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The Washington Summit: Burden-sharing

NATO heads of state and government will gather in Washington on 9-11 July to mark the Alliance’s 75th anniversary. While a third year of full-scale war rages in Europe, they will need to guard the tone of their celebrations. But it would be remiss of the Allies not to recognise the importance and success of their organisation. NATO remains the essential transatlantic forum. It has had huge positive impact on security in Europe and elsewhere, built shared understanding and purpose among a growing number of members, and successfully adapted to decades of changing circumstances. There is much to applaud.

Commentary

What Ukraine Achieved in Vilnius

Since the NATO Summit in Vilnius failed to grant Ukraine an invitation to the Alliance, undisguised disappointment has been common.

Publications

Series: NATO’s Vilnius Summit

NATO’s heads of state and government meet this week for their second summit after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Russia’s war and its consequences will again dominate the agenda.

Publications

Baltic Defence Development: Adding Value to the Defence of the Baltic Sea Region

While Baltic security thinking has long been dominated by assessments of the risk of Russian military aggression in Europe, the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 was still a shock in its brutality and scale. It has led the three Baltic states to further increase defence spending and to accelerate the building of national defence capabilities.

Commentary

Defence Spending: Who Is Doing What?

Defence spending has often been the cause of bitter arguments among NATO Allies. In today’s worsened security environment, Allies will doubtless need to return to this thorny topic at their July summit in Vilnius.

Publications

#NATO2030. Addressing the Burden-Sharing Challenge

NATO routinely measures and compares the national defence inputs and outputs of its members to assess how they share the burden of collective defence. It has always been apparent that by comparison with the US, Europe needs to do more, but NATO’s burden-sharing discussion is stuck on tired arguments about simple spending measures.

Commentary

Estonia’s 2021 Defence Budget: The Result of a Heated Political Debate

On 30 September, the Estonian Government submitted its draft 2021 state budget to the Estonian Parliament (Riigikogu). For once, the allocation for national defence was the result of a heated political row between coalition partners.

Commentary

Does NATO’s New Cost Sharing Arrangement Contribute to Fairer Burden Sharing?

Allies recently agreed to a new cost sharing formula whereby European members and Canada will increase their contributions to NATO’s three common funded budgets allowing the US share to decrease. This new arrangement is a consequence of the reluctance of many European nations to spend more on defence and the perceived need to send positive signals to the White House.

Commentary

Estonia’s 2020 draft defence budget

On 25 September 2019, the Government of Estonia agreed to the 2020 draft state budget, which obviously includes the defence budget.

Publications

NATO Beyond 70: Renewing a Culture of Readiness

On 11-12 July 2018, the heads of state and government of the North Atlantic Alliance met in Brussels.

News

September 30, 2024

New ICDS Japan Chair: Dr Bart Gaens
On 1 October 2024, Dr Bart Gaens joins the ICDS as the Japan Chair...
September 20, 2024

Estonia’s Foreign Policy Leadership After the Russian Invasion of Ukraine
An article „Grasping the opportunity for small state leadership: Estonia’s...
September 2, 2024

Defending Europe: Let Us Not Despair, but Act
ICDS organised a Lennart Meri Conference side session at this year’s GLOBSE...
July 8, 2024

Washington Summit: join the Public Forum online
NATO heads of state and government will gather in Washington on 9-11 July t...

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