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NATO ReviewNATO Review: Algorithmic invasions: How information warfare threatens NATO's Eastern FlankOn 6 December 2024, in an unprecedented move, Romania’s Constitutional Court annulled the results of the first round of its 24 November presidential election, citing evidence provided by intelligence agencies that the electoral process had been “compromised throughout its duration and across all stages”. This dramatic decision, unparalleled in Romania’s history since the 1989 revolution against the communist regime, underscores the evolving nature of hybrid warfare, one aspect of which includes algorithmic manipulation and cyber-enabled disinformation campaigns that target and destabilise democracies. The prospect of a NATO Ally on the Alliance’s south-eastern flank being undermined—not through military invasion but through algorithm-dr...
2025-02-0717 minNATO ReviewNATO Review: Colombia at NATO: how a South American nation became a NATO partner, By Oscar PalmaMany Colombians were surprised when the government announced in 2017 that their country was becoming a NATO “global partner”. In a polarised political atmosphere, where citizens are accustomed to news and debates about combatting armed rebels and criminal groups, this development was confusing. Was the country becoming a member of the Alliance? Were Colombian soldiers to be deployed in remote war theatres? Could NATO members support Colombia if the country went to war?
2025-01-2018 minNATO ReviewNATO Review: Intelligence disclosure as a strategic messaging toolOn December 3, 2021, the Washington Post published an article referring to unclassified US intelligence reports on massive Russian troop movements, suggesting that “the Kremlin is planning a multi-front offensive as soon as early next year involving up to 175,000 troops”. The article marked the beginning of a British and American campaign to disclose classified information on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s plans.
2024-12-1615 minNATO ReviewNATO Review: How NATO can advance the Disability, Peace and Security agendaThe United Nations International Day of Persons with Disabilities is celebrated every year on December 3rd. This year, the international community is also celebrating the 75th anniversary of the adoption of the Geneva Conventions of 1949. The Geneva Conventions are cornerstones of international humanitarian law that came in the wake of World War II and the Holocaust, when hundreds of thousands of persons with disabilities were exterminated alongside Jewish people and other minorities. The Nuremberg tribunal found that the mass killing of persons with disabilities during World War II constituted a crime against humanity, and thus gave explicit recognition to persecution...
2024-12-0313 min
NATO-TV4th LAR Kicks Off Exercise Trident Juncture 15 With A BangMarines from 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, Marine Forces Reserve, train on range at Alverez de Sotomayor in Almeria, Spain on October 27, 2015. The Marines are training to improve their skills during exercise Trident Juncture and to increase interoperability with NATO allied forces.
2024-11-0702 minNATO-TVUSARCENT CSM talks about the Army People StrategyCommand Sergeant Major Brian Hester, U.S. Army Central’s Senior Enlisted Advisor, and leaders from USARCENT discuss the Army People Strategy.
The Army People Strategy describes how we will shift from simply “distributing personnel” to more deliberately managing the talents of our Soldiers and Civilians. This means creating a 21st century talent management system with policies, programs, and processes that recognize and capitalize the unique knowledge, skills, and behaviors possessed by every member of the Army team, allowing us to employ each to maximum effect.
2024-11-0702 minNATO ReviewNATO Review: Securing Britain’s and NATO’s digital supply chainsIn his first press conference following the elections, the United Kingdom’s new Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer stressed the UK’s “unshakable” commitment to NATO and that his government’s “first duty” must be security and defence. As part of this commitment, a significant focus should be placed on securing Britain’s and other NATO Allies’ digital supply chains against stepped up cyber attacks by threat actors determined to breach our critical national infrastructure.
2024-10-1412 minNATO ReviewNATO Review: Reflections on a decisive decade as NATO Secretary GeneralAs I approach the end of my tenure as NATO Secretary General, I look back at some of the important lessons of the past 10 years that I believe must continue to guide the Alliance in the future.
2024-09-2809 minNATO ReviewNATO Review: Sexual harassment and sexual violence in the militaryModern, well-functioning, agile and responsive militaries rely on personnel with an eclectic range of skills and attributes. This, by definition, requires a diverse workforce. Militaries are historically predominantly male, but across NATO, Allied forces are looking to recruit and retain more women in their ranks. Women still only occupy an average of 9 to 16% of roles across NATO Allies, and shocking reporting in mainstream media of military rape cultures and rife sexual violence may detrimentally impact the future recruitment and retention of women in militaries.
2024-09-1313 minNATO ReviewNATO Review: Reinforcing resilience: NATO’s role in enhanced security for critical undersea infrastructureUndersea infrastructure is vital in a global economy powered by data. 99% of the world’s data is transmitted through a global network of subsea cables. An estimated USD 10 trillion in financial transactions alone traverses these vast cable networks each day. As well as data cables, critical undersea infrastructure also includes electricity connectors and pipelines supplying oil and gas. As great power tensions escalate, undersea infrastructure serving the Euro-Atlantic community has emerged as an attractive target for hybrid interference, meaning that the security of this infrastructure should be a NATO priority.
2024-08-2816 minNATO ReviewNATO Review: NATO in the democratic arenaNATO is “brain dead.” NATO is “obsolete.” NATO is “a relic of the Cold War.” These are the familiar tropes espoused by NATO’s critics who have become drowned out by the Russian onslaught in Ukraine. With Putin’s brutal invasion, the march of authoritarianism has quickened its step. NATO, however, has responded with a demonstration of unity and resolve capable of redefining the future of the Alliance, if we can bring ourselves to admit an uncomfortable truth: the fight for democracy in the 21st century is an existential one and NATO is an indispensable party to the conflict.
