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Allison Hart

NATO Spokesperson and Director of the Office of Strategic Communications since July 2025, responsible for NATO's public messaging and for strategic communications advice to the Secretary General and the North Atlantic Council. She joined NATO headquarters in 2011 and has served as deputy director of the Secretary General's Private Office and head of the Human Security Unit. She was chief of staff to the OSCE secretary general in 2022 and 2023. She holds degrees from Northwestern University and Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies.

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What we have documented

We have documented 1 statement by Allison Hart, in 1 case. Each statement below gives the quotation, its original source and a link to the full case.

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Statements by Allison Hart

Allison Hart

Role at the time: NATO Spokesperson and Director of the Office of Strategic Communications, in a statement given to news media

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Statement summary

In a statement given to news media on 19 September 2026, NATO spokesperson Allison Hart said NATO welcomes the announcement that the United States, Denmark and Greenland will soon sign an agreement, and that the agreement will help advance security, stability and cooperation in the Arctic and North Atlantic region. The quoted statement does not mention the agreement's terms.

“We welcome the announcement that an agreement will soon be signed by the United States, Denmark, and Greenland. The Arctic and the North Atlantic are essential for our collective security, and this agreement will help advance security, stability, and cooperation in this vital region.”
Open source (opens in a new tab)Trump says U.S. to build a 'large Military presence' in Greenland as part of a security deal with it and Denmark · CNBCBody paragraph beginning 'We welcome the announcement...' (the paragraph after the two Frederiksen paragraphs)
Why we used this label

Hart welcomes the announced agreement and says it will help advance security, stability and cooperation in the region, which approves the deal itself; she neither repeats nor addresses Trump's description or any term of the agreement. The closest competing label is “Mixed or conditional”, because she welcomes an agreement that is announced but not yet signed or published. That loses because the statement attaches no condition, reservation or tension to the welcome.

Read statementFull case: Trump’s “permanent control” description of the announced U.S.-Denmark-Greenland security agreement

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