Following highly problematic August 2020 Belarusian Presidential Elections, which many observers characterised as neither free nor fair, widespread protests swept through Belarus. That the elections were illegitimate was hardly surprising. President Alexander…
Committee ReportsThe COVID-19 pandemic and the global recession it has triggered have put serious pressures on Allied defence budgets. As governments enact fiscal stimulus packages to bolster aggregate demand, there is growing concern amongst strategic thinkers that defence spending…
Committee ReportsThe longer-term consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic for the global economy are not yet fully apparent. National responses to the virus have differed as have the economic consequences. Public responses in many countries have reflected lessons learned from the global…
Committee ReportsIn 2013, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced perhaps the most ambitious investment and infrastructure programme ever conceived. The ‘Belt and Road Initiative’ (BRI) has since become the boldest expression yet of China’s global economic, diplomatic, and strategic…
Committee ReportsThe Black Sea region is at once alive with economic potential and imperilled by division, rivalry and conflict ¬¬¬– all with implications for the international system as a whole. It is an area united by an important waterway that links the littoral countries and…
Committee ReportsThe Gulf, like other parts of the Middle East, is both a source of friction and cooperation between Europe and the United States. This reflects both convergent and divergent interests in the region, but it is also emblematic of more enduring changes underway in the…
Committee ReportsThe contemporary global liberal order, established in the aftermath of World War II, and the values of individual liberty, democracy, human rights and rule of law that underpin it have formed the foundation of the Alliance since its creation. Using its expanding…
Committee ReportsThe global community is currently undergoing the most consequential pandemic since the outbreak of Spanish influenza in 1918-19. Pandemics, however, are not as rare as many have thought. Indeed, there have been four major pandemics over the last 120 years when flu…
Committee ReportsObtaining insights in Africa’s security dynamics related to the evolving security landscape in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region was the main focus of a NATO PA visit to Addis Ababa from 23 to 25 September 2019. The current state of cooperation between…
Mission ReportsThis ESCTER report was adopted on Saturday 12 October 2019 by the Economic and Security Committee at the 65th Annual Session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in London, United Kingdom. …
Committee ReportsThis ESCTD report was adopted on Saturday 12 October 2019 by the Economic and Security Committee at the 65th Annual Session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in London, United Kingdom. …
Committee ReportsAzerbaijan has emerged as a key strategic partner for Europe. The much-anticipated completion of the Southern Gas Corridor in 2020 will mark a major step in diversifying the energy supply base of southern Europe. That project will bring significant quantities of gas from Azerbaijan’s massive…
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The report focuses on the rapidly shifting parameters of global space markets. These were once dominated by large countries with important military and scientific space programmes. Commercial market players today, however, are no longer supplying governments with…
Committee ReportsThe unprecedented growth of the world economy over the last sixty years has been premised on liberal market reform and free trade. Worryingly, in recent years, there has been a backlash against free trade, and this has emerged as a common theme among populist political…
Committee Reports97th ROSE-ROTH SEMINAR REPORT GEORGIA AND THE BLACK SEA REGION IN THE NEW GEOPOLITICAL ORDER Batumi, Georgia 23-25 April 2018
Rose-Roth Seminar Reports (SEM)Iryna GERASHCHENKO, co-chairperson of the Ukraine-NATO Interparliamentary Council (UNIC) welcomed the delegates to Odesa and noted that the President of the Parliament had just presented a national security bill to the Rada. A number of allied countries helped with that…
Mission ReportsEXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1. Japan will support the efforts by US President Donald Trump to negotiate a denuclearisation of North Korea but will continue to pursue a cautious approach toward the regime of the Democratic People’s Republic of…
Mission ReportsThe space realm is evolving rapidly, and as it does, new commercial vistas are opening up that will transform the global economy. France has emerged as a leading player in space and is a driving force in Europe’s collective quest both to derive benefits from these…
Mission Reports96th ROSE-ROTH SEMINAR SUB-COMMITTEE ON TRANSITION AND DEVELOPMENT (ESCTD) SEMINAR REPORT THE WESTERN BALKANS: PAST MISPERCEPTIONS, CURRENT CHALLENGES AND FUTURE ENDEAVOURS LJUBLJANA,…
Rose-Roth Seminar Reports (SEM)Report Title: The State of Europe’s Defence Industrial BaseRapporteur: Jean-Marie BOCKEL (France)Year: 2017 Whereas the members of the Alliance reaffirmed in Warsaw their commitment to devote 2% of their respective GDP on defence, while dedicating at…
Committee ReportsThe Western Balkans remains an area of special concern for NATO, which first engaged militarily in the region during the early stages of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1992 and later during the Kosovo conflict. There has been a sustained effort to the support the…
Committee ReportsReport Title: Assessing and Mitigating the Cost of Climate Change Acting Rapporteur: Lilja ALFREDSDOTTIR (Iceland )Year:2017 This report explores a range of challenges linked to climate change and considers recent international efforts to cope with…
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