2024-06-2608 minNATO ReviewNATO Review: Healthier, Cleaner, Greener: A NATO Strategy for the Coming Bio-RevolutionAt their February 2024 meeting, Allied Defence Ministers formally adopted NATO’s Biotechnology and Human Enhancement Technologies Strategy. Current NATO staff driving the development and delivery of this Strategy outline one of its main features: the first-ever set of Principles of Responsible Use for Biotechnology and Human Enhancement technologies in defence and security.
2024-05-3015 minNATO ReviewNATO Review: My experience as a gay man in the British Armed Forces and the impact of changeIn February 1988, I sat in a plain interrogation room in Portsmouth, England, under arrest. I had been warned that what I said may be used to prosecute me, and my answers were written down word-for-word by a naval policeman, then taken page-by-by page to be typed up for me to sign. I was asked detailed questions about my sex life and about whom I counted among my friends in the armed forces.
2024-05-1411 minNATO ReviewNATO Review: Russia’s hybrid war against the WestIn an article previously published on NATO Review, I explained that the nature of modern warfare is changing at a rapid pace. Consequently, wars are no longer merely about kinetic operations. This means that it is not just physical warfare, but also non-military strategies and tactics that define modern-day conflicts and wars.
2024-04-2619 minNATO ReviewNATO Review: Should artificial intelligence be banned from nuclear weapons systems?Against a backdrop of conflict and global security concerns, 2023 may prove to have also been a pivotal year for automated nuclear weapons systems. A year that began with chatbots and Artificial Intelligence (AI) as the subjects of major news stories - some with particularly concerning headlines - ended with members of the United States Congress introducing legislation to ban AI systems from nuclear weapons and US President Biden signing an Executive Order on the subject. The issue was even raised in discussions between the United States and China at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, which met in San Francisco in...
2024-04-1214 minNATO ReviewNATO Review: The importance of and outlook for the Czech Republic in NATOThis year we are commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Czech Republic’s accession to NATO, which marked a watershed moment on the path to ensuring our national security. Joining NATO gave not only Czechia but also all of Central and Eastern Europe the greatest guarantee of security in its entire history.
2024-03-1111 minNATO ReviewNATO Review: Loss, defiance, and the fight for justice: the stories of three women from Ukraine, by Dr Olesya...I asked the receptionist at a Lviv hotel I was staying in if she had any Sellotape I could borrow. I had an important package to deliver, and it was crucial for it to be well wrapped. The woman handed her stationery set to me and I perched on the edge of a chair in the hotel lobby to get on with my task. The package I was wrapping could not be sent by ordinary mail. I had to deliver it personally because its destination was in the world of the dead.
2024-03-0515 minNATO ReviewNATO Review: The story of Saint JavelinIn early February 2022, as the drumbeat of war grew louder and louder, I sat glued to my phone, scrolling social media, and starting to build what would eventually become Saint Javelin. It had been several years since I’d worked as a journalist in Ukraine, but I couldn’t focus on anything besides the impending invasion. As global leaders released waves of intelligence about Putin’s intentions, my mind began to replay key moments that shaped my understanding of Russia’s brutality against Ukraine.
2024-02-2219 minNATO ReviewNATO Review: Why cognitive superiority is an imperativeComplacency is a lethal error in strategy making and warfare. As Russia has learned in Ukraine, overestimating your own capabilities and underestimating your enemy can lead to failure. NATO cannot take its own continued strategic success for granted.
2024-02-0614 minNATO ReviewNATO Review: Hidden Child: how I survived the HolocaustDuring the horror of World War II, many Jewish families in Belgium were forced to hide their children in the hopes that they would avoid detection by the Gestapo and ultimately survive the war. In Belgium alone, more than 5000 children survived the genocide via disguise and concealment from the world. This is the story of Baroness Regina Sluszny: one of Belgium’s remaining Holocaust survivors, and one of the Hidden Children.
2024-01-2512 minNATO ReviewNATO Review: Don’t fight the future, decide it!How policy planners can learn from the future to make better decisions now.
“Don’t fight the problem, decide it!” This quote, attributed to former United States Secretary of State George C. Marshall, pithily sums up the attitude of effective policy planning in times of turbulence. The temptation to “fight” problems comes from the expectation that all problems are solvable. Yet some problems are unsolvable, and the fight becomes a losing battle.
2023-12-1313 minNATO ReviewNATO Review: Climate change threatens NATO’s readiness and resilience at seaNATO’s 2022 Strategic Concept defines climate change as a “crisis and a threat multiplier”, but what does that actually mean for NATO’s ability to deter and defend? At the NATO Summit in Brussels in 2021, Allies agreed to put climate change at the top of NATO’s agenda, endeavouring to become the leading international organisation when it comes to understanding and adapting to the impact of this epochal phenomenon on security. The new Strategic Concept, which was agreed at the 2022 Madrid Summit, reaffirmed this commitment. Since then, NATO has produced several flagship reports on the topic, which show how the effects of...
