Actions and articles NATO Summit 2026 Ankara & Istanbul / Turkey
Manifesto: No to Global NATO – Yes to Common Security
NATO is an increasing obstacle to achieving world peace. It is no longer an organization confined to the North Atlantic: it is the world’s largest military alliance, with allies and partners in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Since the end of the Cold War, NATO has reinvented itself as a tool for military action, psychological warfare, worldwide military and political interventions, and accessing resources and markets; it often claims to undertake these actions on behalf of the “international community”. With … Continue reading →
No war on Iran! Statement from ICC – No to War No to NATO
The US military attack on three nuclear sites in Iran constitutes an irresponsible violation of international law with potentially dangerous escalating consequences. US President Trump is also breaking his election promise to stop ‘endless wars’. The White House has chosen military force over negotiations to resolve the ostensible reason for the attacks – namely concerns over Iran’s nuclear power programme. These were broken off on 13 June by an Israeli surprise attack on Iranian military and nuclear installations and top … Continue reading →
2026/08/10 online 6 pm
Webinar: NATO and the Balkans
The webinar examines the militarisation of the Balkans and the role of NATO. It considers both the historical aspects of the war against Serbia, which contravened international law, and the current challenges posed by widespread militarisation. Key topics include the current and future role of NATO, its member organisations and its partners. The webinar will highlight the forces opposing militarisation and advocating for a peaceful Balkans.
Your support for the No to War – No to NATO network is needed!
When the ‘No to War, No to NATO’ network was founded in 2008 as a platform for analysis, discussion and action, hundreds of peace and other social movement organisations joined it. Since then, the network has succeeded, together with local partners, in making its voice heard at major NATO summits and beyond through peace conferences, protest rallies, webinars, and the dissemination of critical analyses and positions via our website and partner organisations. Today, this network is more essential than ever. … Continue reading →
2026/08/11 online 19 H CEST
NATO 3.0 – turns Western economies into part of the US global war machine + Counterstrategies
NATO 3.0 – turns Western economies into part of the US global war machine + Counterstrategies
Webinar Sunday 16 August Stockholm/Paris 19h, New York 13h, New Delhi 22:30h, with Nel Bonilla.
Nel Bonilla make a fresh analysis of NATO after the Ankara Summit. She starts with a quote – ”NATO, it’s there to protect the United States because US needs to secure Atlantic and secure Arctic and secure Europe to stay safe here in the US mainland but it is also there to make sure Europe is safe and to be this platform of power projection for the United States.” NATO Secretary General, the Dutch Mark Rutte stated on CNN April 9, 2026.
Declaration of the International Anti-Imperialist Peace Summit: A Common Front Against NATO, Imperialism, and War
At a time when NATO, the war machine of Western imperialism, held its summit in Türkiye, we gathered in Istanbul to declare our resolve to expand the anti-imperialist struggle for peace against NATO, imperialism, militarism, and the war-driven order. NATO is not a ‘defensive alliance’ but the chief representative of foreign intervention, military domination, occupations, coups, sanctions, and the arms race. The interests of the people are sacrificed to those of the ruling classes, weapons monopolies, energy corporations, imperialist blocs, … Continue reading →
NATO 3.0 Emerges Alive and Dangerous from the Ankara Summit
What was gained—and what did they refuse to admit—when the powerful military bloc held talks in Türkiye? By Joseph Gerson Despite its well-advertised tensions and tectonic geopolitical changes, this week’s NATO summit demonstrated that NATO has survived and is resilient. It remains committed to reinforcing US hegemony across Europe and globally. Not a lot has changed since former US National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski wrote that US global dominance relies on controlling the periphery of Eurasia: NATO in the West, … Continue reading →
NATO’s Goal of Fighting to the Last Ukrainian is Untenable
By Walden Bello What follows is my intervention at a webinar to assess the results of the NATO Summit held in Ankara July 7-8, 2026. Thanks to the organizers of the No to NATO, No to War Alliance for inviting me.) The invasion of Ukraine by Russia in February 2022 was an act of international aggression that was rightfully condemned by the United Nations on March 2, 2022, with 147 of 193 member countries approving the resolution. However, most of … Continue reading →
NATO in Crisis: Time to Defeat the War Machine
Speech by Laëtitia PLANCHE at the NATO in Crisis: Time to Overcome the War Machine Pre-Summit | July 3, 2026 Greetings to all pacifists, And thanks for your invitation, Much has already been said regarding the general situation. I will therefore focus more directly on the situation in France. Amidst the process of realignment, Germany is amassing economic, financial, and military capabilities and seeking to impose its approach by becoming “the leading conventional army and the European pillar of NATO,” according … Continue reading →
US global strategy under Trump: back to universal hegemony?
