 October 2024 and is reproduced here under the Creative Commons licence.

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Germans uneasy about stationing new US missiles

Their deployment could be used as part of some future deal with Russia but they're creating insecurity in the meantime

By Anatol Lieven

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Burden-sharing in a trillion-dollar military alliance: The outgoing Secretary General calls for more military spending

30 September 2024

During his farewell speech at an event hosted by the German Marshall Fund (GMF) on 19 September 2024, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, following a decade at the helm of the alliance, shared five key lessons for NATO’s continued success:

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Pressure grows to allow Ukraine to use long-range arms to attack Russia: but to what end?

Ian Davis

20 September 2024

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