2023-11-3012 minNATO ReviewNATO Review: NATO’s China and Indo-Pacific conundrumThe war in Ukraine has underscored the growing geopolitical interdependence between the Euro-Atlantic and Indo-Pacific regions. For one, China has helped Russia cushion Western economic and political pressure. Indeed, Beijing’s image in Europe (which has been on a downward trajectory for years) has tanked as the perception of tacit support for Moscow’s assault on the Euro-Atlantic security order and global norms has spread. Conversely, diplomatic, economic and military support from Indo-Pacific partners like Australia, Japan, New Zealand and the Republic of Korea has helped to strengthen Ukraine’s resilience and uphold global norms. More broadly, the war has trigge...
2023-11-2217 minNATO ReviewNATO Review: Turning standard ammunition into sharable ammunitionNATO’s multinational battlegroups need help transitioning verified technical interchangeability into national policies that allow them to operate, train, and maintain readiness from a common ammunition stockpile that is legally permitted and safe to use. In February and March of this year, the NATO Standardization Office coordinated with a team from the US Army War College (USAWC) to conduct a ground-level survey within three of NATO’s eight multinational battlegroups. The team’s most salient observation was this: battle group key leaders believe that national policies prevent ammunition exchange within their multinational formation. This perception may hinder a multinational unit’s wartim...
2023-11-1018 minNATO ReviewNATO Review: Protecting our critical satellite infrastructure: the importance of space-based infrastructure to humanity, and its status within NATOAmongst the many vital strategic and security priorities on the agenda at the NATO summit in Vilnius, it was refreshing to see important discussions about space security taking place. Space has long been an important domain for military operations and has been used actively by NATO for its own satellite communications (SATCOM) programme for almost two decades. However, it was not until 2019 that NATO Allies formally recognised space as an operational domain, opening the door to a greater focus on how space can play a pivotal role in our defence.
2023-10-2614 minNATO ReviewNATO Review: The urgent imperative to maintain NATO’s nuclear deterrenceThe dismal performance of Russia’s conventional forces in the early days of the war in Ukraine risks convincing some in NATO that the future Russian threat to the Alliance can be deterred primarily via NATO’s conventional superiority, and that enhancing deterrence of Russian nuclear use in a future conflict is therefore no longer a high priority. This is a dangerous fallacy. It fails to take into account the relevant lessons learned from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the fundamental change in the future security environment in which NATO will have to deter or defeat Russian aggression and escala
2023-10-0212 minNATO ReviewNATO Review: Embracing resilience: representing comrades at the Invictus Games 2023 and advocating for sustainable impactAs the 2023 Invictus Games begin, my heart is filled with a myriad of emotions. The Games provide an opportunity for wounded, injured and sick service personnel and veterans to participate in international sporting competition, and also support broader programmes of rehabilitation and recovery. My journey to the Games has not only been about me, but also about representing the unbreakable spirit of my fellow soldiers who are unable to take part in this remarkable event. Let me take you back to the moment when my world came crashing down and I discovered the true meaning of resilience.
2023-09-0810 minNATO ReviewNATO Review: Logical but unexpected - Witnessing Finland's path to NATO from a close distanceOn 4 April 2023, Finland’s Blue Cross Flag was hoisted at NATO Headquarters, marking the nation’s entry into the Alliance. Finland’s formal accession to NATO was the culmination of an 11-month membership path that was triggered following Russia’s unprovoked war of aggression against Ukraine in February 2022. The overwhelming majority of Finns supported their nation’s NATO membership, and many toasts were raised that day in early spring. Though joining the Alliance without Sweden – which was left to wait for the completion of its own accession process - put a slight damper on the festive occasion.
2023-08-3015 minNATO ReviewNATO Review: Implementing NATO’s Climate Security Agenda: Challenges AheadRussia’s full-scale war of aggression against Ukraine is not the only challenge NATO has to grapple with today. The week preceding the NATO Summit in Vilnius marked the planet’s hottest week in recorded history. Last summer’s gruelling heat claimed 20,000 excess deaths in Western Europe alone, threatened critical military and civilian infrastructure and caused additional military deployments in response to immense forest fires across Europe.
2023-08-1017 minNATO ReviewNATO Review: The 2023 NATO Summit in retrospectThe Heads of State and Government of NATO countries convened in Vilnius, Lithuania for a summit that took place on 11 and 12 July. This, unequivocally, was the most important meeting of the summer 2023. Due to a plethora of international issues, politics, and global security, this year’s event became the epicenter and confluence of significant issues requiring Allied Leaders to take definitive action. These decisions will have impacts for years to come.
2023-07-2707 minNATO ReviewNATO Review: Defence spending: sustaining the effort in the long-termThe issue of the appropriate level of defence spending for each NATO Ally is as old as NATO itself. It touches upon two core debates for the Allies. First, as NATO’s mission is to ensure the security of the Euro-Atlantic area, defence spending supports the ability of Allies to preserve peace and to deter all threats, at all times.
2023-07-0313 minNATO ReviewNATO Review: NATO's engagement in Afghanistan, 2003-2021: a planner’s perspectiveThis coming summer will mark the twentieth anniversary of the initiation of NATO's engagement in Afghanistan in August 2003, which ended in August 2021 as a result of the collapse of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (GIRoA) and the return to power of the Taliban. This endeavour, extraordinary in both ambition and scope, brought together the commitments and contributions of troops and other resources by nearly 50 NATO and non-NATO nations from around the world, with the goal of building a stable Afghanistan freed from use as a safe haven for terrorism.
