Report Title: Maintaining NATO’s Technology Edge: Strategic Adaptation and Defence Research & DevelopmentRapporteur: Thomas MARINO (United States) Year: 2017 The transatlantic Alliance finds itself in a new and dynamic strategic reality that is markedly different from the post‑Cold War era.…

Presented by the Defence and Security Committee and adopted by the Plenary Assembly on Monday 9 October 2017, Bucharest, Romania

As US President Donald J. Trump approached the end of his first year in office, members of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly gathered in Washington, D.C. for the 17th Transatlantic Parliamentary Forum from 11 to 13 December 2017.  The members of the Assembly, current and former US officials as well…

Report Title: The War in Syria and Iraq: Humanitarian AspectsRapporteur: Joëlle GARRIAUD-MAYLAM (France) Year: 2017The 6-year-old war in Syria is the worst man-made disaster of this century. Over 400,000 people have been killed and approximately 5 million have been injured. Millions of people –…

THE EUROPEAN DEFENCE INDUSTRIAL BASE Presented by the Economics and Security Committee and adopted by the Plenary Assembly on Monday 9 October 2017, Bucharest, Romania  

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 particularly affected by Russia’s annexation of…

TACKLING CHALLENGES FROM THE SOUTH Presented by the Political Committee and adopted by the Plenary Assembly on Monday 9 October 2017, Bucharest, Romania

Report Title: Russia – From Partner to CompetitorRapporteur: 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 aggressive actions against Ukraine, Georgia and…

CLOSER NATO-EU COOPERATION Presented by the Defence and Security Committee and adopted by the Plenary Assembly on Monday 9 October 2017, Bucharest, Romania

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 least 20% of those budgets to investment, care…

BURDEN SHARING – FULFILLING THE PROMISES Presented by the Political Committee and adopted by the Plenary Assembly on Monday 9 October 2017, Bucharest, Romania

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 revolution that marked the beginning of the post-…

MAINTAINING NATO’S TECHNOLOGICAL EDGE Presented by the Science and Technology Committee and adopted by the Plenary Assembly on Monday 9 October 2017, Bucharest, Romania

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 history. Central issues stalling better cooperation revolve principally around member…

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 (MENA) region. After six years of fighting, there is no end in…

Report 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 integrates national missile defence assets and…

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 the US Senate Armed Services…

In recent years, few things have had as profound an impact on the daily lives of millions of people as international terrorism. The ongoing and relentlessly evolving threat of terrorism has left vulnerable those things that were once considered safe. In an age of mass information, a new generation…

Coping 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 Assembly’s…

Report 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 communications and data transfers weave the globe’s…

As requested by the Standing Committee at its meeting in Berlin in April 2017, this report reviews progress achieved in mainstreaming gender in the Assembly’s activities and moving towards a more equitable gender balance within the Assembly. It builds upon two earlier reports presented by Angelien…

Over the last two years, the Science and Technology Committee (STC) has focused extensively on technological risks and opportunities and on how NATO must adapt to an era of rapid technological change. As part of this renewed focus, 13 members of parliament from eight Allied states and two partner…

During the four-day visit to London and York, NATO Parliamentarians received briefings on, inter alia, the challenge posed by Daesh, instability in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, counter-terrorism, as well as UK civil protection and emergency relief approaches. Briefings in London…