Intervention by Prof. Anu Chenoy at the NATO in Crisis: Time to Overcome the War Machine Pre-Summit | July 3, 2026 US global strategy under Trump: back to universal hegemony? Is war a ‘way out’ for capitalism’s multi-crises? US Global Strategy in a Post-unipolar World US is not disguising its desire for hemispheric dominance. US current Strategy for dominance is accelerated, blunt, transactional, unapologetic about use of force and more personalized than ever before. This indicates both a desperation of … Continue reading →
The new US-Europe relationship: subordination or emancipation?
Speech by Reiner Braun on his intervention at the NATO in Crisis: Time to Overcome the War Machine Pre-Summit | July 3, 2026 The new US-Europe relationship: subordination or emancipation? Europe’s crisis, the new militarism and new imperialism and opportunities for a new peace architecture. The first consequence is a new form of burden-sharing within NATO between the United States and Europe. The second is the development of the European Union into what could be called a “NATO-lite.” I will … Continue reading →
Solidarity with Turkish Anti-War and Human Rights Activists – Stop Rearm Europe Statement
9 July 2026 | Statement | Stop Rearm Europe (SRE)
We stand in solidarity with the activists, journalists, lawyers, and human rights defenders being detained and silenced across Türkiye ahead of the 36th NATO Summit, taking place in Ankara on July 6th and 7th 2026. In the last weeks, Turkish authorities have been systematically targeting anti-war, anti-imperialist and human rights activists.
The Ankara Governor’s Office announced a ban on the collective use of public spaces between June 28th and July 10th. As a result, planned protests and events such as the Anti-NATO Peace Conference had to be cancelled or moved online.
Moreover, last week police carried out early morning raids across Ankara, arresting more than 200 people. Authorities stated the operation targeted suspected members of armed groups. However, those detained included LGBTQI+, women, and feminist rights defenders, as well as lawyers, academics, revolutionary youth, labour union representatives, and human rights activists. Around 100 people remain in pretrial detention.
The Turkish Journalists’ Association has also reported that journalists from news organisations seen as opposition-leaning or independent have been excluded from covering the NATO Summit, with no explanation given.
Together, these measures show how the rights to peaceful assembly and demonstration, as well as press freedom are being suspended in Türkiye, and how the exercise of democratic rights is being restricted. Carried out under the guise of security concerns, this repression is yet another example of the domestic face of militarisation.
The targeting of activists opposing the war machine in Türkiye is not an isolated case. Governments across the world are using intimidation and criminalisation to suppress dissent. Striking examples in Europe include the United Kingdom and Germany, where activists taking direct action against weapons companies are facing unprecedented trials and charges for terrorism. These cases show a pattern: the same forces driving militarisation are criminalising those who resist it. International solidarity is therefore fundamental in the struggle against militarisation.
Since the 2025 The Hague Summit, NATO is forcing its member states to increase military spending by 5% of their GDPs, a threshold that has come to be known as the “Trump 5% norm”, following months of pressure by the U.S. President to push members toward the figure. NATO’s nature as an institution promoting war and militarisation has thereby become clear once again.