2023-06-2012 minNATO ReviewNATO Review: NATO and strategic competition in cyberspaceNATO’s 2022 Strategic Concept reaffirmed its commitment to NATO’s founding principles and to its core mission of collective defence and security in a Euro-Atlantic zone definitively ‘not at peace’. It also reiterated its long-held view that cyberspace, the global domain of interconnected information technologies and data, is ‘contested at all times’ by a range of state and non-state actors. Set against the backdrop of widespread competition in cyberspace between military and intelligence agencies, firms, criminals, hackers, hacktivists and assorted adventurers, this assertion is hard to deny.
2023-06-0612 minNATO ReviewNATO Review: The power of information to build resilience in a volatile worldIn the face of the “pervasive instability and threat” described by NATO’s Strategic Concept, Allies must do more to strengthen the resilience of our societies. We face a growth in the challenges we face together, illustrated by the UK’s Integrated Review describing the world as “volatile and contested”. As our National Resilience Framework sets out, we need a whole-of-society approach to better prepare ourselves for instability - and communication is crucial in delivering this by informing, mobilising and preparing populations.
2023-05-2414 minNATO ReviewNATO Review: Back to the future: innovating in times of uncertainty and disruptionHow do innovators get better at anticipating and preparing for problems in the future? Most innovation efforts focus on problems in the present — ones that are easy to identify and thus to justify investing in (e.g. how do we make an airplane fly higher, or faster, or with fewer carbon emissions?) But focusing on the present can leave us unprepared for problems that may come in the future. It is equally valuable for innovation efforts to look beyond the present and to prepare for disruptions yet to come.
2023-05-0213 minNATO-TVAiding Afghan AgriculturePackage made from the B-roll "Aiding Afghan Agriculture" about a U.S. provincial reconstruction team (PRT) aiding local Afghans in agriculture. Produced by Josh Fortune. High definition version available.
2023-04-2602 minNATO-TVAid DeliveryPackage made from the B-roll " Aid Delivery" about humanitarian aid delivery to the people of an Afghan village where prepackaged bags of living supplies are given to pre-qualified families. Also available in high definition.
2023-04-2602 minNATO-TVFrench Football FeverPackage made from the B-roll "French Football Fever"about French soldiers completing construction of a soccer field and holding a game to celebrate the completion of the field. Produced by David Heathfield. Also available in high definition
2023-04-2601 minNATO-TVAfghan RecruitsPackage made from the B-roll "Afghan Recruits" about more than 500 recruits arriving at the Kabul Military Training Center to begin basic training. Produced by Daniel Morgan. Also available in high definition.
2023-04-2602 minNATO-TVAfghan Weight LiftersPackage made from the B-roll "Afghan Weight Lifters" about health clubs and gyms opening all across Afghanistan in order to promote health and to help civilians avoid the temptations of drugs and crime. Also available in high definition.
2023-04-2602 minNATO-TVImprovised Explosive Device FoundPackage made from the B-roll "Improvised Explosive Device Found" about the Canadian Quick Reaction force getting briefed and suiting up after an improvised explosive device was found in Kandahar City which was found and detonated after working with the Iraqi police. Also available in high definition.
2023-04-2602 minNATO-TVTargetingPackage made from the B-roll "Targeting" about the process of abiding by the rules of engagement and the process of targeting forces or locations. Also available in high definition.
2023-04-2603 minNATO-TVThe HALO EffectPackage made from the B-Roll "The HALO Effect " about the process of removing land mines in Afghanistan. Produced by David Heathfield. Also available in high definition.
2023-04-2604 minNATO-TVTexan Help for Afghan FarmersPackage made from the B-roll "Texan Help for Afghan Farmers" about Soldiers helping to improve agriculture in Afghanistan. Produced by David Heathfield. Also available in high definition.
2023-04-2604 minNATO-TVTarget PracticePackage made from the B-roll "Target Practice" about the Kabul military training center targeting range. Also available in high definition.
2023-04-2604 minNATO-TVTraining the Afghan PilotsPackage made from the B-roll "Training the Afghan Pilots" about the NATO forces training Afghan pilots. Produced by Mel Pren. Also available in high definition.
2023-04-2604 minNATO-TVKiwis Keep the PeacePackage made from the B-roll "Kiwis Keep the Peace" about New Zealand soldiers keeping the peace in the mountains of Afghanistan. Also available in high definition.
2023-04-2603 minNATO-TVMentoring the Afghan PolicePackage made from the B-roll "Mentoring the Afghan Police" about the importance of Highway 1 and the police mentoring program run by the U.S. Army which allows the local police to run their own cities and highway system. Also available in high definition.
2023-04-2605 minNATO-TVQargha, an Afghan ResortPackage made from the B-roll "Qargha, an Afghan Resort" about the Qargha resort in Kabul, Afghanistan which was completely renovated after the taliban government was defeated. Also available in high definition.
2023-04-2602 minNATO-TVFreedom of MovementPackage made from the B-roll "Freedom of Movement" about the challenges and the vulnerabilities of the transportation industry and the efforts to combat violence along highway 1.Also available in high definition.
