NATO Review

About NATO Review

NATO Review is a free online magazine offering expert opinion, analysis and debate on a broad range of security issues. It looks at different aspects of NATO’s role in today’s fast-changing and unpredictable security environment. It also covers wider challenges, such as cyberattacks, hybrid warfare, the impact of social media, the security implications of climate change and scarcity of resources, and the need to strengthen the role of women in peace and security. It is important to note that what is published in NATO Review does not constitute the official position or policy of NATO or member governments. NATO Review seeks to inform and promote debate on security issues. The views expressed by authors are their own. This magazine has existed for 70 years and still upholds the task it was given all those years ago: to 'contribute to a constructive discussion of Euro-Atlantic security issues’.

Publisher

Natochannel

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

10 Dec 2014

Latest episode

26 Jun 2025

Latest episodes

20 of 71 episodes have a transcript.

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   26 Jun 2025TRANSCRIPT

   NATO Review: Future-proofing NATO’s industrial capacity: how decisions at the NATO Summit in The Hague will strengthen the Allied defence industry

   NATO leaders address strategies to bolster the Allied defense industry by optimizing defense spending and production plans following decisions made at the NATO Summit in The Hague.

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   12 Jun 2025TRANSCRIPT

   NATO Review: NATO’s path to peace and security in an unstable world

   NATO leaders discuss the alliance's progress in strengthening collective defense and adapting to a shifting global security landscape following Russia's aggression against Ukraine.

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   5 May 2025TRANSCRIPT

   NATO Review: Fortifying the Baltic Sea - NATO’s defence and deterrence strategy for hybrid threats

   Recent events have solidified the Baltic Sea as an area of critical strategic importance. It serves as a vital maritime trading route, hosts considerable networks of Critical Undersea Infrastructure (CUI), and holds significant potential for the development of new sources of energy. As a result, it is also an area which is highly vulnerable to the increasingly prevalent threat of hybrid attacks – that is, attacks just below the threshold of kinetic warfare, which blur the lines between peace and conflict, such as the sabotage of critical infrastructure.

Inside a recent episode

NATO Review: Future-proofing NATO’s industrial capacity: how decisions at the NATO Summit in The Hague will strengthen the Allied defence industry

Published 26 Jun 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] At the NATO summit in the Hague, NATO leaders recognised that in order to deter any future military conflict, Allies will have to pledge to spending 5 % of their GDP to defence, of which up to 1 .5 % may be spent on defence -related investments. This has created the conditions for Allies to channel robust funding into governmental contracts, with the defence industry in order to meet the new capability targets that are assigned for each ally to generate collective effect. To meet these targets and acquire capabilities at pace, NATO now has to greatly increase and optimise the capacity of its defence -industrial base. […]

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Apple Podcasts (US)

3.4 / 5

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Engagement

98