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Online debate on NATO’s transformation

Brussels, Belgium, 3 February 2010

Dr. Gerlinde Niehus moderated a discussion on NATO's tranformation perspectives with panelists: Robert Bell, Rear Admiral Jorgen Beggrav and Ludwig Decamps. Watch the video ...

• Previous events
• National/regional events

Speeches and articles

13 Nov. 2009 - Speech by NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen at the second Strategic Concept Seminar (Bdro, Slovenia)

22 Oct. 2009 - Speech by NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen at the Bratislava Security Conference

More Speeches

NATO Review

• Environment as a Peace Policy
• NATO’s New Strategic Concept: a Parliamentary View
• NATO and the Madonna Curve: why a new Strategic Concept is vital

Interviews

• Ivo Daalder, US Ambassador to NATO
• Interview with Admiral James G. Stavridis, Supreme Allied Commander, Europe
• Interview with Madeleine Albright: towards a new Strategic Concept
• Interview with Jeroen Van der Veer, Vice Chair, NATO Strategic Concept Expert Group

Previous Strategic Concepts

08 Nov. 1991 - The Alliance's New Strategic Concept agreed by the Heads of State and Government participating in the Meeting of the North Atlantic Council

24 Apr. 1999 - The Alliance's Strategic Concept approved by the Heads of State and Government participating in the meeting of the North Atlantic Council

NATO Topic

The Strategic Concept is an official document that outlines NATO’s enduring purpose and nature and its fundamental security tasks. It also identifies the central features of the new security environment ...
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Online Fora

• NATO Defence College
• SDA Brussels
• The Hague Center for Strategic Studies
• NATO Watch
• RUSI
• The Washington NATO Project
• ACUS
• RAND
• Chatham House

• 3 Feb. 2010 by Hicham Benjamaa Bonjour, Je voudrais bien savoir si, dans le cadre de sa stratégie de défense, l’OTAN a déjà envisagé de prendre des mesures
• 3 Feb. 2010 by Timo Lange Dear Rear Admiral Jorgen Berggrav, distinguished experts, Is operational welfare a topic on your agenda when you discuss transforamtion with a view of troop contributions by the NATO member states?

What is being said about NATO's New Strategic Concept? The NATO Library’s bibliography can help you to identify relevant books, articles and online documents currently or recently published.
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• Recent documents in external literature (updated - 4 Feb)
• Selected external bookmarks (updated - 4 Feb)
• Historical overview 1953 - 2009

At the NATO Summit in Strasbourg/Kehl on 3 and 4 April 2009, Heads of State and Government (HoSG) tasked the Secretary General to develop a new NATO Strategic Concept. This exercise should be completed by the time of NATO’s next Summit which is expected to take place in Lisbon in late 2010. The Summit also tasked the Secretary General to convene and lead a broad based group of qualified experts who will lay the ground for the new Strategic Concept. This will be done with the active involvement of the North Atlantic Council (NAC).

• Guiding principles
• The Group of Experts
• A three-phased approach:
• • - Reflection phase
  • - Consultation phase
  • - Drafting and final negotiation phase

• NATO Strategic Concept to be discussed in Moscow
  9 Feb. 2010
• ''Anticipating the New Strategic Concept'' conference held in Spain
  27 Jan. 2010
• Security Jam: discuss your security ideas with the experts
  19 Jan. 2010

• At their Summit in Strasbourg / Kehl on 3 and 4 April 2009, NATO’s Heads of State and Government tasked the Secretary General to develop a new NATO Strategic Concept. This exercise should be completed by the time of NATO’s next Summit, which is expected to take place towards the end of 2010. The Summit also tasked the Secretary General to convene and lead...

To facilitate the process, the Secretary General has appointed a group of 12 experts. It represents a broad spectrum of large and small NATO members with a balance of insiders and outsiders, including from the private sector, think tanks and the academic community. Dr. Madeleine Albright, former US Secretary of State, will chair the group.