2023-04-2605 min2023-04-2600 minNATO-TVOperation Allied ProviderPackage of Operation Allied Provider to provide security against pirates. Produced by Daniel Morgan
2023-04-2604 minNATO-TVThe Afghan DevicePackage of a new device used to help in knee injuries. Produced by David Heathfield
2023-04-2603 min2023-04-2602 minNATO-TVImproving Water SuppliesPackage made from the B-roll "Improving Water Supplies" about how the Jalalabad Provincial Reconstruction Team is helping the community maintain it's supply of water.
2023-04-2602 minNATO-TVTaking the Fight to the Taliban, Part 4Package of British and Estonian soldiers taking a taliban-controlled village by force in a sneak attack. Produced by Josh Fortune. Part 4 of 5, part 1.
2023-04-2604 minNATO-TVTaking the Fight to the Taliban, Part 3: Pressing the EnemyPackage of British and Estonian troops working together in their patrol mission and in seeking out taliban aggressors while being engaged in live fire from the enemy. Produced by Josh Fortune.
2023-04-2606 minNATO-TVBuilding TrustBuilding trust is a key element in the NATO-Russia partnership. Natochannel ask different representatives of NATO and Russia what the best way is to build trust. Produced by Zornitza Venkova. This version has graphics and voiceover. Also available in high definition.
2023-04-2008 minNATO ReviewNATO Review: Brothers in arms – a transatlantic transit on the world’s largest warship, by Rob KunzigThe USS Gerald R. Ford – the US Navy’s newest supercarrier, and the largest and most technologically advanced aircraft carrier in the world – recently crossed the Atlantic alongside warships from other NATO Allies. Aboard ship, two brothers mark the Ford’s first deployment – and one brother’s final flight.
2023-04-2015 minNATO-TVPiracy: The Human CostNATOChannel Series “Piracy” Episode 1: “The Human Cost” focuses on a report released on 22nd June by the International Maritime Bureau and "Oceans Beyond Piracy” called “The Human Cost of Somali Piracy” which highlights the plight of hostages.
Includes interviews with the authors of the report as well as representatives of the IMO and the NATO Shipping Centre. Produced by Mike Muehlberger. This version includes graphics and voiceover.
2023-04-1803 minNATO-TVAfghanistan 2013 And Beyond – NATO SCR Looks AheadNATO's Senior Civilian Representative in Afghanistan, Maurits Jochems, talks to the NATOChannel about challenges ahead in 2013, one year ahead of complete security transfer to the Afghans. Includes graphics and voiceover.
2023-04-1704 minNATO-TVBritish General Lorimer Reflects on Campaign in AfghanistanGeneral Lorimer, Deputy Commander ISAF in Afghanistan, speaks to NATOChannel in the ruins of a fort in Kabul about his previous deployments to the country and how things have changed over the years. Also available in high definition
2023-04-1603 min
Military HDUkraine: Fighting the Information WarNATOChannel meets some of the Ukrainian media fighting back against Russia’s information war, debunking false news and images used to disinform the world about the situation in Ukraine. Soundbites from Yevhen Fedchenko and Margo Gonta, co-founders of StopFake.org, Ukraine Today Editor Peter Dickinson, Dmytro Kuleba, Ambassador-at-Large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and Brian Bonner, Chief Editor, Kyiv Post. This version includes voiceover and graphics.
2023-04-1004 minNATO ReviewNATO Review: Western alliances in times of power politics - a reviewThe return of great power competition is reinvigorating the study of military alliances. In this article, Dr Pilster reviews three remarkable books from recent years: A. Wess Mitchell and Jakub J. Grygiel’s “The Unquiet Frontier” (2017); Mira Rapp-Hooper’s “Shields of the Republic” (2020); and Alexander Lanoszka’s “Military Alliances in the Twenty-First Century” (2022). The authors straddle academia and policy: Lanoszka is a political scientist with a specialisation in alliances; Grygiel, Mitchell, and Rapp-Hooper all served in the US State Department; and Mitchell was co-chair of the independent reflection group on NATO 2030. The common denominator among the three books is that they systematicall...
2023-03-2812 minNATO ReviewNATO Review: A comprehensive and coordinated approach to strategic messagingToday, the battle for hearts and minds is unfolding on the devices in the palms of our hands. The media environment operates with unfamiliar rules and without systems of checks and balances, and information proliferates at an extraordinary pace. How do governments and international organisations get ahead in this new war of narratives, and how do we secure the victory for truth?
2023-03-1612 minNATO ReviewNATO Review: A year ago I volunteered as a soldier in the Ukrainian armyI’d never served in the Armed Forces before. Hadn’t even done compulsory military service. I’d always been a journalist – both before 2014, when I lived in Crimea, and after 2014, when Russia annexed Crimea and I had to move to Kyiv. Then in 2022, on day two of Russia’s full-scale invasion, I went and joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
2023-02-1610 minNATO ReviewNATO Review: Deterrence: what it can (and cannot) doThe last article that we are republishing as part of 70 Years of NATO Review was written by consistent and long-time NATO Review author, Michael Rühle, in April 2015. While that might not seem like very long ago, this piece is evidence of just how much has changed in the last eight-or-so years. In the 2000s and early 2010s, deterrence had become a dormant concept, all but cast aside at the end of the Cold War to make space for countering new challenges and enlarging the Alliance. In 2014, following Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea, deterrence was pulled out and dusted off...
