A 10-Part Video Series Asking Peace Inspired Questions NATO Won’t
Calling for Peace: In 2025, as NATO celebrated its 75th anniversary, I noticed something strange.
More tanks, more pledges, more war games—yet less space to question any of it. That’s why I created this series.
To pause. To ask. To imagine something else. Each 60-second video cuts through the noise. Some offer critique. Others, hope. But all of them challenge what we’ve been told to accept.
Because if we don’t speak up, we risk sleepwalking into a future shaped by fear—not care.
🎥 Watch. Reflect. Share. Speak.
- Diplomacy First? NATO and the Article 1 Disconnect
NATO’s Founding Promise: Diplomacy First. Where Did It Go? Diplomacy: NATO’s founding treaty clearly states it military actions must only ever be a last resort.… Read more: Diplomacy First? NATO and the Article 1 Disconnect - NATO: Defensive Alliance… or Global Enforcer?
How Far Can ‘Defence’ Reach Before It Becomes Domination? NATO was created in 1949 as a collective defence pact: an attack on one would be… Read more: NATO: Defensive Alliance… or Global Enforcer? - Peace by Any Other Name? NATO’s Language of Power
The Language of Peace… or Power? Words shape worldview. NATO’s public messaging increasingly leans on militarised language: “deterrence,” “forward posture,” “hard power.” But peace built… Read more: Peace by Any Other Name? NATO’s Language of Power - Selective Security: Who Gets Protection, and Who Gets Left Behind?
Who Gets Protected? Selective Security: While NATO emphasises protecting and “defending people,” its track record shows a pattern of selective intervention—often aligned with geopolitical interests,… Read more: Selective Security: Who Gets Protection, and Who Gets Left Behind? - NATO: How Much Is Enough? The Cost of Militarised Security.
5% for Weapons? Rethinking NATO’s Cost of Militarised Spending Priorities In 2024, NATO members agreed to a bold new target: 5% of GDP for defence… Read more: NATO: How Much Is Enough? The Cost of Militarised Security. - NATO: The Climate of Conflict
Climate Security or Climate Hypocrisy? NATO’s Military Emissions Gap The Climate of Conflict: NATO and its member states increasingly frame climate change as a “security… Read more: NATO: The Climate of Conflict - NATO’s Climate Silence
NATO: Silence is Strategy. The Quiet Expansion and the Stories Left Out NATO hasn’t launched a high-profile military intervention in recent years. But that doesn’t… Read more: NATO’s Climate Silence - NATO: What About Democracy?
When Foreign Policy Leaves the People Behind Democracy: Right now, millions of people across the world are demanding justice in Palestine—marching, writing to governments, calling… Read more: NATO: What About Democracy? - How It Ends: Militarisation and Collapse
The Future We’re Sleepwalking Into Militarisation – Its not hard for Humans to imagine. Yet sometimes the hardest truth is the simplest one: if we… Read more: How It Ends: Militarisation and Collapse - What If Peace Was the Priority?
A Call to Imagining Peace, Before It’s Too Late Peace – so this is where we land. After 9 videos questioning NATO’s contradictions, militarised security,… Read more: What If Peace Was the Priority?
Learn More about Peace
For deeper research and context, explore:
- SIPRI – Military Spending Data
- CEOBS – Conflict & Environmental Impacts
- Transnational Institute – NATO & Global Power
- World Beyond War – Security Alternatives
- Amnesty International – Dissent & Repression
FAQ’s
What is the “Peace Not Posture” series about?
It’s a video and blog series challenging NATO’s silence on climate change and calling for peace-first frameworks that prioritise justice, diplomacy, and ecological survival over militarism.
Why link climate justice and militarism?
Military alliances are among the largest global emitters—and conflicts often arise from resource extraction, colonial legacies, and injustice. True climate action requires rethinking what security really means.
Who is this series for?
For anyone questioning dominant narratives about war, power, and protection. It’s for artists, educators, peace-builders, climate advocates, and anyone ready to imagine a different path forward.
About the Creator – Gregg the Artivist
I made this series not to provoke, but to invite. To question how peace is being defined in our name—and who gets left behind in that definition. I believe we’re in a crisis of imagination, and this series is one small act of refusal. A refusal to stop imagining something better.
I made it to be honest. We’re told there’s no alternative to militarisation. That peace must wait. But if we don’t imagine something better, we’ll keep getting more of the same.
Want to collaborate?
If this series moved you, challenged you, or raised more questions—reach out. I’m open to dialogue, media invitations, creative partnerships, and continuing the work.
