(ALL-IN-ONE) 237 STC 17 E - Summary of previous Committee meeting (Bucharest, 8 October 2017) 076 STC 18 E - Draft General Report - Russian Meddling in Elections and Referenda in the Alliance 077 STCTTS 18 E - Draft Report of the Sub-Committee on Technology Trends and Security - Dark Dealings: How…

Human rights watchdogs indicate that democracy around the world deteriorated to the lowest point in more than a decade. For the Alliance, an organisation underpinned by liberal democratic values, this erosion has severe consequences. The draft report focuses on the Black Sea area due to the region’…

Presentation by Jens Stoltenberg, NATO Secretary General and Chairman of the North Atlantic Council, addressing the NATO PA Plenary Sitting on Monday 28 May 2018 during the Spring Session in Warsaw

Science and Technology Committee (STC) noted its worry “that NATO’s technological edge is eroding”. As a consequence, the STC is redoubling its efforts to identify the challenges in meeting Alliance goals and to lend political support to rectify any shortcomings. Most Allies are beginning to…

From 9-12 January, 32 members of parliament from 15 NATO member countries visited Abu Dhabi to discuss the broad geopolitical situation in the Gulf, the foreign and defence policy of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and to participate in a Joint Meeting of the UAE’s Federal National Council (FNC) and…

The strength of encryption today has had a positive effect for groups which need protection from governments or law enforcement, for example whistle blowers or journalists operating in repressive countries. However such technologies can also hide terrorist activities from law enforcement and…

Civil protection occupies an important place in NATO’s comprehensive approach to security. This draft report will focus on two regions where this aspect of security has become particularly acute in recent years: the High North and the Mediterranean.In the High North, climate change, technological…

For a region which from the outside sometimes seems characterised by shared cultural and religious traditions, the Gulf Region has also long been fraught with division and tensions. Given its  central strategic importance as a global supplier of energy, its status as the center of the Islamic world…

The draft report provides a brief overview of the security environment in the Western Balkans.  It argues that NATO and the European Union need to remain engaged to encourage the countries of the region to continue their reform process, providing assistance when necessary.   The paper covers the…

The draft 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 platforms to operate in space…

“Hybrid warfare” became a buzzword in the international political discourse following Russia’s invasion in Ukraine and the illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014. This draft report focuses specifically on the Kremlin’s use of hybrid tactics because the Kremlin’s hybrid toolbox is arguably the most…

Increased violence in Afghanistan, driven by a resurgent Taliban and other insurgent forces, is forcing international attention back to the country. Tactical and strategic gains by the Taliban coupled with persistent institutional corruption continue to drive the attrition of the Afghan National…

This draft report reviews the main security challenges in NATO’s southern neighbourhood and their impact on NATO Allies. After providing a brief update on recent developments in Syria and Iraq, the report analyses the key drivers promoting instability in North Africa. To varying degrees, the…

97th ROSE-ROTH SEMINAR REPORT GEORGIA AND THE BLACK SEA REGION IN THE NEW GEOPOLITICAL ORDER Batumi, Georgia 23-25 April 2018

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 draft and this has been…

NATO’s most conspicuous steps to adapt its defence and deterrence posture since 2014 are being taken in the Alliance’s eastern European territories. Increased Allied presence in the form of rotating forces, equipment stockpiles, and exercising is supposed to change the balance of conventional…

(ALL-IN-ONE) 231 CDS 17 E - Summary of previous Committee meeting (Bucharest, 7 and 8 October 2017) 059 CDS 18 E - Draft General Report - Fostering Democracy and Human Rights in the Black Sea Region 060 CDSDG 18 E - Draft Report - Civil Protection in the High North and the Mediterranean regions 061…

This draft report defines energy security as a condition linking the capacity of a country to sustain its vital national interests with the availability of energy resources needed to fulfil that fundamental national mission. It provides a survey of the energy vulnerabilities of Eastern and Central…

(ALL-IN-ONE) 244 DSC 17 E - Summary of previous Committee meeting (Bucharest, 7 and 8 October 2017) 063 DSC 18 E  - Draft General Report - Reinforcing NATO’s Deterrence in the East 064 DSCFC 18 E - Draft Report of the Sub-Committee on Future Security and Defence Capabilities - NATO Special…

The 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 forces seeking to attribute…

NATO Special Operations Forces (SOF) execute critical missions from direct action to situational awareness to training in today’s complex international security environment. For example, a coalition of international special forces is supporting local forces in the fight against Daesh, and other…

(ALL-IN-ONE) 240 ESC 17 E - Summary of previous Committee meeting (Bucharest, 7 and 8 October 2017) 068 ESC 18 E - Draft General Report -  The Future of the Space Industry 069 ESCTER 18 E - Draft Report of the Sub-Committee on Transatlantic Economic Relations - The International Trading System at…

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 initiatives. The most vocal proponent…

This draft report argues that Russia’s meddling in elections and referenda is a threat to the Alliance and its members. The Rapporteur reviews recent cases of alleged interference in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Spain. She argues that many of these actions are a…