2022-12-2014 minNATO ReviewNATO Review: Change and continuityThis article, written by former NATO Secretary General Lord Robertson at the end of his tenure in 2003, reflects on his four years at the helm. He oversaw one of the most turbulent periods in NATO’s history. The Cold War had ended. The troops were going home. Without the ever-present threat of Soviet invasion, Allies were rapidly demobilising their forces – eager to spend the 'peace dividend' on social programmes for their citizens at home, rather than on armed forces stationed abroad. Doomsayers were – as always – foretelling the imminent disintegration of the Alliance. The Warsaw Pact had been relegated to the ash heap...
2022-12-1425 minNATO ReviewNATO Review: Russia’s nuclear coercion in UkraineIn 2022, the spectre of nuclear weapons use has returned to centre stage in Europe. From the very beginning of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February of this year, Russian President Vladimir Putin has brandished his country’s nuclear sword in an attempt to compel Ukraine to capitulate to Russia’s demands and to deter NATO from intervention. This is the most significant attempt at prolonged, consistent, and conscious nuclear coercion against NATO and its partners in almost forty years. We must therefore reflect on Russia’s nuclear coercion with considerable scrutiny.
2022-11-2911 minNATO ReviewNATO Review: Knowledge security: insights for NATOKnowledge security entails mitigating the risks of espionage, unwanted knowledge transfers, intellectual property theft, data leakage and the misuse of dual-use technology (technology that is primarily “focused on commercial markets but may also have defence and security applications”).
In the context of research on and the development of high-end technology, knowledge security is vital to NATO’s ability to deter and defend against adversaries and protect the prosperity of its members.
2022-09-3015 minNATO ReviewNATO Review: NATO's role in a changing worldThis article was written in April 1990 by Sir Michael Alexander, who was serving as the United Kingdom’s Permanent Representative to NATO. It reflects on the historic months that followed Mikhail Gorbachev’s reforms in the Soviet Union and the subsequent fall of the Berlin Wall – the so-called ‘end of history’, per Francis Fukuyama.
In the article, Sir Michael offers an eerily prophetic take on the future of the Alliance in the post-Cold War period. Highlighting the need to nurture the transatlantic bond and NATO’s growing role as a forum for political consultation with partner countries outside of the Alliance, he...
2022-09-1620 minNATO ReviewNATO Review: The climate-space nexus: new approaches for strengthening NATO’s resilienceClimate change presents major challenges that NATO faces today, and will have to confront tomorrow. Space technology is playing an increasingly important role in helping to monitor rapid environmental change and identify related hazards.
2022-08-1812 minNATO ReviewNATO Review: The 1982 Summit and after: a personal viewThis article was written in 1982 by Sir Clive Rose, a former Permanent Representative to the North Atlantic Council from the United Kingdom. In it, Sir Clive provides a personal view on the 1982 NATO Summit in Bonn, Germany, where Allied leaders agreed to invite Spain to join NATO. Forty years later, having just concluded the 2022 NATO Summit in Madrid, we can look back and see many familiar themes in Sir Clive’s words – but also notice some key differences between then and now.
The 1982 Bonn Summit set the course for the Alliance for the last decade of the Cold War – just as the...
2022-07-1424 minNATO ReviewNATO Review: The consequences of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine for international security – NATO and beyondFebruary 24, 2022, is likely to engrave itself on the history template of the contemporary world. Russia’s unprovoked, unjustified and barbaric invasion of Ukraine is not only a manifestation of a huge security danger that has shattered peace in Europe. More structurally, it has broken the entire security architecture built patiently on the continent over many decades, including international commitments agreed in the last 30 years. As the top UK general recently observed, it is dangerous to assume that the war on Ukraine is a limited conflict. This could be “our 1937 moment“, and everything possible must be done in order to stop territ...
2022-07-0714 minNATO ReviewNATO Review: Protection of Civilians: a constant in the changing security environmentProtecting civilians is an ethical and strategic imperative and a crucial factor in the planning, conduct and assessment of military operations. NATO’s strategy and planning for the future needs to reflect that reality.
2022-06-1715 minNATO ReviewNATO Review: The Madrid Strategic Concept and the Future of NATOAt the Brussels Summit in June 2021, NATO leaders agreed to begin work on a new Strategic Concept, which will be adopted at the upcoming Summit in Madrid in June 2022. The last such Concept was agreed back in 2010 when the world was a different place.
2022-06-0711 minNATO ReviewNATO Review: The Madrid Strategic Concept and the Future of NATOAt the Brussels Summit in June 2021, NATO leaders agreed to begin work on a new Strategic Concept, which will be adopted at the upcoming Summit in Madrid in June 2022. The last such Concept was agreed back in 2010 when the world was a different place.
2022-06-0211 minNATO ReviewNATO Review: Moving towards security: preparing NATO for climate-related migrationIf global warming continues unabated, the World Bank estimates that by 2050, 216 million people will migrate within their countries in search of employment, food, and water security. Already, UNHCR data shows that, over the last decade, weather-related crises created twice as much displacement as conflict. Though such displacement often initially occurs within states– from rural to urban areas–as urban areas become more stressed, people are increasingly likely to move across international borders. Globally, most states and international institutions are unprepared for the coming magnitude of climate-related migration.
