19 September 2017
Special Report of the Defence and Security Committee [164 DSC 17 E bis]
In his February 9, 2017 testimony before the United States Congress, General John W. Nicholson, Jr., Commander of Resolute Support Mission (RSM) and of US Forces in Afghanistan (USFOR-A), told…
Report Title: Tackling the Challenges from the South
Rapporteur: Julio MIRANDA CALHA (Portugal)
Year: 2017
Violent conflict and instability, particularly in Syria and Iraq, continue to destabilise the Middle East and North Africa (…
Report of the Sub-Committee on Transatlantic Defence and Security Cooperation [163 DSCTC 17 E rev.1 fin]
Efforts to strengthen the breadth and depth of NATO-EU cooperation have a long, relatively unfruitful…
Report Title: Social Media Revolution: Political and Security Implications
Rapporteur: Jane CORDY (Canada)
Year: 2017
The rise of social media is one of the most recent and far-reaching manifestations of the digital computing and communication…
Report Title: The State of Europe’s Defence Industrial Base
Rapporteur: 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…
Report Title: Russia – From Partner to Competitor
Rapporteur: Rasa JUKNEVICIENE (Lithuania/Lituanie)
Year: 2017
NATO-Russia relations are currently at their lowest since the end of the Cold War. Moscow’s provocative stance and actions towards NATO, and…
Report Title: Advancing stability in the Black Sea Region
Rapporteur: Ulla SCHMIDT (Germany)
Year: 2017
Once on the periphery of European consciousness, in recent years the Black Sea region reappeared on policymakers’ radar. Regional geopolitics are…
Report Title: The War in Syria and Iraq: Humanitarian Aspects
Rapporteur: Joëlle GARRIAUD-MAYLAM (France)
Year: 2017
The…
Report Title: Maintaining NATO’s Technology Edge: Strategic Adaptation and Defence Research & Development
Rapporteur: Thomas MARINO (United States)
Year: 2017
The transatlantic Alliance finds itself in a new and dynamic strategic…
Report Title: Burden sharing revisited
Rapporteur: Ojars Eriks KALNINS (Latvia)
Year: 2017
Since its founding, NATO has served as a transatlantic forum for political dialogue and consultation to define common political positions and adopt diplomatic…
Report Title: Food and Water Security in the Middle East and North Africa
Rapporteur: Maria MARTENS (the Netherlands)
Year: 2017
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has descended into turmoil since 2010/2011 – a period that also coincided with…
Report Title: NATO and Security in the Arctic
Rapporteur: Gerald E. CONNOLLY (United States)
Year: 2017
The Arctic region, or High North, ranked top of the security agenda during the Cold War due to its strategic importance. Its significance was largely…
The 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…
Report Title: The Space Domain and Allied Defence
Acting Rapporteur: Madeleine MOON (United Kingdom)
Year: 2017
Governments and private agencies continue to hone their abilities to utilise the space domain at a rapid pace. Long-range satellite…
Report Title: Ballistic Missile Defence and NATO
Rapporteur: Joseph A. DAY (Canada)
Year: 2017
Alongside conventional and nuclear capabilities, ballistic missile defence (BMD) is now considered a core NATO capability. The current framework for NATO BMD…
Report Title: The Internet of Things: Promises and Perils of a Disruptive Technology
Rapporteur: Matej TONIN (Slovenia)
Year: 2017
The Internet of Things (IoT) has rightly been a technology buzzword for several years: it has the potential to disrupt…