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Written by Marcin Grajewski,
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) celebrates its 70th anniversary in April 2019, proud of its survival, durability and historic role in ensuring peace, notably during the Cold War. However, analysts and politicians stress that the military alliance must work hard to keep pace with a changing environment and new challenges of the 21st century, both geo-strategic and technological. Another major test is an uncertain commitment to NATO of Donald Trump, the current President of the United States.
This note offers links to commentaries and studies on NATO and European defence by major international think tanks. Earlier papers on European defence, focused on a planned U.S. withdrawal from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, can be found in a previous edition of ‘What Think Tanks are Thinking’, published in February 2019.
NATO at 70: From triumph to tumult?
German Marshall Fund, April 2019
NATO at 70: Twilight years or a new dawn?
Centre for European Reform, April 2019
NATO just turned 70, and it’s showing its age
Carnegie Europe, April 2019
NATO at 70: Shaping the future for the next 70 years
Center for Strategic and International Studies, April 2019
NATO at 70: Celebration and introspection
European Council on Foreign Relations, April 2019
Don’t count on NATO to save liberal values
Chatham House, April 2019
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Council on Foreign Relations, April 2019
NATO at seventy: Filling NATO’s critical defense-capability gaps
Atlantic Council, April 2019
NATO at 70: A strategic partnership for the 21st century
German Marshall Fund, April 2019
After Crimea: Does NATO have the means to defend Europe?
European Council on Foreign Relations, April 2019
Beyond collective defense: How NATO can lead on 21st century challenges
Atlantic Council, April 2019
Europe whole and free: Why NATO’s open door must remain open
Brookings Institution, April 2019
To preserve NATO, Britain must help reinvent it
Chatham House, April 2019
3 ways Europe is looking at a fraying NATO
German Marshall Fund, April 2019
As NATO turns 70, the European security debate comes full circle
Council on Foreign Relations, April 2019
Europe in a multipolar missile world: Why the EU and NATO should not try to salvage the INF Treaty
Egmont, April 2019
Love me today, love me tomorrow? Millennials and NATO
Brookings Institution, April 2019
Brexit makes NATO even more important for the Atlantic
Chatham House, April 2019
L’état de la relation entre la Turquie et l’OTAN : Un engagement fragilisé
Groupe de recherche et d’information sur la paix et la sécurité, March 2019
European strategic autonomy: Actors, issues, conflicts of interests
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, March 2019
Time for NATO to talk about China
Carnegie Europe, March 2019
Why and how NATO should adapt to a new Mediterranean security environment
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, March 2019
NATO’s pointless burden-sharing debates: The need to replace a mathematically ridiculous 2% of GDP
Center for Strategic and International Studies, February 2019
Joining forces: The way towards the European Defence Union
European Political Strategy Centre, February 2019
Towards a more stable NATO-Russia relationship
Russian International Affairs Council, European Leadership Network, February 2019
State of disunion: Europe, NATO, and disintegrating arms control
European Council on Foreign Relations, February 2019
‘Fort Trump’ or bust?: Poland and the future of European defence
Friends of Europe, January 2019
Is NATO deterrence a paper tiger?
Carnegie Europe, January 2019
Der Balkan als integraler Teil einer gemeinsamen europäischen Sicherheitsarchitektur? Sicherheit, Rolle der NATO und der Auslandseinsätze des österreichischen Bundesheeres
Austrian Institute for International Affairs, January 2019
The future of NATO: Fog over the Atlantic?
Clingendael, December 2018
Reducing the risks of conventional deterrence in Europe: Arms control in the NATO-Russia contact zones
OSCE Network of Think Tanks and Academic Institutions, December 2018
Offense as the new defense: New life for NATO’s cyber policy
German Marshall Fund, December 2018
Why the United States needs a cohesive NATO
German Marshall Fund, December 2018
Rising tensions between the West and Russia: what role for arms control?
Cligendael, December 2018
NATO needs a European level of ambition
Rand Corporation, December 2018
Rising tensions between the West and Russia: What role for arms control?
Clingendael, December 2018
NATO priorities after the Brussels summit
Atlantic Council, November 2018
NATO nuclear sharing and the future of nuclear deterrence in Europe
The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies, November 2018
Spending to defend: NATO and the EU’s new budget
European Council on Foreign Relations, November 2018
EU-NATO relations: A long-term perspective
Egmont, November 2018
Strategic autonomy: towards ‘European sovereignty’ in defence?
European Union Institute for Security Studies, November 2018
NATO’s return to the North Atlantic: Implications for the defense of Northern Europe
Finnish Institute of International Relations, November 2018
NATO‘s northeast quartet: Prospects and opportunities for Baltic-Polish defence cooperation
International Centre for Defence and Security, November 2018
The erosion of strategic stability and the future of arms control in Europe
Institut français des relations internationales, November 2018
The challenges of NATO nuclear policy: Alliance management under the Trump administration
Finnish Institute of International Affairs, October 2018
NATO nuclear sharing and the future of nuclear deterrence in Europe
The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies, October 2018
Pointing to the emerging Soviet dead ends:-NATO analysis of the Soviet economy, 1971-1982
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, October 2018
NATO in the Trump era: Surviving the crisis
Clingendael, September 2018
NATO after the Brussels summit: Bruised or emboldened?
German Marshall Fund, September 2018
Hard lessons from Brussels: The key challenges facing NATO
Institute for Foreign Affairs and Trade, September 2018
Russia and the Baltics: A testing ground for NATO–EU defence cooperation
Instituto Affari Internazionali, September 2018
Debating security plus: Conflict, competition and cooperation in an interconnected world
Friends of Europe, September 2018
Germany and European defence cooperation: A post-Atlantic turn?
Finnish Institute of International Cooperation, September 2018
NATO’s deterrence problem: An analog strategy for a digital age
Council on Foreign Relations, August 2018
Rediscovering geography in NATO defence planning
Egmont, August 2018
Read this briefing on ‘NATO at 70‘ in the Think Tank pages of the European Parliament.
