TRACKING NATO SPENDING

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Jun 20, 2025

NATO Defense Spending Tracker

By Kristen Taylor

The Transatlantic Security Initiative’s NATO defense spending tracker delves into data and figures to analyze current defense spending trends.

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The Transatlantic Security Initiative, in the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, shapes and influences the debate on the greatest security challenges facing the North Atlantic Alliance and its key partners.

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UkraineAlert

Mar 5, 2023

It is time for the West to welcome Ukraine home

By Michael Druckman

Russia's full-scale invasion has strengthened Ukraine's commitment to a future as part of the Western world. Western leaders should now respond by intensifying Ukraine's further integration, writes Michael Druckman.

Conflict
Democratic Transitions

In the News

Mar 5, 2023

Lagadec featured in CNN on fact checking claims that NATO members struggled to cover annual funding of the organization

By Erwan Lagadec

On March 5, Transatlantic Security Initiative nonresident senior fellow Erwan Lagadec was quoted in CNN on fact checking claims that NATO members struggled to cover the $3 billion in annual funding of the organization. He further noted that the only NATO member providing any sign of leaving the alliance was the US under the Trump […]

Europe & Eurasia
NATO

In the News

Mar 3, 2023

Manza featured in Deutschen Welle on the role of cultural biases in the failed international military operation in Afghanistan

By John Manza

On March 3, Transatlantic Security Initiative nonresident senior fellow John Manza was quoted in Deutschen Welle on the role of cultural biases in the failed international military operation in Afghanistan (text in German).  

Afghanistan
Defense Policy
DFRLab satellite analysis shows increased Russian aerial activity on the Saki military airbase in western Crimea. (Source: DFRLab via Planet.com)

New Atlanticist

Mar 3, 2023

Russian War Report: DFRLab confirms increased Russian air force activity as Kremlin strives to achieve air dominance

By Digital Forensic Research Lab

Russia intensified its air power in recent weeks across airfields in Crimea and Rostov Oblast. Elsewhere, Russia continues to pressure Bahkmut.

Africa
Conflict

In the News

Mar 3, 2023

Wieslander cited in New York Times on Ukraine’s European future

“Now there’s more sympathy and the feeling that Ukraine is a part of Europe, but that’s sentimental and not hard-core,” said Anna Wieslander of Sweden, director for Northern Europe for the Atlantic Council organization. “What’s the plan ahead? That’s what I’m missing,” she added. “There’s no discussion of what the membership criteria in a new […]

NATO
Northern Europe

Issue Brief

Feb 27, 2023

Toward a trilateral Atlantic-Pacific community for the twenty-first century

By Ash Jain

As the world approaches a new era of strategic competition with revisionist autocracies, the existing transatlantic political, economic, and security entities need to be further expanded to build a trilateral Atlantic-Pacific community.

Europe & Eurasia
Indo-Pacific

Inflection Points

Feb 26, 2023

The value of Biden’s visit to Ukraine depends on the speed and scale of what follows

By Frederick Kempe

This isn’t a time for half-hearted measures. Now, the United States and its allies must recognize the existential stakes of the conflict and step up accordingly.

Conflict
Eastern Europe

New Atlanticist

Feb 24, 2023

Experts react: How a year of war in Europe remade NATO, and what comes next

By Atlantic Council experts

The war has undeniably re-invigorated NATO. But just how much has changed? Our experts weigh in on the state of the Alliance and where allies should go from here.

Conflict
Crisis Management

New Atlanticist

Feb 24, 2023

Russian War Report: DFRLab releases investigations on Russian info ops before and after the invasion

By Digital Forensic Research Lab

On the week of the one year anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the DFRLab released two new reports on narratives tracked used to justify the war both pre- and post invasion.

Conflict
Disinformation

Atlantic Debrief

Feb 23, 2023

#AtlanticDebrief – What’s the state of Polish leadership on Ukraine? | A Debrief with Wojciech Konończuk

Aaron Korewa sits down with Wojciech Konończuk, Director of the Centre for Eastern Studies, to discuss Poland’s leadership in Europe on support for Ukraine one year since Russia’s full-scale invasion.

Europe & Eurasia
NATO

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