John McColl, former NATO Deputy SACEUR, argues that prioritising NATO’s multiplicity of threats, including from Russia & the Middle East, and managing the commitment to Afghanistan, will be the biggest challenge of the 2016 Warsaw Summit.
A detailed account of the Russian snap exercise that took place in March 2015 featuring an interactive map. The exercise involved 80,000 troops, 65 warships, and 220 aircraft. The scale of this operation means it could only have been a scenario simulating war with NATO.
A detailed account of the June 2015 NATO exercise Allied Shield featuring an interactive map. The scale and nature of this exercise leaves Russia as the only possible adversary.
James Rogers, argues that next EU Global Strategy needs to be succinct, assertive and reflect a comprehensive European ‘will to power’.
Renatas Norkus, from Lithuania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, outlines the many agreements Russia has entered into with NATO and the West. Norkus argues that the West should not resume dialogue with Russia until Moscow has responded to its “strong and principled proposals.”
Against the backdrop of further violence in Ukraine and broader hostile rhetoric, the dangerous Russia-West incidents highlighted by the ELN in November 2014 have continued. This update charts 27 new incidents, highlighting the validity of our Report’s recommendations.