Similarly, EU institutions are promoting increased investment and spending towards militarised security, from the proposed €131 billion for “defence, security and space” in the new Multiannual Financial Framework, to the €800 billion ReArm Europe plan, financed primarily through national-level debt. However, the notion that increased military budgets make us safer is an illusion: deterrence has never prevented escalation. More military spending will only deepen our social, environmental and political problems:
- It diverts resources from healthcare, education, climate action, and welfare
- It erodes workers’ rights
- It fuels arms races which in turn lead to more conflicts and violence, human rights violations, and displacement
This is why it is so urgent to collectively oppose the plans to ReArm Europe, the new EU Multiannual Financial Framework proposal allocating €131 billion to military spending, and all military alliances, including NATO.
The struggle against militarisation and war can only be won when we stand in solidarity with each other. We call for:
- The immediate release of all those detained in Türkiye,
- An end to the criminalisation of anti-war activism everywhere,
- Collective resistance to NATO and the plans to ReArm Europe.
As leaders in Ankara are gathering to prepare for war, activists are preparing for peace. We support the organisers of the Istanbul Anti-imperalist Peace Summit that took place on July 4th and the Anti-NATO Peace Conference (online) on July 5, 2026.
IPB Statement on the Detention and Deportation of Executive Director Sean Conner and other Activists in Istanbul on 3 July 2026
Monday, 6 July 2026 | International Peace Bureau (IPB) The International Peace Bureau (IPB) unequivocally condemns the detention and deportation of its Executive Director, Sean Conner, alongside other activists from Germany, Finland, and Italy. Upon arrival at Istanbul’s Sabiha Gökçen International Airport at 17:27 local time on Friday, 3 July, Sean had his passport and cell phone confiscated and was subjected to two hours of interrogation, including scans of his fingerprints and mugshot photographs. Turkish authorities repeatedly lied about the … Continue reading →
2026/07/04 online 11 am Brisbane
Webinar: BUILDING AN OCEAN OF PEACE
Join the Pacific Peace Network on Saturday, July 4 at 11:00am Brisbane for a webinar: BUILDING AN OCEAN OF PEACE; Resisting RIMPAC 26 – No to NATO in the Pacific and Towards a Sustainable Nuclear-Free Pacific. (Find the time in your time zone)
For many communities across the Pacific, 2026 Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) military exercises scheduled for 24 June – 31 July represent a continued expansion of militarization in the region. These large-scale war exercises heighten regional tensions, increase the risk of conflict, and divert resources away from addressing the urgent social, economic, and environmental challenges facing the region. Continue reading →
2026/05/12 online
Video is online now Webinar: NATO: Still Going Global?
Watch the recording here: Speech América Latina: No a la Guerra, No a la OTAN (Latin America: No to War, No to NATO) by Pablo Ruiz
Continue reading → 2026/05/21 online 18:00 – 19:30 CEST
From Helsingborg to Ankara: Global Voices on NATO, Militarization, and Welfare
This online gathering takes place alongside the NATO Foreign Ministerial Meeting in Helsingborg, Sweden (May 21–22), which is expected to emphasize increased military spending.
2022/07/20 Online event 18:30 BST
Escalating War in Europe could Lead to WW III
US, NATO, UK and their allies are determined to prolong the Russia-Ukraine war which could lead to World War III. Peace is the answer.
