NATO claims that its existence is based on its member countries' common values of individual liberty, democracy, human rights and the rule of law.

Practice shows that NATO is far from that. NATO has a blood-soaked history of organising or supporting coups, bloody colonial wars and military interventions that disrupted the Balkans, Afghanistan, Iraq and Libya. Today, NATO member states together account for three quarters of the international arms trade and fuel violent conflicts worldwide. Israel can count on diplomatic and military support from NATO countries for its wars of terror in Gaza and Lebanon. Human rights and democracy only play a role if they can be instrumentalised against competing superpowers or states.

In this webinar, we share insights and analysis about the true face of NATO. We will also discuss plans for our protest response to the next NATO summit, which will take place in The Hague, Netherlands, from 24th to 26th June 2025.

Opening and welcome: Reiner Braun – International Peace Bureau

• The bloody history of NATO and its member states - Sevim Dagdelen, MP, Germany
• How NATO member states fuel wars through arms trade - Kirsten Bayes, Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT, UK)
• NATO's war policy in Ukraine and how it refuses diplomacy - Michael von der Schulenburg, MEP, Germany
• NATO's complicity in Israel’s terror wars in Gaza and Lebanon – Ann Wright (Retd. Colonel, US Army; No to NATO Network)
• Preparing for the next summit - Ludo de Brabander, Vrede, Belgium

Moderator: Kate Hudson – Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, UK

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