NATO at Seventy

Chair: Prof Mats Berdal

Speaker: Nicholas Williams OBE

Nicholas Williams, OBE, is a Senior Associate Fellow for the European Leadership Network (ELN). He was a long-serving member of NATO’s International Staff, most recently as Head of Operations for Afghanistan and Iraq. Prior to this, Nick served in senior positions in NATO, EU, and British missions in Afghanistan, Bosnia Herzegovina, and Iraq. He began his career in the British Ministry of Defence working on defence policy and planning issues, with multiple secondments to NATO functions during the Cold War and to the French Ministry of Defence in its aftermath.

Recent publications include:

• The demise of the INF Treaty: What are the consequences for NATO, Policy Brief (with Simon Lunn), February 2019, available at https://www.europeanleadershipnetwork.org/policy-brief/the-demise-of-the-inf-treaty-what-are-the-consequences-for-nato/
• NATO-EU Cooperation: Don’t Forget Berlin Plus!, March 2018, available at  https://www.europeanleadershipnetwork.org/commentary/nato-eu-cooperation-dont-forget-berlin-plus/
• Crisis Management versus Collective Defense – The NATO Experience, 2018, University of Southern Denmark, Centre for War Studies Policy Paper, available at 1). https://misc.sam.sdu.dk/files/P.pdf