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Mark Alan Webber @MarkAlanWebber

Professor of International Politics, University of Birmingham. Tweeting on things NATO and related

Joined September 2013
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At Vilnius Model NATO 2025!
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This door-stopper finally available. global.oup.com/academic/prod…

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Fascinating BBC doc on NATO's history. Reflections on the Washington Treaty by yours truly at the start: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0029rh…

BBC Radio 4 - Archive on 4, Nato: Then, Now, Now What?

Michael Goldfarb looks back at 75 years of Nato's collective defence.

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Just out .... tandfonline.com/journals/fde…

NATO at 75 and beyond: internal and external challenges

Explore the article collection: NATO at 75 and beyond: internal and external challenges. Published in Defence Studies.

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Typically contrarian piece in The Critic. Is NATO finished (again)? thecritic.co.uk/is-it-a-no-g…

Is it a no-go for NATO? | Reid Smith | The Critic Magazine

American conservatives are increasingly sceptical of the transatlantic alliance

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Trump and NATO - how to handle the president. A lesson from Denmark ft.com/content/dbb70dc0-0038…

EU and Nato take vow of silence on Greenland

Denmark urges other European capitals to resist reacting to Donald Trump’s threats

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Trump at Davos repeats the call for 5%GDP defence spend. This figure is now on repeat. The UK's struggle with 2.5% is not a good look washingtonpost.com/opinions/…

Opinion | On a global stage, an imperial Trump offers some positive surprises

As the president addressed the World Economic Forum in Davos, the mood of accommodation was palpable.

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Is 3% of GDP on defence too much or too little. Part 2 telegraph.co.uk/us/comment/2…

Trump can strengthen the Nato alliance, but not by threatening to leave it

Threats against European free-riders might force them to raise defence spending in the short term, but at significant long-term cost

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Is 3% GDP on defence too little or too much? Part 1 responsiblestatecraft.org/na…

NATO countries spending 3%? That's empire.

Mark Rutte wants Cold War spending but Russia is in no way the same adversary, calling into question real motives

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My take on the next incumbent of the White House's imminent arrival theconversation.com/nato-why…

Nato: why the prospect of Trump 2.0 is putting such intense pressure on the western alliance

Trump’s demand that the Nato allies spend significantly more on defence is the opening salvo in a new era of transatlantic tensions.

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Nato’s European members discuss 3% target for defence spending

Increased military expenditure could be agreed at next year’s summit, intensifying pressure on national budgets

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Inevitable: Nato’s European members discuss 3% target for defence spending
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Can NATO be Trump-proofed? Maybe. washingtonpost.com/opinions/…

Opinion | How a ‘rightfully traumatized’ NATO can survive Donald Trump

NATO’s new secretary general, Mark Rutte, needs to persuade Donald Trump of the alliance’s value.

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Not yet December and projections for 2025 are in. This one on NATO is among the best rferl.org/a/eu-nato-geopolit…

Wider Europe Briefing: NATO Braces For An Unpredictable 2025

In this week's newsletter, I'm drilling down on one big issue: NATO going into 2025.

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Call for expressions of interest - BISA/FCDO Model NATO 2025 | BISA bisa.ac.uk/news/call-express…

Call for expressions of interest - BISA/FCDO Model NATO 2025

We will once again be holding a model NATO with the FCDO. Up to 32 universities can participate.

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Trump 2 and NATO: so it begins washingtonpost.com/politics/…

Trump taps Matthew Whitaker, former acting attorney general, for NATO ambassador

Whitaker has little to no experience in security or foreign policy, both of which are central to the NATO role.

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Insightful discussion on NATO at 75 and the familiar challenge of European defence sufficiency bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0024x1…

BBC Radio 4 - The Briefing Room, European defence in the new Trump era

What is the future of Nato and European security?

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Amidst the doom breakingdefense.com/2024/11/…

A second Trump administration won't be 'automatic disaster' for Ukraine, NATO: Analysts - Breaking...

New NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte already publicly congratulated President-elect Donald Trump, praising his push to get more members towards spending more on defense.

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