Category Archives: NATO reform
“The EU, NATO and Emerging Security Challenges in 2012″: European Security Review no 54
by Myrto Hatzigeorgopoulos ESR 54 on The EU, NATO and Emerging Security Challenges in 2012 has recently been published. In the summer of 2010, a new division was created within the NATO International Staff in order to tackle what the … Continue reading
“Keeping NATO relevant” – should NATO go home? – ISIS Europe attends 8 May 2012 Carnegie Endowment event on “The Chicago Summit and NATO’s new Challenges”
by Myrto Hatzigeorgopoulos ISIS Europe attended the event hosted by Carnegie Endowment on “The Chicago Summit and NATO’s new Challenges” on 8 May 2012. Peter Spiegel, from the Financial Times, moderated the discussion between Jamie Shea, Deputy Assistant Secretary General … Continue reading
Filed under Afghanistan, NATO reform, Transatlantic Security
Will the new French President mean changes for CSDP?
by David Chuter As expected, Socialist François Hollande beat the incumbent President, Nicolas Sarkozy, in the second round of the French presidential elections on 6 May. The margin was smaller than some had anticipated, but it was still decisive. What … Continue reading
Adieu, Robert Gates, Master of War (NATO Watch comment)
Dr. Ian Davis, Director NATO Watch and Senior Advisor ISIS-Europe After decades at the heart of the US security establishment, including as a former CIA chief, Gates has been spending his final weeks before retirement speaking frankly. During his last … Continue reading
Filed under NATO reform, Transatlantic Security
“Time to recalibrate the transatlantic equation” – Commentary by Sarwar Kashmeri
Toby Vogel’s statement “A blunt assessment of NATO – The real story is that Americans and Europeans have drifted apart in the way they look at, and relate to, the wider world, “ (European Voice, Thursday 16 June 2011) is … Continue reading
Filed under CSDP, NATO reform, Transatlantic Security
Book Launch of “NATO 2.0 – Reboot or Delete?”, by Sarwar A. Kashmeri, 15 June – 10:30 to 12:00, Brussels
Sarwar A. Kashmeri, Senior Fellow of the Transatlantic Council (DC); Fellow of the Foreign Policy Association (NY); and ISIS Europe Senior Advisor, will present his new book “NATO 2.0 – Reboot or Delete?”. The book launch will take place on … Continue reading
Filed under CSDP, EU Crisis Management, NATO reform, Transatlantic Security
Revising NATO’s nuclear deterrence posture: prospects for change (Day 2)
Day 2 of the conference included sessions looking at ”tactical nuclear weapons and arms control”, “What deterrence and defence posture for NATO in tomorrow’s security environment?”, and “Perspectives from civil society representatives – approaches to the challenges facing NATO in determining its nuclear posture”. … Continue reading
Revising NATO’s nuclear deterrence posture: prospects for change (Day 1)
On 23 and 24 May 2011, ISIS Europe, along with BASIC, ACA and IFSH has organized a two-day roundtable in Brussels looking at the prospects for change in the revision of NATO’s nuclear deterrence posture. While the premise of this … Continue reading