2022-05-1912 minNATO ReviewNATO Review: 70 years of NATO Review, 2nd editionIn 2022, we celebrate 70 years of NATO Review (formerly NATO Letter). Over the past seven decades, NATO Review has been offering expert opinion and analysis on a wide range of Euro-Atlantic security issues in articles that have sometimes been reflective, sometimes predictive, but always at the front line of debate. To commemorate this long legacy, over the course of 2022 we will be re-publishing a selection of NATO Review articles from throughout the history of the magazine.
This article, written in 1976 by then-Secretary General Joseph Luns, may evoke the old adage that the more things change, the more they stay the same...
2022-05-0922 minNATO ReviewNATO Review: Risk, Uncertainty and InnovationThe Alliance faces significant challenges from disruptive technologies and innovations in both conventional and hybrid methods of war. Distinguishing between uncertainty and risk can help to better prepare for emerging threats and to direct innovative initiatives to counter them.
2022-04-1409 minNATO ReviewNATO Review: Extending NATO: retirement plan not requiredUps and downs in NATO’s fortunes are nothing new, and predictions of NATO’s demise are almost as old as the Alliance itself. What is remarkable is not the Alliance’s decline but its longevity. NATO has outlasted the Warsaw Pact by some three decades. Other Cold War alliances – the South East Asia Treaty Organisation (SEATO) and the Central Treaty Organisation (CENTO) - passed into history in the late 1970s. All of which begs the question: why has NATO persisted when other alliances have fallen by the wayside? There is already some excellent scholarship that addresses this issue. As NATO app...
2022-04-0712 minNATO ReviewNATO Review: 70 years of NATO ReviewIn 2022, we celebrate 70 years of NATO Review (formerly NATO Letter). Over these many years, NATO Review has been offering expert opinion and analysis on a wide range of Euro-Atlantic security issues in articles that have sometimes been reflective, sometimes predictive, but always at the front line of debate. To commemorate this long legacy, over the course of 2022 we will be re-publishing a selection of NATO Review articles from throughout the history of the magazine.
Looking back on 70 years of discussion and analysis in NATO Review gives us the opportunity to reflect on how our political and military Alliance has evolved...
2022-03-1712 minNATO ReviewNATO Review: An unexpected driver of climate action? By Sherri Goodman and Katarina KertysovaThe recent UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) raised the stakes for global climate action, recognising the urgency of acting today to decarbonise global energy systems. Even so, there have been competing claims about its success, and thousands of youth activists, who gathered in the streets of Glasgow, criticised world leaders and businesses for still failing to recognise the urgency of the climate crisis – the most critical matter of our time. In the fight against climate change, everyone has a part to play. How is NATO, as a security organisation, contributing to international climate efforts and what more can the Alliance do
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The Life NewsJoint press conference with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and the Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic, Kyriakos MitsotakisJoint press conference with NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg and the Prime Minister of the Hellenic Republic, Kyriakos MitsotakisThe Life News use this audio podcast for editorial purpose only.Copyright of Natochannel.
2019-10-1125 minThe Life NewsJoint Press Statements by NATO Secy General Jens Stolenberg and the Republic of Moldova, Igor Dodon.NATO Secy General Jens Stolenberg and the Republic of Moldova, Igor Dodon.The Life News use this information and audio podcast for editorial purpose only.Copyright of NatoChannel.
2019-09-0707 minThe Life NewsJoint Press point by NATO Secy General Jens Stolenburg and President of Lithuania Gitanas NausedaNATO Secy General with President of Lithuania.The Life News use this information and audio podcast for editorial purpose only.Copyright of NatoChannel.
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The Inner Loop Radio: A Creative Writing PodcastConflict and Creativity with Jacquelyn BengfortIn honor of Memorial Day and those who have served, this month's episode explores how trauma and conflict influences writers, and how it can often be turned into a creative driver. Navy veteran Jacquelyn Bengfort joins us in-studio; NATOChannel editor Rob Kunzig calls in from Latvia; and we hear readings from Nancy K. Pearson, Samantha De Trinidad, Ruthi Postow Birch and Beth Spesia.
2018-05-2556 minNATO ReviewIt’s Not Just the War: Ukraine’s Fight Behind the HeadlinesNATO Review outlines that the war in Ukraine covers just 7% of the territory of the country, while other areas of real concern, such as hybrid attacks and a corruption-afflicted economy, affect the whole country.
2015-06-0900 minNATO ReviewBlood BrothersBlood Brothers? is a 25-minute documentary made with unique archive images from the Lithuanian national broadcaster, LRT. In it, NATO Review Magazine talks to Lithuanians to find out how they managed to take such a different path, how close they came to Ukraine’s fate, and what advice they would give to Ukrainians today. We hear from those who were on the frontline of Lithuania’s 1990 revolution – including the newsreader who was taken off air by Soviet forces during a broadcast – through to those assisting Ukrainians on the frontline today.
2015-03-1224 minNATO ReviewHow Information War Can Kill: The Chernobyl CaseThe information war which has broken out over Russia’s actions in Ukraine has largely been seen as two sides projecting differing opinions. But the way information is controlled, twisted and spread can have serious effects. We look at how information affected the lives of thousands – possibly millions – of people when it was manipulated following the Chernobyl nuclear disaster – and find some similarities today. Includes sound bites from Yuriy Tatarchuck – Chernobyl Expert. Also available in high definition.
