Across the Alliance, migration has moved to the centre of domestic politics. This has largely been driven by growing international migration flows linked to war, civil strife, human security, the structural shortcomings of countries in terms of political participation and civil liberties, low…

The countries of the Western Balkans have made progress in economic and political transition. Two of the region’s countries are now members of the EU and four have acceded to NATO. But the region’s transition is incomplete and there are signs of backsliding which have alarmed NATO allies.…

In August 2021, Allied and partners’ engagement in Afghanistan came to a sudden end, culminating in one of the largest airlift evacuation efforts in history. While the 20-year engagement by Allies and their partners in Afghanistan successfully prevented new terrorist attacks against Allies…

Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine has completely overshadowed the recent report of the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), published shortly after the beginning of the war. However, IPCC’s message is clear: climate change is at least partially irreversible and threatens to overwhelm…

Russia’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 a revisionist wave of…

Russia’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 Moscow’s reckless assault on the…

Corruption undermines institutions that are critical to administering states. It enables terrorist and criminal networks both by providing vehicles for these groups to finance their operations and by weakening the hand of the states that they oppose. Corruption forges links between political elites…

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 for Allies since the Al Qaeda…

The emergence of new trading powers and particularly China has fomented new tensions in the international trading system. These tensions are largely driven by disagreements over which norms, practices and rules ought to shape this system. Indeed, mounting challenges to old liberal order have begun…

The future is fraught with uncertainties and envisioning the future of warfare is a difficult task, particularly as warfare is shaped by geopolitical, societal, technological, economic, environmental and military trends. Too many analyses focus on the issues of today and do not include the…

Although the collective defence of Allied territories is still its primary role, the end of the Cold War has prompted NATO to redefine its role and missions in terms of a broader vision of security, which has driven it to create a versatile network of partnerships with third countries over the past…

From wildfires to floods, the impact of climate change is being increasingly felt in the Alliance. These extreme weather events are among some of the most immediate manifestations of climate change. They are having devastating effects on the Alliance’s civil security by rendering critical…

Today, the critical infrastructures of the NATO Member States and its partners face a rising and unprecedented wave of cyberattacks with destabilising and devastating consequences. Public and private entities indispensable to the functioning, well-being, and cohesion of Allied societies such as…

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