This essay explores the reception of ‘nuclear winter’ at North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). response is paradigmatic how scientific predictions can work as stimuli for science diplomacy activities, and either inflate or deflate these forecasts’ public resonance. Those who elaborated theory in early 1980s predicted that environmental consequences a future nuclear conflict would have been...

BACKGROUND In the war against the Taliban, Canada was the lead North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) nation to provide medical and surgical care to NATO soldiers, Afghanistan National Army soldiers, Afghanistan Nation Police, civilians working in and outside Kandahar Airfield and Afghanistan civilians at the Role 3 Multinational Medical Unit (R3MMU) from February 2006 to October 2009. MET...

To-date, there has been no international review of mental health resilience training during Basic Training nor an assessment of what service members perceive as useful from their perspective. In response to this knowledge gap, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Human Factors & Medicine Research & Technology Task Group "Mental Health Training" initiated a survey and interview with sev...

Abstract In 2018, North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) carried out Trident Juncture, its largest military exercise since the Cold War. The event was promoted on social media featuring Lasse Matberg as “the face of NATO.” is an Instagram influencer, model, and lieutenant in Royal Norwegian Navy, with impressive physique Viking looks. He frequently appears NATO’s accounts lends his own platf...

F ollowing the 2000 American presidential election, some analysts worried that transatlantic relations would be strained by the policies proposed by the incoming Bush Administration. From disagreements over the Kyoto Treaty to the decision to proceed quickly with the deployment of ballistic missile defenses, a functional split between America and its European allies threatened to emerge. While ...

For improving the control of small arms, technology provides many possibilities. Present and future technical means are described in several areas. With the help of sensors deployed on the ground or on board aircraft, larger areas can be monitored. Using tags, seals, and locks, important objects and installations can be safeguarded better. With modern data processing and International Commercia...

On February 24, 2022, global political landscapes were shaken by Russian invasion of Ukraine. President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly emphasized that his actions necessary to defend Russia against perceived Western expansionism, with Ukraine being a prominent example due its expressed intention join North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and European Union (EU). This study aims analyze the f...

Since 1993 the Republic of Moldova has been challenged by separatist pressure from Pridnestrovian Moldavian (PMR), known as Transnistria, a parastate within its borders. An uneasy status quo developed. Russian troops stationed illegally inside Transnistria embolden dissident government to resist meaningful reintegration with Moldova. Current Moldovan leadership seeks membership European Union (...

Methods The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit was held in Chicago, IL, May 19-21, 2012. During the NATO summit, the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) was charged with collecting and analyzing syndromic surveillance data from emergency department (ED) visits that may indicate a man-made or naturally occurring infectious disease threat. Ten days prior to the NATO summit su...