This week at NATO
NATO Secretary General with Prime Minister of Slovakia: support to Ukraine is not charity, it is an investment in our security
Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg welcomed Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico to NATO Headquarters. Mr Stoltenberg praised Slovakia’s commitment to the Alliance, including hosting a multinational NATO battlegroup, deploying forces to Latvia, and planning to invest 2% of GDP in defence this year. They also discussed continued support to Ukraine and further bolstering the Alliance’s deterrence and defence.
NATO Secretary General holds talks with Prince Khalid bin Salman Al Saud, welcomes closer ties with Saudi Arabia
Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg spoke with the Defence Minister of Saudi Arabia, His Royal Highness Prince Khalid bin Salman Al Saud, during a visit to Riyadh, welcoming the development of closer ties between NATO and the Kingdom.
Secretary General sets out vision for deeper NATO–Saudi Arabia cooperation in historic first visit to Riyadh
Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg set out his vision for deeper cooperation between NATO and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in an historic visit to Riyadh – the first ever by a sitting Secretary General of NATO.
Symposium in Finland brings industry and experts together to strengthen NATO’s responses to hybrid threats
Allied experts and representatives met with industry at the NATO Hybrid Symposium in Helsinki, Finland to address the challenges posed by adversarial use of hybrid tools. At the two-day event, members of NATO’s Counter Hybrid Support Teams (CHST) convened for a training session, boosting the Alliance’s ability to respond to challenges and strengthening cooperation in the hybrid community.
NATO agrees 2024 budgets, demonstrating Allied solidarity in addressing shared security challenges
Allies agreed NATO’s civil and military budgets for 2024 at a meeting of the North Atlantic Council on 13 December 2023. The civil budget is set at €438.1 million, and the military budget is set at €2.03 billion, representing a 18.2% and 12% increase respectively over 2023.
NATO’s new Defence Industrial Production Board meets to boost defence industrial capacity
On Wednesday 13 December, senior representatives from across the Alliance gathered at NATO Headquarters in Brussels to hold the first meeting of the Defence Industrial Production Board.
NATO and Iraq continue to strengthen their cooperation through defence education activities
Representatives from eight Iraqi professional military education institutions, led by Staff Lieutenant General Aqeel Mustafa Mahdi Al Rammah, President of the Iraqi Defence University for Military Studies, visited NATO Headquarters. The visit was part of the annual review of their defence education activities, within the framework of NATO’s Defence Education Enhancement Programme (DEEP).
NATO Military Committee engages with partners, ahead of upcoming Chiefs of Defence meeting
On 14 December 2023, the NATO Military Committee held two different meetings with partners to prepare and discuss the agenda for the upcoming Chiefs of Defence meeting in January 2024.
Don’t fight the future, decide it!
Strategic foresight is the ability of an organisation to perceive, make sense of, and act on future changes as they emerge in the present. What is the role of strategic foresight in policy planning? What can it help to achieve? How does it contribute to the role of policy planners? Find out in this new article on #NATOReview
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1ySenior Epitaxy Technician at Paragraf
1yThis is not a prime minister of Slovakia, This is Robert Fico the big mafia Boss of Slovakia mafia. Most corrupt politician in EU! This mafia BOSS (Russia spy) and his organised gang called SMER-SD and HLAS-SD are destroying Slovakia Republic!
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1ySlava Ukraine!
Retired
1yWondering when NATO is going to let Sweden in? Time to move away from this silly need of 100% approval by all members . Hungary is obstructing NATO and the EU ! Turkey is obstructing NATO! Time is of the essence!!🙏🙏🙏🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇮🇱🇮🇱🇨🇦
Consultant bei ÖZKILINC Consulting
1yAs president, Trump had the ambitious goal of creating an Arab NATO with the Gulf states under the leadership of Saudi Arabia. The visit to Riyadh is interesting... and why Saudi Arabia is standing idly by in the Gaza conflict against Israel.