Czechia to host informal meeting of NATO foreign ministers in May
Czechia will host the next informal meeting of NATO Ministers of Foreign Affairs, which will take place in Prague on 30-31 May 2024. “I am grateful to Czechia for hosting this informal meeting as we prepare for our Summit in Washington in July,” the Secretary General said. “This year marksContinue Reading
NATO Secretary General’s statement on the second anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine
Jens Stoltenberg: Today, we mark two years since Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine. Starting the biggest war in Europe since World War Two. Let me begin by honouring all those brave Ukrainians who have fallen or been wounded in defence of their homeland. The situation on the battlefield remains extremelyContinue Reading
Why cognitive superiority is an imperative
Complacency is a lethal error in strategy-making and warfare. As Russia has learned in Ukraine, overestimating your capabilities and underestimating your enemy can lead to failure. NATO cannot take its own continued strategic success for granted. By Dr. Kestutis Paulauskas NATO’s 2022 Strategic Concept – the Alliance’s guiding policy documentContinue Reading
ICSVE: Keep your force up to speed!
Upcoming in ICSVE’s Police Responses to Terrorism and Violent Extremism multi-media training series are six modules delivered virtually in two-hour sessions starting Monday, March 4th continuing daily through Friday March 8th starting at 11 am EST ending at 1 pm EST. ICSVE researchers have spent the last 20 years interviewingContinue Reading
NATO visit to Sarajevo
At the invitation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the North Atlantic Council (NAC), chaired by NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană, will visit Sarajevo on 1 and 2 February 2024. On 1 February 2024, the Deputy Secretary General and NATO Ambassadors will meet the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). AContinue Reading
The Arctic peace bubble is bursting?
‘Throughout the decades of cold war, the Arctic was in many ways a different landscape that was protected from international tension,’ says Marius Nyquist Pedersen in a new report from Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI). A Warming Arctic in a Cold War– consequences of climate change for Norwegian security inContinue Reading
CHESS DYNAMICS: HAWKEYE MMP DELIVERS WORLD-LEADING ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY PERFORMANCE
UK surveillance specialist Chess Dynamics’ vehicle surveillance system, Hawkeye MMP, has demonstrated a world-leading electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) performance as part of the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency’s (NDMA) Observation Targeting and Surveillance Systems (OTAS) project. In meeting stringent requirements set by the NDMA, Hawkeye MMP has demonstrated its ability to meetContinue Reading
Statement by Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III on Coalition Strikes in Houthi-Controlled Areas of Yemen
In light of the illegal, dangerous, and destabilizing Iranian-backed Houthi attacks against U.S. and international vessels and commercial vessels from many countries lawfully transiting the Red Sea, today the militaries of the United States and the United Kingdom, with support from Australia, Bahrain, Canada, and the Netherlands, conducted strikes againstContinue Reading
Patriot missiles for Ukraine
NATO’s Support and Procurement Agency will support a coalition of Allies, including Germany, the Netherlands, Romania and Spain to procure up to 1,000 Patriot missiles to strengthen their air defences amid Russia’s war against Ukraine. The contract will expand the European production of the missiles, enhancing supply and ensuring theContinue Reading
Strong coalition condemning Houthi attacks against commercial vessels
A Joint Statement from the Governments of the United States, Australia, Bahrain, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, and the United Kingdom. Recognizing the broad consensus as expressed by 44 countries around the world on December 19, 2023, as well as theContinue Reading