CCW is delighted to announce a new research project on NATO Intra-Alliance Diplomacy after 2014 , generously supported by the Sasakawa Peace Foundation. This comparative research project will examine the political goals and diplomatic tactics of the UK, France, Germany, Poland and Romania in relation to NATO’s emerging deterrence posture vis-a-vis Russia in the aftermath of the 2014 Crimea annexation. In particular, it will look at the process leading to the decisions taken at the 2016 Warsaw Summit to support an Enhanced Forward Presence in the Baltic States and Poland as well as to increase the NATO presence in the Black Sea.