The underlying issue: Nuclear weapons and their proliferation & Letter for nuclear non-proliferation in Germany
The underlying issue: Nuclear weapons and their proliferation By Pablo Ruiz* The fundamental question is not up for debate: Should countries possess nuclear weapons? There are nine nuclear powers. In the current landscape, France will expand its nuclear arsenal; the Finnish government is set to introduce a bill to allow the country to acquire them; and Germany already has the capability to produce them whenever it chooses. While the world follows the Israeli-American war against Iran through the media, and … Continue reading →
Urgent: Stand in solidarity with Yurii Sheliazhenko
Yurii Sheliazhenko, Executive Secretary of the Ukrainian Pacifist Movement and a conscientious objector, was detained by Ukrainian authorities in Kyiv on March 19 without proper legal basis or due process. This is a serious human rights violation. Many of you know Yurii’s work advocating for nonviolence and conscientious objection. Now is the time to stand with him. We call for his immediate release and urge you to sign the petition demanding that the Ukrainian government drop all charges. Sign the … Continue reading →
Japan Should Not Violate Laws for the United States
By David Swanson, World BEYOND War, March 19, 2026 As Ms.Takaichi, the Prime Minister of Japan, meets with the U.S. President on this anniversary of the attack on Iraq with the attack on Iran underway, she should agree to nothing that violates 1. The peace Constitution of Japan, imposed on Japan by the United States. Article 9 of Japan’s constitution states: “Aspiring sincerely to an international peace based on justice and order, the Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign … Continue reading →
The world is closer to Armageddon
By Pablo Ruiz* In January 2026, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists stated that we are 85 seconds away from midnight—or the “Doomsday Clock”—due to the threats of nuclear war and climate change. As the war—which resumed in late February against the Islamic Republic of Iran—intensifies, with new attacks carried out by the United States and Israel against Tehran, we must once again raise the possibility of the use of nuclear weapons in this conflict, in a context where international … Continue reading →
2024/04/06 Essen, Germany
Agenda für Frieden in EuropaNATO in crisis: will Europe be complicit in Trump’s crimes?
Date: Tuesday, 24 March, 6:00 -7:15 pm CET Venue: Zoom Registration: https://bit.ly/NATOincrisis Overview NATO has become a flashpoint for Trump’s disordering of the world. He’s giving his so-called allies in Europe a good kicking, politically and economically. He’s demanding vast sums are spent on weapons and war, preferably from US companies. And he’s pushing them to support his latest criminal war on Iran. Not all leaders of the European NATO states have the principles of the Spanish prime minister – calling … Continue reading →
Ukraine needs peace! Stop the bloodshed!
The war in Ukraine is entering its fifth year. Since Russia invaded the country in violation of international law, death and destruction have reigned. NATO’s confrontational policies and its long-standing refusal to seek a lasting and peaceful solution through diplomatic channels have contributed to the loss of so many lives. The people of Russia and Ukraine are fed up with war. Mothers no longer want to feed the war machine with their children. It is good that negotiations are taking … Continue reading →
2026/02/25 online
Webinar: Latin America and the Caribbean, Peace Under Threat
This coming February 25th, we invite you to participate in this webinar “Webinar: Latin America and the Caribbean, Peace Under Threat”. Continue reading →
Manifesto: No alla NATO Globale – Sì alla Sicurezza Comune
La NATO rappresenta un ostacolo crescente al raggiungimento della pace mondiale. Non è più un’organizzazione confinata all’area nordatlantica: è la più grande alleanza militare del mondo, con alleati e partner in Asia, Africa e America Latina. Dalla fine della Guerra Fredda, la NATO si è reinventata come strumento di azione militare, guerra psicologica, interventi militari e politici su scala globale e accesso a risorse e mercati; spesso afferma di agire a nome della “comunità internazionale”. Attraverso le sue partnership e … Continue reading →
