19 November 2018
While Russia’s increasingly aggressive foreign policy, to include the unprovoked full invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, is the principal threat to Allied peace and security today, terrorism remains the main asymmetrical threat. Terrorism has been a key challenge…
Committee ReportsRussia’s unprovoked and illegal invasion of Ukraine proves that it is not just a threat to, but an active spoiler of European security and stability. Russia, however, is not the only challenge to Euro-Atlantic security, which complicates a longer-term response to…
Committee ReportsRussia’s illegal and brutal military invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 represents a tectonic shift in international affairs that will fundamentally affect the global security landscape. Ukraine stands at the frontline of the democratic world pushing back against…
Committee ReportsThe rise of cyber operations - both below and above the threshold of war - raises significant questions about the future of Allied security, and of warfare more broadly. Because most objects, individuals, organisations, and infrastructures are now part of digital…
Committee ReportsEURO-ATLANTIC INTEGRATION, PARTNERSHIP FOR PEACE, AND THE WAY FORWARD ON REMAINING CHALLENGES IN THE WESTERN BALKANS
Rose-Roth Seminar Reports (SEM)This report was adopted by the Defence and Security Committee at the Annual Session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Lisbon. In the past two decades, the United States, Russia, and…
Committee ReportsThis report was adopted by the Defence and Security Committee at the Annual Session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Lisbon. Receding ice is expanding access to surface transit routes…
Committee ReportsThis report was adopted by the Defence and Security Committee at the Annual Session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Lisbon. Beijing is investing in modern armed forces capable of defending China’s increasingly global …
Committee ReportsThis resolution was presented by the Defence and Security Committee and adopted by the Plenary Assembly on Monday 11 October 2021.
Policy RecommendationsThis resolution was presented by the Defence and Security Committee and adopted by the Plenary Assembly in Lisbon, Portugal on Monday 11 October 2021.
Policy RecommendationsIn the almost two decades since the end of the large-scale use of force to change the territorial political reality in the Western Balkans, much has been accomplished. The majority of the states of the former Yugoslavia are now firmly entrenched in the Euro-Atlantic…
Committee ReportsThe Alliance reacted swiftly and effectively to do its part to mitigate the impact of the spreading coronavirus early in 2020. It continues to contribute to the fight that will lead to its ultimate defeat. To date, NATO has coordinated well over 350 missions to…
Committee ReportsClear messaging from policy declarations and actions signal Moscow is doing its best to assert Russia’s power in a multipolar world. Increasing Russian national levers of power will permit Russia to counterbalance US power in the Euro-Atlantic and beyond. Understood in…
Committee Reports[...] Today, NATO’s DCB initiative is an integral part of the core of NATO’s cooperative security outreach with partners. The programme allows NATO Allies to focus on working very closely with select partners to make their defence institutions, forces and capabilities…
Committee ReportsThis DSCFC report was adopted on Sunday 13 October 2019 by the Defence and Security Committee at the 65th Annual Session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in London, United Kingdom.…
Committee ReportsThis DSCTC report was adopted on Sunday 13 October 2019 by the Defence and Security Committee at the 65th Annual Session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in London, United Kingdom.…
Committee ReportsThis DSC report was adopted on Saturday 12 October 2019 by the Defence and Security Committee at the 65th Annual Session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in London, United Kingdom. …
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NATO is implementing ambitious new adaptations to its defence and deterrence posture in response to a rapidly evolving international security environment. In parallel there is a rising expectation all NATO Allies must do more to invest in the success of these…
Committee ReportsEXECUTIVE SUMMARY US policymakers delivered a loud and clear message to a delegation from the Defence and Security Committee of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly: The United States is increasing its commitment to NATO, and it expects increased investments in parallel…
Mission ReportsCoping with the complex security problems arising in the MENA region requires multi-faceted approaches for the simple reason that the challenges themselves are highly complex and resist simple solutions. This was one of the central insights of a Joint Seminar of the NATO Parliamentary…
Mission ReportsSpecial 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…
Committee ReportsReport 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…
Committee ReportsReport Title: The Space Domain and Allied DefenceActing 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…
Committee ReportsReport Title: Ballistic Missile Defence and NATORapporteur: 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…
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