Euro-Atlantic Partnership

Same concept, different angles: video 3 - How will the timing of this new Strategic Concept affect the outcome? Will it be able to deal with threats for decades to come? How will it change the way international organizations work together? And what will its changes mean for the men and women in uniform? All of these questions come under scrutiny in this section.

Ron Asmus argues that NATO's partnerships have to evolve as much, and as quickly, as the security threats they tackle.

Robert F. Simmons Jr gives an insider's view of the genesis and evolution of NATO's main Partnership forum.

Pierre Lellouche offers his thoughts ahead of the Riga Summit.

As NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Transformation, US Air Force General Lance L. Smith oversees efforts to modernise NATO’s military structures, forces, capabilities and doctrines to improve the military effectiveness of the Alliance and its Partner nations.

Stephan De Spiegeleire and Rem Korteweg consider a variety of scenarios for the Alliance's future.

Espen Barth Eide VERSUS Frédéric Bozo

Jamie Shea examines and summarises policy recommendations for improving transatlantic relations contained in recent think-tank publications.

Charles Grant examines the evolution of Europe's Security and Defence Policy and its impact on NATO and transatlantic relations.

Marc Grossman sets out Washington's vision for NATO in advance of the Alliance's Prague Summit.

Robert E. Hunter examines the potential of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council and proposes that it play a greater role in Euro-Atlantic security.

In June 1999, when President of Finland, Martti Ahtisaari persuaded then Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic to accept NATO's terms for ending the Kosovo air campaign. Since leaving office in 2000, he has chaired various conflict-prevention organisations, has been an independent inspector of the IRA's arms dumps in Northern Ireland, and has founded an association to facilitate his international work.

Michael Rhle gazes into his crystal ball and imagines how the Alliance and the Euro-Atlantic security environment might look in ten years.