YURII SHELIAZHENKO*, CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR TO MILITARY SERVICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER, UNDER IMMEDIATE THREAT
JOINT PRESS RELEASE | 23 January 2026 The undersigned organizations express serious concern regarding the continued persecution of Ukrainian human rights defender Yurii Sheliazhenko, a conscientious objector to military service. He is currently under an alarming threat of being arrested and forcibly conscripted under Ukraine’s system of universal military registration, which is enforced through coercive measures including arbitrary detentions and forced transfers to conscription offices. Such practices effectively compel conscientious objectors to act against their beliefs and directly violate Article … Continue reading →
Manifest Gegen die Globale NATO und Aufruf für „gemeinsame Sicherheit“
Die NATO ist ein zunehmendes Hindernis für die Verwirklichung des Weltfriedens. Sie ist nicht mehr die Nordatlantikvertrags-Organisation. Sie ist das größte Militärbündnis der Welt mit Verbündeten und Partnern in Asien, Afrika und Lateinamerika. Seit dem Ende des Kalten Krieges hat sich die NATO als Instrument für militärische Aktionen, psychologische Kriegsführung und Zugang zu Ressourcen und Märkten durch die „internationale Gemeinschaft” sowie für weltweite militärische und politische Interventionen neu erfunden. Mit ihren Partnerschaften und gemeinsamen Operationen ist sie ein Instrument für … Continue reading →
Μανιφέστο κατά του Παγκόσμιου ΝΑΤΟ και Έκκληση για Κοινή Ασφάλεια
Το ΝΑΤΟ είναι ένα αυξανόμενο εμπόδιο για την επίτευξη της παγκόσμιας ειρήνης. Δεν είναι πλέον ο Βόρειος Οργανισμός Ατλαντικού Συμφώνου. Είναι η μεγαλύτερη στρατιωτική συμμαχία στον κόσμο, με συμμάχους και εταίρους στην Ασία, την Αφρική και τη Λατινική Αμερική. Από το τέλος του Ψυχρού Πολέμου, το ΝΑΤΟ έχει επανεφευρεθεί ως εργαλείο στρατιωτικής δράσης, ψυχολογικού πολέμου και πρόσβασης σε πόρους και αγορές, από τη «διεθνή κοινότητα» και τις παγκόσμιες στρατιωτικές και πολιτικές παρεμβάσεις. Με τις συνεργασίες και τις κοινές επιχειρήσεις, αποτελεί … Continue reading →
Manifiesto contra la OTAN global y llamamiento a la seguridad común
La OTAN es un obstáculo cada vez mayor para alcanzar la paz mundial. Ya no es la Organización del Tratado del Atlántico Norte. Es la alianza militar más grande del mundo, con aliados y socios en Asia, África y América Latina. Desde el final de la Guerra Fría, la OTAN se ha reinventado como una herramienta para la acción militar, la guerra psicológica y para el acceso a recursos y mercados por parte de la «comunidad internacional» y para las … Continue reading →
Manifeste : Non à l’OTAN mondiale – Oui à la sécurité commune
L’OTAN est un obstacle croissant pour parvenir à la paix mondiale. Elle n’est plus une organisation cantonnée à l’Atlantique Nord : c’est la plus grande alliance militaire du monde, avec des alliés et des partenaires en Asie, en Afrique et en Amérique latine. Depuis la fin de la guerre froide, l’OTAN s’est réinventée comme un outil d’action militaire, de guerre psychologique, d’interventions militaires et politiques à l’échelle mondiale, et d’accès aux ressources et aux marchés ; elle prétend souvent mener … Continue reading →
Manifest: Tegen een mondiale NAVO – Voor gemeenschappelijke veiligheid
De NAVO vormt een steeds grotere belemmering voor het bereiken van wereldwijde vrede. Het is niet langer een organisatie die zich beperkt tot het Noord-Atlantische gebied: het is ’s werelds grootste militaire alliantie, met bondgenoten en partners in Azië, Afrika en Latijns-Amerika. Sinds het einde van de Koude Oorlog heeft de NAVO zichzelf opnieuw uitgevonden als instrument voor militaire acties, psychologische oorlogsvoering, wereldwijde militaire en politieke interventies en toegang tot hulpbronnen en markten; vaak beweert zij deze acties uit te … Continue reading →
NATO means militarisation and war – it also mean corruption!
