NATO Through Time

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Why were there 12 founding NATO members?
What is Article 5, and why was it only invoked once in all of NATO’s history?
Why wasn’t NATO dissolved like the Warsaw Pact after the Cold War ended?
The NATO Through Time podcast features diverse voices from NATO member countries – including former Presidents, Prime Ministers, Foreign and Defence Ministers, military officers, NATO officials, historians, journalists and young citizens – answering these questions and reflecting on NATO’s past, present and future.

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A political-military alliance with Lt Gen Hans-Werner Wiermann

Jun 05 2024 41 mins

How do the political and military sides of NATO work together?What lessons are NATO militaries learning from Russia’s war against Ukraine? How does an alliance of 32 countries combine their armed forces into one integrated military force – and how would this change in the event of war? In this episode, Lieutenant General Hans-Werner Wiermann, who served as Director General of N

Who leads NATO? with Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg

May 01 2024 34 mins

What are the main responsibilities of the NATO Secretary General?How and why did Jens Stoltenberg become the head of the Organization?How has NATO changed over the past decade, and what does its future look like? In this episode, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg reflects on his time at NATO over the past 10 years. He shares the personal motivations that led him to accept the job

NATO's 75th anniversary year

Mar 29 2024 23 mins

Welcome to the NATO Through Time podcast!This podcast dives deep into NATO’s history, reflecting on how the past influences the present – and future – of the longest-lasting alliance in history.Our first episode introduces the podcast’s co-hosts: former NATO Spokesperson Jamie Shea, along with young content creators Ben Wheeler, Maciej Musiał and Paulius Mikolaitis, who ar