1. Global NATO – the threat of war

Sunday June 13: 3pm to 6:30pm CEST

Interpretation: English, French and Spanish

• Introduction Heinz Bierbaum, Germany, President – European Left
• Part I
• NATO2030 – NATO’s new global vision: Ludo De Brabander, Belgium, vrede vzw
• Nuclear weapons – abolition or new arms race?: Kate Hudson, UK, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND)
• Military spending on the rise: Cloe Meulenwaeter, Barcelona, Centre Delàs d´Estudis per la Pau
• War on terror – 20 years on: Lindsey German, UK, Stop the War Coalition

Moderation: Kristine Karch, Germany, No to war – no to NATO

• Part II
• NATO sets its sights on Asia: Corazon Valdez Fabros, Philippines, Nuclear Free Philippines Coalition (Filipinas)
• Pacific and China – we need a Pivot to Peace: Ann Wright, USA/Hawaii, Veterans for Peace
• Latin America – how far will NATO go?: Julieta Daza, Venzuela/Colombia, Juventud Rebelde, Campaign Stopp Air Base Ramstein
• Russia is still a NATO target – flashpoint Ukraine: Reiner Braun, Germany, International Peace Bureau (IPB)
• NATO in Africa: Alain Rouy, France, Movement de la Paix (tbc)

Moderation: Sara Medi Jones, UK, CND

Since the end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Warsaw Pact, NATO has developed into a global alliance through expansion into Central and Eastern Europe, conducting destabilizing military interventions in the ‘war against terror’ and forging bilateral and multilateral alliances worldwide. At the NATO summit, the report “NATO 2030: United for a new Era” will be discussed. Its militaristic approach to security defines Russia and China as systemic rivals while complex problems in the south are treated simply in terms of counter-terrorist responses to extremist violence. In this webinar we’ll analyse NATO as a global militarist actor.