Issue ¹ 1/2008NATO-Russia airspace cooperation project undergoes joint tests
Joint system testing is currently underway on the Cooperative Airspace
Initiative (CAI), which is being developed under the auspices of the NATO-Russia
Council. more>>
Tenth Winter Academy takes place in Berlin
Some forty students gathered in Berlin, Germany, for a lively
discussion of security issues with NATO officials and senior academics at the
tenth annual Winter Academy. more>>
NATO and Russia explore ways to deepen cooperation
The NATO-Russia Council (NRC) discussed on 8 February in an informal
session bilateral defence and military cooperation, as well as a number of
relevant political issues such as Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE), missile
defence and NATO‘s open door policy, where Allies and Russia do not see eye to
eye. more>>
NATO-Russia exercise to take place in Germany
Under the aegis of the NATO-Russia Council (NRC), the Theatre Missile
Defence Ad Hoc Working Group (TMD AHWG) will conduct a joint NATO-Russia TMD
Computer Assisted Exercise (CAX) from 16-25 January 2008. Germany is the host
nation for the event, which will be held at the Simulation & Integration
Test Center (SIT) of the Industrieanlagen-Betriebsgesellschaft (IABG) located in
Ottobrunn, near Munich. more>>
Russia and NATO members publish defence statistics
How is defence expenditure evolving throughout NATO compared to
economic output? How has the distribution of spending been changing over time?
more>>