NATO Watch Observatory No.23

Monthly newsletter focused on NATO policy-making and operational activities.

In this July 2011 edition: 

NATO Watch Editorial:

• Adieu, Robert Gates, Master of War
• Gates and NATO burden-sharing myths

News, Commentary & Reports: Afghanistan-Pakistan; Arab Protests; Arms Control; Conflict Prevention, Crisis Management & Humanitarian Relief; Counter-Terrorism; Cyber Security; Defence Budgets and Gates Brussels Speech; Energy Security; Enlargement and Partnerships; Exercises - ‘Bold Monarch’ and ‘Vigilant Skies’; Gender; International Law; Kosovo; Libya; Maritime Security and Piracy; Missile Defence; NATO Defence Ministers Meeting, Brussels; NATO-Russia Relations; Nuclear Weapons; Reform; Transparency & Accountability 

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Security News from NATO Member States: Canada; Croatia; Germany; Latvia; Poland; Spain; Turkey; UK; USA 

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