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25 September 2012

NATO Review looks at why getting the armed forces closer to the realities of energy and environmental problems is actually a good move. And why most people would benefit.

21 September 2012

Fuel for thought

Energy use is not a side issue for security. Power outages in many NATO states have shown how vulnerable we all are without sufficient energy. As the demand for more energy resources increases, how can we make sure this does not lead to conflict?

12 July 2012

Homegrown failure: why the domestic terror threat is overblown

Seek and you shall find is an old phrase. But it is an apt one, argues Benjamin Friedman, when applied to the search for something which has almost certainly always been there.

12 July 2012

Homegrown terrorism in pictures

The tag ‘homegrown terrorism’ may be new. But the activity certainly isn’t. This photostory highlights some previous examples – stretching back almost a century.

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12 July 2012

“New” terrorism in the Western world?

Homegrown terrorism is not new, argues Marc Sageman. It is as old as political struggle. But it does have new elements in it – not least being the Internet.

10 July 2012

Homegrown terrorism: how can NATO fight it?

The threat from homegrown terrorists is clearly a security issue. But it is one largely dealt with by national intelligence and security forces – not the military. So what exactly can NATO do to counter it? And how does this fit into NATO's wider fight against terrorism? We ask NATO’s counter terrorism expert.

23 May 2012

Making the concept a reality

NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Europe, Admiral James Stavridis, outlines how NATO’s new Strategic Concept’s ideas have been put into action.

7 May 2012

NATO Summit 2012: what does it mean to Chicago

NATO Review asked the Governor of State of Ilinois, Pat Quinn, about Chicago's preparations for the NATO's 2012 Summit, how the Alliance is perceived in the city and why Chicago represents the best backdrop for NATO's first Summit in North America this century.

6 September 2011

NATO after 9/11: a US perspective

For a truly modern approach to bringing NATO up to speed on 21st century security threats, the Alliance needs smart spending, more commitment and clearer planning, argues Dr Jacquelyn Davis.

4 September 2011

New threats: the cyber-dimension

9/11 heralded an age of new threats. Not least of these is the cyber threat. Here, Olaf Theiler outlines how NATO has had to adapt quickly to a fast changing, pervasive and often cheap security threat.

2 September 2011

NATO ten years after: learning the lessons

In retrospect, instead of heralding NATO's decline, "09/11" became the catalyst for the most fundamental changes in NATO's history, argues Michael Ruhle. Yet for the NATO Allies, the questions they had to ponder from the outset were as obvious as they were profound.

1 January 2011

e-Power to rise up the security agenda

Joseph Nye outlines how the cyberworld has created changes in power: e-Power. And it is a world where everyone is seemingly equal - but some are more equal than others. Here he outlines how this could develop in 2012.

1 January 2011

Crime, computers and security in 2012

Is the internet really a force for good? Not always, not necessarily and not without significant safeguards, argues Mikko Hypponen

1 January 2011

2012: welcome to the gridlocked world

Daniel Korski has worked in countries like Iraq and Afghanistan which have had to adapt to major changes quickly. Here, he argues that soon the whole world may have to do the same.

25 November 2010

New challenges - new Nato

As the world's challenges and threats have evolved, so has NATO. A new NATO division in the organisation is rarely newsworthy. But this time, it shows real intent to make sure that NATO matches the changing world around it.

1 October 2007

Analysis - New operational horizons: NATO and maritime security

Diego A. Ruiz Palmer looks at the growing risks posed at sea, how NATO has reacted and what it needs to do to ensure it keeps pace with a changing maritime risk environment.

1 October 2007

Analysis - Is NATO ready for an influenza pandemic?

At the end of November, the United Nations’ World Health Organization assessed the risk of a pandemic to be level three out of six.

1 October 2007

Book Review: NATO’s new mission

Patrick Stephenson reviews Rebecca Moore’s “NATO’s new mission” and analyses whether it gives a full picture of where the Alliance is heading.

1 October 2007

Analysis - More than water wars: Water and international security

Predictions that the next major war will be over water are common. But is this realistic? Bezen Balamir Coskun looks at the type and level of conflicts water shortages are likely to cause.

1 October 2007

Analysis - The nuclear dimensions of jihadist terrorism

Suicide bombings are bad enough. But suicide nuclear bombs would spell catastrophe. Michael Rühle looks at how jihadists’ attempts to join the nuclear club have been thwarted – and what’s needed to stave off this threat.

1 October 2007

Analysis - “iWar”: A new threat, its convenience – and our increasing vulnerability

With a computer in virtually every home and office, the chances for mass communication are better than ever before. But how well protected are we if that communication is malicious or hostile? Johnny Ryan makes the case that iWar attacks could be the most innovative form of warfare since the invention of gunpowder.

1 October 2007

Interview - Energy security: A state side view

United States Representative Tom Lantos, the Head of the US House Committee on Foreign Affairs, tells NATO Review how he sees NATO’s changing role and what NATO and its members can do in the increasingly important field of energy security.

1 October 2007

Photo story: Facts and faces of emerging security risks

A brief photo slideshow provides images and figures showing the potential of emerging risks

1 October 2007

Growing dangers: emerging and developing security threats

The term ‘xenophobia’ is witnessing a revival. It is often trotted out in the growing debates about globalization, immigration and popularist politics. But as well as a fear of all that is foreign, it is also a ‘fear of the unknown’.

1 July 2007

Proliferation and development - exposing the link

Safeguards to prevent proliferation of dangerous weapons, materials and know-how have been breached. Rita Grossman-Vermaas looks at how governments and international organizations can plug the gaps.

1 December 2006

Where’s NATO headed?

Pierre Lellouche offers his thoughts ahead of the Riga Summit.

1 December 2006

New challenges, tough choices

Sophia Clément-Noguier explores the important questions that will face Allied decision-makers at the Riga Summit.

1 December 2006

Riga and beyond: The political transformation of NATO

Allen G. Sens argues that NATO's transformation must be broader than is currently conceived if the Alliance is to meet the security challenges of tomorrow.

1 September 2006

Transforming our vision of security

Admiral Giampaolo di Paola gives an Italian view of transformation.

1 September 2006

Energy security: NATO's potential role

Jamie Shea explains why energy security is an issue for the Alliance.

1 September 2005

NATO’s response to terrorism

Dagmar de Mora-Figueroa examines how NATO has responded to the terrorist threat since the 11 September terrorist attacks against the United States.

1 December 2003

Are the challenges NATO faces today as great as they were in the Cold War?

Andrés Ortega (left) is a columnist for El Pais and author of various books on European integration and NATO. Tomas Valasek (right) is a Slovak security analyst and director of the Center for Defense Information's Brussels office. They discuss the challenges of NATO today.

1 March 2003

Combating terrorism

Christopher Bennett analyses how the Alliance has refined its contribution to the war on terrorism and compares the current debate on NATO reform with that of a decade earlier.

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