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Written by Marcin Grajewski,
NATO heads of state or government will meet in Brussels on 11 and 12 July for a keenly awaited summit. Some analysts and diplomats fear a tense atmosphere, following US President Donald Trump’s tough treatment of European allies at a recent meeting of the G7 group of developed countries, and his imposition of steep tariffs on imports of steel and aluminium from the EU.
President Trump is expected to pressure many NATO members to increase their military spending level to the agreed 2 % of GDP guideline, with particular emphasis on Germany. The NATO summit precedes President Trump’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on 16 July in Helsinki, where some analysts speculate some rapprochement might take place. President Trump’s unpredictability and his widely criticised attitude towards President Putin is causing unease at home and abroad regarding the potential outcome of this summit.
This note offers links to commentaries and studies on NATO and European defence by major international think tanks. Earlier papers on the same topic can be found in a previous edition of ‘What Think Tanks are Thinking’, published in December 2017.
Anxious Anticipation Ahead of NATO Brussels Summit
German Marshall Fund, July 2018
Counting Dollars or Measuring Value. Assessing NATO and Partner Burden Sharing
Center for Strategic and International Studies, July 2018
Trump’s two summits: Can NATO navigate the dangers?
Centre for European Reform, July 2018
The 2018 NATO summit: The burden of transatlantic burden-sharing
Clingendael, July 2018
Tailored assurance: Balancing deterrence and disarmament in responding to NATO-Russia tensions
Institut français des relations internationales, July 2018
NATO’s force generation and deployment
German Marshall Fund, July 2018
NATO needs a strategy for countering Russia in the Arctic and the Black Sea
Chatham House, July 2018
More than burden-sharing. Five Objectives for the 2018 NATO Summit
Center for New American Security, June 2018
EUISS Yearbook of European security 2018
European Union Institute for Security Studies, June 2018
Why joining France’s European Intervention Initiative is the right decision for Germany
Egmont, June 2018
EU defence capability development: Plans, priorities, projects
European Union Institute for Security Studies, June 2018
Military mobility returns to the forefront in Europe
Rand Corporation, June 2018
The future of NATO’s Mediterranean dialogue
German Marshall Fund, June 2018
The United States and Russia target Germany
Carnegie Europe, June 2018
Rethinking the regional order for post-Soviet Europe and Eurasia
Rand Corporation, June 2018
Priorities for Central Europe ahead of NATO Brussels summit
German Marshall Fund, June 2018
Ein schwieriger Gipfel für die Nato
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, June 2018
A perennial candidate waits for NATO to open its door
German Marshall Fund, June 2018
Security needs a new narrative
German Marshall Fund, June 2018
Can Reagan show Trump how to save the INF Treaty?
Council on Foreign Relations, June 2018
The defence of Finland and Sweden: Continuity and variance in strategy and public opinion
Finnish Institute for International Studies, June 2018
The Other Europe? How Central Europe views the continent’s security concerns and aspirations
Royal United Services Institute, June 2018
Will the upcoming Missile Defense Review maintain the current course or plot a new direction?
Brookings Institution, June 2018
Before the Brussels Summit: How is the NATO Alliance Doing, Really?
Royal United Services Institute, May 2018
The EU and multilateralism in an age of great powers
Egmont, July 2018
NATO Brussels summit: Prospects and opportunities
International Centre for Defence and Security, May 2018
European defense cooperation: Headed in the right direction?
Rand Corporation, May 2018
Poland courts American boots
Carnegie Europe, May 2018
The ‘New Turkey’ as a NATO member: Domestic state transformation and competing strategic cultures
Finnish Institute of International Affairs, May 2018
The dangerous geopolitics of populism, and what NATO and the EU can do about it
Egmont, May 2018
The art of dealing with Trump
Clingendael, May 2018
Defending Europe: ‘Global Britain’ and the future of European geopolitics
The Henry Jackson Society, May 2018
Georgia looks to the NATO Brussels summit
German Marshall Fund, April 2018
NATO’s bad apples
Carnegie Europe, April 2018
NATO allies go head to head in Syria
German Marshall Fund, April 2018
The future of the United States and Europe: An Irreplaceable partnership
Chatham House, April 2018
Between continuity and erosion: Three scenarios for the future of transatlantic relations
College of Europe Policy Brief, April 2018
Preventing escalation in the Baltics: A NATO playbook
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, March 2018
Strategic warning on NATO’s Eastern flank
Rand Corporation, March 2018
A guide for EU-NATO security cooperation on foreign terrorist fighters
Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, March 2018
NATO’s intelligence: Adaptation challenge
GLOBSEC Policy Institute, March 2019
Franco-German differences over defense make Europe vulnerable
Carnegie Europe, March 2018
Report on EU comprehensive approach to conflict prevention and peacebuilding
Istituto Affari Internazionali, Centre for European Policy Studies, European Peacebuilding Liaison Office, March 2018
EU-NATO alignment after Brexit
Carnegie Europe, March 2018
Autonomie stratégique: Le nouveau Graal de la défense européenne
Groupe de recherche et d’information sur la paix et la sécurité, March 2018
Groupe de recherche et d’information sur la paix et la sécurité, March 2018
NATO’s next nuclear challenges
Carnegie Europe, March 2018
PESCO: Good News for NATO from the EU
Egmont, February 2018
Preparing for the NATO summit: Why military mobility should be on top of the agenda
Rand Corporation, February 2018
Assessing the conventional force imbalance in Europe: Implications for countering Russian local superiority
Rand Corporation, February 2018
European regional organizations and climate-related security risks: EU, OSCE and NATO
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, February 2018
NATO summit 2018: An implementation summit?
German Marshall Fund, February 2018
Why we are unconvinced NATO’s cyber policy is more aggressive, and that’s a good thing
Council on Foreign Relations, February 2018
European defense vs. NATO: Not the right fight
Carnegie Europe, February 2018
NATO and the south: Opportunities for coherence and integration
Real Instituto Elcano, February 2018
New tasks for EU-NATO cooperation
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, January 2018
An American perspective on Pesco: The dangers of de-linking EU defence from NATO
Policy Exchange, January 2018
Revisiting the EU’s security partnerships
European Union Institute for Security Studies, January 2018
Transatlantic relations: Converging or diverging?
Chatham House, January 2018
The United Kingdom and the future of European security and defence
Friends of Europe, January 2018
Poland and European defence integration
European Council on Foreign Relations, January 2018
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