Photo: www.nato.int The effective transportation of forces and military equipment relies on civil resources and infrastructure, such as railways, ports, airfields and grids. These assets are vulnerable to external attack and internal disruption. Civil preparedness means that basic government functions can continue during emergencies or disasters in peacetime or in …

Photo: www.wikipedia.org Politicians, journalists and analysts who claim that the Western Balkans are no longer in the focus of US government interest and the intelligence services of that country are wrong. The importance of that region was seen before the Easter holidays, when the second man in the CIA hierarchy, …

Photo: Italian air force From the beginning of May until the end of August in the airspace of Romania four Italian warplanes will be patrolling and they will be in charge of the implementation of the “air policy” mission. As announced by the NATO Allied Air Command these days; they …

Photo: US Embassy Belgrade “Over the past 18 years, the United States has given Serbia more than a billion dollars in grants to improve various areas of life,” said Kyle Scott, US Ambassador in Belgrade at the Law Faculty in Kragujevac. He stressed that America is a significant partner of …

Photo: www.nato.int The principle of resilience is firmly anchored in Article 3 of the Alliance’s founding treaty: “In order more effectively to achieve the objectives of this Treaty, the Parties, separately and jointly, by means of continuous and effective self-help and mutual aid, will maintain and develop their individual and …

Photo: Reporting Balkans In April 1999, during the bombing of Serbia, NATO declared the RTS building for a legitimate military goal and informed Slobodan Milosevic in advance that it would be targeted by a Western military alliance. That was enough to ensure that technicians and employees of RTS are evacuated …

Photo: www.wikipedia.org The conflict in Libya has entered a new phase. Field Marshal Khalifa Hifter has sent his Libyan National Army on the offensive in Tripoli, sparking open warfare with the competing Government of National Accord (GNA) for the first time in about four years. After Hifter announced his offensive …

Photo: Nato Center for excellence in military medicine In the Romanian town Cink, these days, the largest NATO military exercise was completed, the “Vigorous Warrior” (“Energetic Warrior”), which was attended by 26 NATO members as well as 13 countries that are partners of that military alliance. Participants practiced reactions after …

Photo: www.albawaba.com The chaos that began in Libya in 2011, after the murder of Moammar Gaddafi may have been even greater, with incalculable consequences. The situation in that Arab country was more complicated last Thursday, when the 75-year-old Halifa Haktar, the first man of the so-called “The Libyan National Army”, …

Photo: Italian air force One “eurofighter” (a hijacking aircraft of the Italian Air Force) received an order this days to intercept an unknown passenger plane that flew in the airspace above Montenegro. It was the first interruption since June 5 last year, when NATO announced that its warplanes had begun …

Photo: www.int.int NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg addressed a joint meeting of the United States Congress in Washington DC on Wednesday (3 April 2019), making him the first leader of an international organization ever to do so. The Secretary General’s speech focused on the bond between Europe and North America, …

Photo: EPA-EFE, Valdrin Xhemaj Prime Minister of Kosovo, Ramush Haradinaj is on an official visit to Washington, the Kosovo-based RTK-LIVE television reported. Referring to its sources from the Kosovo government, the television announced that he will meet with top officials of the US administration to discuss the dialogue with Serbia, …

Here you can find 6 key messages the ATA Secretariat has identified for the upcoming 70th anniversary of NATO this week and the consequent events & activities: Key Message 1: “This year we celebrate 70 years of transatlantic commitment, uniting Europe and North America in a cohesive alliance, which proved …

The Nordic Security Conference (NorSec 2019) was organized by YATA Norway on 30thand 31st March in Oslo. The theme of this year’s forum was 70 years since the founding of NATO. In addition to various lectures and workshops, the participants had the opportunity to be part of the simulation of …

On March 29th and 30th, at the Atlantic Treaty Association (ATA) headquarters in Brussels, a conference of the Disinformation Task Force was held. The event was organized by ATA and the organization of the Institute for Statecraft and covered topics such as digital forensics, newspaper misinformation, false news in the …