2014-12-2306 minNATO ReviewNATO Review: KGB, Torture and Soviet Terror - Why Latvia Worries About Today's RussiaNATO Review looks inside the KGB prison where Latvians were locked up, tortured or killed. We hear how today's leading Latvians were affected by Soviet occupation. And we ask if they see echoes in today's Russian aggression.
2014-12-1012 minNATO ReviewNATO Review: Energy Insecurity – What Can NATO Do?What do the changes to the energy landscape following the Ukraine crisis mean for NATO? How does the organization need to change to better face energy challenges? We ask some top commentators and politicians what kind of changes they feel should be made.
00.11 – Voice-over – Paul King – Editor, NATO Review
In a globalized world no man is an island. Some 50 per cent of the EU’s gas imports from Russia still pass through Ukraine and these imports have already been interrupted twice before, in 2006 and 2009. Following the Ukraine crisis, there are fears that Europe’s energy security may be vulnerable once again.
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2014-12-1002 minNATO ReviewNATO Review: What Will Be the Biggest Threats in the Next Ten Years?Getting a new defense product to market takes up to 10 years. So what do industry leaders feel we should be worrying about now? We ask six senior company representatives to reveal where they see the biggest threats developing.
00.06 – Voice-over – Paul King – Editor, NATO Review
NATO Review asked representatives of six leading defense companies what they think will be the biggest threats in the next 10 years. Here we present their answers.
00.17 – Jeff Kohler – Vice President, International Business Development, Boeing
I don’t think we still understand critical infrastructure protection and how cyber can affect that. As we sit here right at the entrance...
2014-12-1004 minNATO ReviewNATO Review: NATO – Will it Still Be Here in Another 65 Years?Lord Robertson was the NATO Secretary General on 9/11. He is the only Secretary General to have ever invoked the Alliance's Article 5. NATO Review asked him for a review of how the Alliance has done in its first 65 years - and whether it will make another 65.
00.08: What has NATO learned from recent events in Ukraine?
00.12 – Lord Robertson – Former NATO Secretary General
It was perfectly foreseeable that the Ukrainian crisis was going to come. We have to start inventing the wheel every time something comes along. We went through the cold war, we went through Bosnia, then we went through Kosovo, then we h...
2014-12-1005 minNATO ReviewNATO Review: 65th Birthday of NATO – Can you see FREE?00.06 – 01.39: images of NATO’s 65 years (1949 – 2014)
01.46: Defending your freedom to party, to protest, to be
01.53: since 1949
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2014-12-1002 minNATO ReviewNATO Review: Ukraine-Russia Conflict: Has Globalization Helped or Hindered Responses?Countries have increased their links in a smaller, globalised world. But reactions to Russia's actions in Ukraine mean that a brake has to be put on some of this interlinking. Has globalisation made it easier or more difficult to react? Has it made it impossible to punish Russia without suffering pain at home? And where next for the sanctions and counter-sanctions?
00.09 - Paul King – Editor, NATO Review – voice-over
Globalisation has made all of our lives more dependent on each other. As barriers fall and unions are built, the idea is that all of us stand to lose more in conflicts in a...
2014-12-1004 minNATO ReviewNATO Review: Russia, Ukraine, and Crimea: A Predictable Crisis?How much could we have seen the Crimea crisis coming? NATO Review talks to security experts and asks whether there were enough clues in Russia's previous adventures - especially in Estonia and Georgia - to indicate that Crimea would be next.
00.12 - Paul King – Editor, NATO Review – voice-over
When Russia annexed Georgia’s regions of South-Ossetia and Abkhazia in 2008 some western politicians warned that Russia wasn’t finished yet.
00.21 – Linas Linkevičius – Minister of Foreign Affairs, Lithuania
We said it would be more at that time. No one listened. By the way, we mentioned Crimea. We mentioned Transnistria. So Crimea is gone. Tran...
2014-12-1004 minNATO ReviewNATO Review: Ukraine and the West: United We Stand?What were the main objectives of Russian leader President Putin when he embarked on his support for pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine? Did they go beyond territory and aim to create - or increase - divisions between Western countries? And if so, has this strategy worked? NATO Review asks some leading security figures how they saw it.
2014-12-1004 minNATO ReviewNATO Review: Hybrid War – Hybrid Response?When a country is attacked by conventional land, sea or air forces, it is usually clear how to best respond. But what happens when it is attacked by a mixture of special forces, information campaigns and backdoor proxies? What's the best response? And how can international security organisations like NATO adapt to these attacks?
00.10 - Paul King – Editor, NATO Review – voice-over
At one point during the Ukrainian crisis, Russia had 40,000 troops lined up on the Ukrainian border, but when it came to sowing instability in Ukraine, it was not these conventional forces who were used, but rather unorthodox and varied tech...
2014-12-1005 minNATO ReviewNATO Review: Football and DefenseFootball and the defence sector have a lot in common. For example, they both need a strong defense, potent attacks and a capable captain organizing everything. NATO Review tries to show how recent changes in the defense industry would look if they were played out on the football pitch.
00.04 – Paul King – Editor, NATO Review
Hello, my name is Paul King and today I’m going to try and explain the changes in defense with the aid of a football. The ball represents everything the armed forces need in the field. This can be from top-end jets through to simple uniforms or adv...
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