At the end of October 2025, a consortium of French, Belgian and Dutch journalists (La Lettre, Le Soir and Knack, Follow The Money) published a three-part investigation revealing a huge corruption scandal affecting NATO, particularly within the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA). The investigations uncovered a whole system of bribes obtained by Alliance consultants in exchange for arms and fuel procurement contracts. The revelations indicate the extent of rigged public procurement, involving corrupt officials, crooked industrialists and suitcases full … Continue reading →
2025/06/21+22
Upcoming events: counter-summit in The Hague
Full details of the counter-summit on the 21st and the demonstration on the 22nd, are on the new website of the Counter-Summit Coalition for Peace and Justice.
Already ten buses are going from Belgium. Please share the link and mobilise to participate. We look forward to seeing you there.
2026/06/23-24 Brussels, Belgium
International Forum for Peace is taking place in Brussels
Following on from the counter-summit events in The Hague, an International Forum for Peace is taking place in Brussels on the 23rd and 24th June. It’s timed exactly fifty years after the signing of the Helsinki Accords and aims to build on that legacy. Peoples from across the world will gather to challenge the rapid rise of militarism and build a global movement behind a common vision of dialogue, diplomacy, and sovereign equality among nations.
2025/06/22 from 10 am to 1 pm The Hague Peace Projects, Netherlands
offline Open Meeting of the No to War – No to NATO International Network
When: On 22nd June from 10 am to 1 pm Where: The Hague Peace Projects, Paviljoensgracht 20, 2512 BP, The Hague, Netherlands During the weekend of events against the NATO Summit, the No to War – NO to NATO Network will be holding a discussion session to which all those interested are invited. This will include an exchange of information and discussion on further actions against militarisation and NATO. This will take place on the morning of Sunday 22nd June, … Continue reading →
Invest in peace – not war!
Appeal: Support the protests at the NATO Summit in Den Haag, June 2025 – please join us!
If you would like to sign up to support this Appeal, please click here.
Trump’s foreign policy agenda – the isolation and defeat of China – is nothing new, but his determination to end NATO’s proxy war with Ukraine, to detach Russia from alliance with China, has thrown most European leaders into turmoil. Continue reading →
2025/06/25-26 Den Haag Official NATO Summit
Let’s protest against the summit.
Appeal Invest in peace – not war!
Read the appeal in the different languages
2025/06/24+25
official NATO summit in the Hague
As NATO leaders prepare to meet for a Summit in The Hague on the 24th and 25th June, the movement in the Netherlands, backed by the peace movement internationally, is organising a series of events over the weekend of 21st and 22nd of June.
Investir dans la paix – pas dans la guerre !
Déclaration et invitation à des actions de protestation contre le sommet de l’OTAN à La Haye, juin 2025
Si vous souhaitez vous inscrire pour soutenir cet appel (English), veuillez cliquer ici.
Le prochain sommet de l’OTAN se tiendra dans le contexte de la plus grande crise de l’OTAN depuis sa création en 1949. Lorsque les dirigeants se réuniront à La Haye les 24 et 25 juin 2025, ils seront confrontés au fait que le principal acteur de l’OTAN, les États-Unis d’Amérique, bouleverse l’« ordre mondial » établi et redéfinit les identités des « ennemis » et des « alliés », afin de poursuivre son propre programme stratégique mondial.
Appell: Unterstützen Sie bitte die Proteste beim NATO-Gipfel in Den Haag, Juni 2025 – schließen Sie sich uns an!
Wenn Sie den Appell unterstützen möchten, klicken Sie bitte hier – click here. Der nächste NATO-Gipfel findet im Kontext der größten Krise der NATO seit ihrer Gründung 1949 statt. Wenn die Staats- und Regierungschefs am 24. und 25. Juni 2025 in Den Haag zusammenkommen, werden sie sich mit der Tatsache auseinandersetzen müssen, dass der wichtigste Akteur der NATO, die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika, die etablierte „Weltordnung“ auf den Kopf stellt und die Identität von „Feinden“ und „Verbündeten“ neu definiert, um … Continue reading →